There are 10 ways to get from Kos to Cardiff by plane, train, car ferry, 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 Kos to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane KGS - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 37m£92–286Car ferry, ferry, bus, train
- Take the car ferry from Port of Kos to Fournicarferry
- Take the ferry from Fourni to Thessalonikiferry Bsf
- 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
2d 11h£254–494Fly Kos to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane KGS - CWL
10h 20m£128–391Car ferry to Rhodes International Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Rhodescarferry
- Fly from Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane RHO - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
11h 13m£128–327Fly Kos to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane KGS - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 2m£124–329Fly Kos to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane KGS - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 39m£164–437Fly Kos to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane KGS - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 22m£163–333Fly Kos to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane KGS - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Centraltrain
11h 37m£168–365Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Piraeusferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Piraeus 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 18hFerry, bus
- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Piraeusferry Bsf
- 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 Kingsway GRbus 509 / ...
3d 3h£218–407
Kos to Cardiff by ferry, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kos to Cardiff is to car ferry and fly and train which costs £120 - £330 and takes 11h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Kos to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 8h 37m and costs £90 - £290.
The distance between Kos and Cardiff is 1844 miles.
The best way to get from Kos to Cardiff without a car is to car ferry and ferry and bus and train which takes 2 days 11h and costs £250 - £500.
It takes approximately 8h 37m to get from Kos to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 2h behind Kos. It is currently 10:16 AM in Kos and 8:16 AM in Cardiff.
There are 853+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Kos, Greece and Cardiff, Wales?
Ryanair, Transavia Holland, and five other airlines fly from Kos (KGS) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) twice daily.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Kos to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–240
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Kos to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–240
Flights from Kos to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from Kos to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
Flights from Kos to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Kos to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–230
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–210
Flights from Kos to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–230
Flights from Kos to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–220
Flights from Kos to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £85–230
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kos to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £160–750
Flights from Kos to Cardiff Airport via Dusseldorf, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £110–500
Flights from Kos to Cardiff Airport via Nuremberg, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £120–370
Flights from Kos to Cardiff Airport via Hannover, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £160–490
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Kos to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–380
Flights from Kos to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Kos to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Kos to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–280
Flights from Kos to London Gatwick Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–270
Flights from Kos to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–280
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–410
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Kos to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £85–410
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Brighton to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- 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
- £26–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- 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
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +30 22410 70590
- info@12ne.gr
- Website
- 12ne.gr
Car ferry from Port of Kos to Fourni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–95
- Website
- https://www.12ne.gr/en
Car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- https://www.12ne.gr/en
Ferry from Fourni to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £95–220
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–120
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +30 21 0620 6427
- info@saos.gr
- Website
- saos.gr
Car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Rhodes
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £17
- Website
- https://saos.gr/en/
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