There are 12 ways to get from Greece to Cardiff by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cardiff Airport
best- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane SKG - CWL
10h 38m£108–261Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane SKG - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 53m£88–336Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Birminghambus
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
41h 22m£144–221Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Athens to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
32h 11mFly Rhodes International Airport to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane RHO - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 17m£108–256Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane HER - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 1m£112–395Fly Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ATH - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 19m£99–342Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane SKG - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 18m£172–327Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane SKG - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 13m£130–332Bus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brightonbus
- Take the train from Brighton to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Cardiff Centraltrain
2d 4hBus
- Take the bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
2d 9h£182–289Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athens to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
33h 20m£519–782
Greece to Cardiff by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Greece to Cardiff is to fly which costs £100 - £270 and takes 10h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Greece to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 7h 53m and costs £85 - £340.
The distance between Greece and Cardiff is 1492 miles.
The best way to get from Greece to Cardiff without a car is to train and bus which takes 41h 22m and costs £140 - £230.
It takes approximately 10h 38m to get from Greece to Cardiff, including transfers.
The best way to get from Greece to Cardiff is to fly which takes 10h 38m and costs £100 - £270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £180 - £290 and takes 2 days 9h.
Cardiff is 2h behind Greece. It is currently 12:59 AM in Greece and 10:59 PM in Cardiff.
There are 1699+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Greece and Cardiff, Wales?
Transavia Holland, KLM, and three other airlines fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Ομονοια to University RE via Παιδικη Χαρα, Athens, Praha, ÚAN Florenc, and London Victoria in around 2d 9h.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–160
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–180
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–340
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–150
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £95–490
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cardiff Airport via Dusseldorf, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–290
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cardiff Airport via Nuremberg, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–240
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cardiff Airport via Hannover, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–300
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Saturday, Friday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–360
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–270
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–260
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–150
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £95–410
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £28–45
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–27
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Brighton to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–65
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £25–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £35
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- info@koronatravel.gr
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £78
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- 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
- £28–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–27
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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