There are 11 ways to get from Kos to Cardiff by plane, train, 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)KGS - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
8h 29m£90–292Ferry, bus, train via Bucharest
- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to Port of PiraeusBsf
- Take the bus from Piraeus Port Astiggos to Bucharest Henri Coanda Airport Arrival Terminal
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
2d 14h£145–264Fly Kos to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)KGS - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Central
10h 24m£163–507Ferry, bus to Milas–Bodrum Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to D-Marin Turgutreis Marina
- Take the bus from Turgutreis Garaj to Bodrum Torba Otogar
- Fly from Milas–Bodrum Airport (BJV) to Bristol Airport (BRS)BJV - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
10h 38m£119–348Fly Kos to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)KGS - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
10h£110–359Fly Kos to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Manchester Airport (MAN)KGS - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
11h 25m£139–396Fly Kos to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to London Stansted Airport (STN)KGS - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
10h 24m£152–597Fly Kos to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Liverpool (LPL)KGS - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Take the train from Crewe to Cardiff Central
11h 17m£138–440Fly Kos to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)KGS - CWL
10h 8m£246–659Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to Port of PiraeusBsf
- Take the bus from Athens to Košice
- Take the bus from Košice to Birmingham
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
3d 4h£221–415Ferry, Bus, train via Munich
- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to SyrosBsf
- Take the ferry from Syros to ThessalonikiBsf
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to München
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
4d 1h£340–743
Kos to Cardiff by ferry, foot, bus, subway, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kos to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £90 - £300 and takes 8h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Kos to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 8h 29m and costs £90 - £300.
The distance between Kos and Cardiff is 1844 miles.
The best way to get from Kos to Cardiff without a car is to ferry and bus and train via Bucharest which takes 2 days 14h and costs £140 - £270.
It takes approximately 8h 29m to get from Kos to Cardiff, including transfers.
Cardiff is 2h behind Kos. It is currently 9:34 AM in Kos and 7:34 AM in Cardiff.
There are 1563+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Kos, Greece and Cardiff, Wales?
TUI Airlines Netherlands, KLM, and Transavia Holland fly from Kos (KGS) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) twice a week.
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Kos to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from Kos to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–250
Flights from Milas–Bodrum Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £95–290
Flights from Kos to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from Kos to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
Flights from Kos to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–240
Flights from Kos to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Kos to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–260
Flights from Kos to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–250
Flights from Milas–Bodrum Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–340
Flights from Kos to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–260
Flights from Kos to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £75–250
Flights from Kos to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–300
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Kos to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–750
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Kos to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–490
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Kos to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £280–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Kos to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–230
- 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
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–30
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–120
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Crewe to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–110
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–15
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Piraeus Port Astiggos to Bucharest Henri Coanda Airport Arrival Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £22–29
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 4444801
- info@muttas.com.tr
- Website
- ulasim.muttas.com.tr
Bus from Turgutreis Garaj to Bodrum Torba Otogar
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £2
- Schedules at
- ulasim.muttas.com.tr
- Phone
- 0030 2108219900
- vsiamos@otenet.gr
- Website
- siamostours.com
Bus from Athens to Košice
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £70–85
- Schedules at
- siamostours.com
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Košice to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £70–170
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Website
- portokalidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to München
- Ave. Duration
- 37h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £160–250
- Schedules at
- portokalidistours.gr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–70
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Kos to Syros
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £28–80
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- £28–40
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- £55–70
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- £45–60
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- £65–80
Ferry from Syros to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- £55–80
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- £85–110
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- £90–110
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- £110–140
- Phone
- +90 533 739 00 00
- info@bodrumexpresslines.com
- Website
- bodrumexpresslines.com
Ferry from Port of Kos to D-Marin Turgutreis Marina
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £21–24
- Website
- https://www.bodrumexpresslines.com/en
- Website
- bodrumferryboat.com
Ferry from Port of Kos to D-Marin Turgutreis Marina
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Schedules at
- bodrumferibot.com
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