There are 12 ways to get from Gibraltar to Cardiff by plane, train, car, car ferry, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Gibraltar International Airport to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane GIB - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
4h 34m£58–236Bus to Málaga Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Malaga Airportbus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane AGP - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 19m£49–143Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Gibraltar to Santandercar
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Drive from Plymouth to Cardiffcar
32h 56m£238–854Bus via Madrid
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Paris, Quai de Bercybus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
39h 32m£78–238Fly Gibraltar International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane GIB - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
5h 40m£145–512Fly Gibraltar International Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane GIB - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
6h 45m£118–372Bus to Málaga Airport, fly to Cardiff Airport
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Malaga Airportbus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane AGP - CWL
7h 44m£65–237Bus to Málaga Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Malaga Airportbus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane AGP - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 56m£66–255Bus
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Córdoba, Estación de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Cordoba to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GRbus 509 / ...
43h 6m£131–239Bus, train
- Take the bus from Algeciras Puerto to Jerez de la Fronterabus
- Take the train from Jerez De La Frontera to Castellontrain Alv
- Take the bus from Castellon to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris Bercy Seine Bus Stop to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
46h 29m£160–360Bus, train, car ferry
- Take the bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the train from Madrid Chamartín to Bilbao-Abandotrain Alv
- Take the car ferry from Bilbao to Portsmouth International Portcarferry
- Take the train from Fratton to Cardiff Centraltrain
2d 1h£224–521Bus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Estación de Algeciras San Bernardo to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the car ferry from Bilbao to Portsmouth International Portcarferry
- Take the train from Portsmouth & Southsea to Cardiff Centraltrain
2d 4h£225–469
Gibraltar to Cardiff by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Gibraltar to Cardiff is to bus and fly and train which costs £45 - £150 and takes 8h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Gibraltar to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 4h 34m and costs £55 - £240.
No, there is no direct bus from Gibraltar to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción and arriving at University RE via Estación Sur de Autobuses, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 32m.
The distance between Gibraltar and Cardiff is 1113 miles.
The best way to get from Gibraltar to Cardiff without a car is to bus via Madrid which takes 39h 32m and costs £75 - £240.
It takes approximately 4h 34m to get from Gibraltar to Cardiff, including transfers.
Gibraltar to Cardiff bus services, operated by Interbus, depart from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción station.
Gibraltar to Cardiff bus services, operated by Interbus, arrive at Estación Sur de Autobuses station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Gibraltar. It is currently 3:37 PM in Gibraltar and 2:37 PM in Cardiff.
Book your Gibraltar to Cardiff bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Gibraltar and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to University RE via Estación Sur de Autobuses, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and London Victoria in around 39h 32m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £26–80
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cardiff Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from Málaga Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £22–130
Flights from Málaga Airport to Birmingham Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £22–130
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Gibraltar International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–390
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cardiff Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Gibraltar International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
Flights from Gibraltar International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Málaga Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–100
Flights from Málaga Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Málaga Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–140
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cardiff Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–210
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Fratton to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Portsmouth & Southsea to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–180
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £5–20
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £19–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Jerez De La Frontera to Castellon
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–100
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid Chamartín to Bilbao-Abando
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £28–70
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 916 52 00 11
- info@interbus.es
- Website
- interbus.es
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £21–55
- Website
- https://www.interbus.es/
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–90
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £28–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Cordoba to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £80–120
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Castellon to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £50–70
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris Bercy Seine Bus Stop to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £21–55
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £21–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–29
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- info.LD@avanzagrupo.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Malaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £16–20
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción to Córdoba, Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £21–30
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- Phone
- +34 900 92 91 92
- info@monbus.es
- Website
- monbus.es
Bus from Algeciras Puerto to Jerez de la Frontera
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7–16
- Website
- https://www.monbus.es/en
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Paris Bercy Seine Bus Stop to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £17–26
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +34 915 304 417
- socibus@socibus.es
- Website
- socibusventas.es
Bus from Estación de Algeciras San Bernardo to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- https://socibusventas.es/en/
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £65–600
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Adult
- £65–85
- Car
- £200–290
- Single Ticket
- £90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- £240–600
Car ferry from Bilbao to Portsmouth International Port
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £110–200
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
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