There are 11 ways to get from Portugal 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 Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane OPO - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
6h 15mDrive, car ferry
cheapest- Drive from Lisbon to Santandercar
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Drive from Plymouth to Cardiffcar
30h 54m£237–817Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Lille - Europe Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
34h 30mFly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane LIS - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
6h 27mFly Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane OPO - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 54mFly Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane OPO - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 31mFly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane LIS - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 6mFly Lisbon-Portela Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane LIS - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 48mFly Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane OPO - STN
- Take the train from Stansted Airport to London Liverpool Streettrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 30mBus
- Take the bus from Lisbon Sete Rios to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GRbus 509 / ...
37h 45mBus via Estação Oriente
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
41h 4m
Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Bristol Airport (BRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Portugal to Cardiff is to drive and car ferry which costs £230 - £850 and takes 30h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Portugal to Cardiff is to drive and car ferry which takes 30h 54m and costs £230 - £850.
No, there is no direct bus from Portugal to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Martim Moniz and arriving at University RE via Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 4m.
The distance between Portugal and Cardiff is 815 miles.
The best way to get from Portugal to Cardiff without a car is to bus and train which takes 34h 30m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 15m to get from Portugal to Cardiff, including transfers.
Portugal to Cardiff bus services, operated by Voltavançar, depart from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente station.
Portugal to Cardiff bus services, operated by Voltavançar, arrive at Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) station.
There are 844+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Portugal and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a subway from Restauradores to Kingsway GR via Jardim Zoológico, Lisbon Sete Rios, Paris, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), and London Victoria in around 37h 45m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Bristol Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Birmingham Airport via Shannon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–170
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to London Stansted Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–190
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–190
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £35–190
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- flytap.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–130
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–160
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–170
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–240
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–220
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Birmingham Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–280
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–220
- Website
- firstgreatwestern.co.uk
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- firstgreatwestern.co.uk
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- firstgreatwestern.co.uk
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- firstgreatwestern.co.uk
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- firstgreatwestern.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- eurostar.com
- Website
- nsinternational.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- nsinternational.nl
- Website
- stanstedexpress.com
Train from Stansted Airport to London Liverpool Street
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- stanstedexpress.com
- Website
- abelliogreateranglia.co.uk
Train from Stansted Airport to London Liverpool Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- abelliogreateranglia.co.uk
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Lille - Europe Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- blablacar.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Lisbon Sete Rios to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Website
- traveline.info
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- traveline.info
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- traveline.info
- 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
- £90–600
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- £90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- £240–600
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