There are 14 ways to get from Rome to Cardiff by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane FCO - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h£57–181Train, bus via Modane
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Milano Centraletrain Fr / ...
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Modanetrain Fr
- Take the train from Modane to Lille Flandrestrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Gand-Dampoorttrain Ter
- Take the bus from Gent-Dampoort to Birminghambus
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
27h 25m£245–529Bus
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Calaisbus
- Take the bus from Calais to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
33h 44m£105–155Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Rome to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
20h 36mFly Fiumicino International Airport to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane FCO - CWL
8h 53m£71–244Fly Fiumicino International Airport to London City Airport, train
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to London City Airport (LCY)plane FCO - LCY
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 1m£120–404Fly Fiumicino International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane FCO - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 54m£117–345Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane FCO - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 28m£62–223Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane FCO - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 26m£86–284Fly Roma Ciampino Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane CIA - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 47m£88–342Fly Roma Ciampino Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane CIA - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 10m£72–223Bus, train
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
34h 21m£108–265Train, bus
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Bologna Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Bologna to Brussels-North Stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
38h 29mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Rome to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
21h 39m£281–423
Rome to Cardiff by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rome to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £55 - £190 and takes 7h.
The fastest way to get from Rome to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 7h and costs £55 - £190.
No, there is no direct bus from Rome to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina and arriving at University RE via Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Calais and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 44m.
The distance between Rome and Cardiff is 1040 miles.
The best way to get from Rome to Cardiff without a car is to train and bus via Modane which takes 27h 25m and costs £240 - £550.
It takes approximately 7h to get from Rome to Cardiff, including transfers.
Rome to Cardiff bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
The best way to get from Rome to Cardiff is to bus which takes 33h 44m and costs £100 - £160. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs £70 - £250 and takes 8h 53m.
Rome to Cardiff bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Rome. It is currently 12:07 PM in Rome and 11:07 AM in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Rome, Italy and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to University RE via Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine), Calais, and London Victoria in around 33h 44m. Alternatively, KLM, Ryanair, and four other airlines fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 3 times a day.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–300
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–100
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–160
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to London Stansted Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £25–160
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to London Stansted Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £25–160
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cagliari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–160
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Bristol Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Bristol Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30–190
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Birmingham Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–190
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Luton Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–150
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–210
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–270
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London City Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–270
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London City Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–280
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–240
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–110
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–130
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–380
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £90–430
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Cardiff Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–230
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London City Airport via Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £120–360
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–240
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £45–270
- 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 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £5–19
- 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
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £30–90
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–85
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Roma Termini to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Modane
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Modane to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 29m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £110–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Lille Flandres to Gand-Dampoort
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–25
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- £11–17
- Rail 1st Class
- £17–25
- 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
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Gent-Dampoort to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £22–26
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Calais to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Calais to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–28
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Bologna to Brussels-North Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Brussels to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £11
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- 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
- £25–45
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–160
- On Foot
- £30–40
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