There are 13 ways to get from Tarifa to Cardiff by bus, plane, train, car, or car ferry
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Bus, bus to Málaga Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
best- Take the bus from Tarifa to Marbella
- Take the bus from Marbella to Malaga Airport
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Bristol Airport (BRS)AGP - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
9h 2m£48–144Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Tarifa to Santander
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Drive from Plymouth to Cardiff
33h 2m£239–855Bus, train
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de Málaga
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena GrandesAve
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Take the bus from Paris to London Victoria700
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
36h 25m£109–414Bus to Gibraltar International Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción
- Fly from Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) to Bristol Airport (BRS)GIB - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
7h 40m£76–322Bus, bus to Málaga Airport, fly to Cardiff Airport
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Marbella
- Take the bus from Marbella to Malaga Airport
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)AGP - CWL
8h 33m£78–250Bus to Gibraltar International Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción
- Fly from Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)GIB - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
8h 48m£139–583Bus to Gibraltar International Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción
- Fly from Gibraltar International Airport (GIB) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)GIB - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Central
9h 54m£130–356Bus, bus to Málaga Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Marbella
- Take the bus from Marbella to Malaga Airport
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)AGP - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
10h 44m£67–225Bus, bus to Málaga Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Marbella
- Take the bus from Marbella to Malaga Airport
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)AGP - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Central
11h 16m£103–273Train, bus
- Take the train from Algeciras to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena GrandesAlv
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Take the bus from Paris to London Victoria700
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
38h 39m£116–393Bus
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Salamanca, Estación de Autobuses
- Take the bus from Salamanca to Paris
- Take the bus from Paris to Calais700
- Take the bus from Calais to London Victoria700 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University RE507 / ...
39h 9m£141–267Bus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Bilbao Intermodal
- Take the car ferry from Bilbao to Portsmouth International Port
- Take the train from Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
2d 3h£216–628Bus, car ferry, train via Santander
- Take the bus from Tarifa to Bilbao Intermodal
- Take the bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Take the car ferry from Santander to Portsmouth International Port
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Cardiff Central
2d 6h£139–413
Tarifa to Cardiff by bus, train, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tarifa to Cardiff is to bus and fly and train which costs £45 - £150 and takes 9h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Tarifa to Cardiff is to bus and fly and train which takes 7h 40m and costs £75 - £330.
No, there is no direct bus from Tarifa to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Tarifa and arriving at University RE via Salamanca, Paris, Calais and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 9m.
The distance between Tarifa and Cardiff is 1168 miles.
The best way to get from Tarifa to Cardiff without a car is to bus and train which takes 36h 25m and costs £100 - £420.
It takes approximately 9h 2m to get from Tarifa to Cardiff, including transfers.
Tarifa to Cardiff bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Tarifa station.
Tarifa to Cardiff bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Salamanca, Estación de Autobuses station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Tarifa. It is currently 8:42 PM in Tarifa and 7:42 PM in Cardiff.
There are 1538+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Tarifa, Andalusia, Spain and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a bus from Tarifa to University RE via Salamanca, Paris, Calais, and London Victoria in around 39h 9m.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–85
Flights from Gibraltar International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–280
Flights from Gibraltar International Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Málaga Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £20–85
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £18–130
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cardiff Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–100
Flights from Gibraltar International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–410
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £18–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–100
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cardiff Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £70–220
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–220
Flights from Málaga Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–120
Flights from Málaga Airport to Birmingham Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £25–120
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cardiff Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–100
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £18–260
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £18–100
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cardiff Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–100
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £18–100
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £18–100
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £28–80
Flights from Málaga Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–85
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £18–85
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Portsmouth Harbour to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–180
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–160
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £7–26
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–80
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £22–80
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–55
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–50
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Algeciras to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 956 807 059
- informacion@tgcomes.es
- Website
- tgcomes.es
Bus from Tarifa to Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £9–14
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
Bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de La Línea de la Concepción
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £3–6
- Schedules at
- tgcomes.es
- Phone
- +34 91 272 28 32
- info.LD@avanzagrupo.com
- Website
- avanzabus.com
Bus from Tarifa to Marbella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Marbella to Malaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £6–10
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
Bus from Tarifa to Estación de Autobuses de Málaga
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £11–30
- Schedules at
- malaga.avanzagrupo.com
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £28–100
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–80
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £19–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Salamanca to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Paris to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Calais to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Paris to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Tarifa to Salamanca, Estación de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Bilbao Intermodal to Santander E.A.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–14
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- 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
- +34 915 304 417
- socibus@socibus.es
- Website
- socibusventas.es
Bus from Tarifa to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £50–70
- Website
- https://socibusventas.es/en/
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- reservations@brittanyferries.com
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £65–600
- Book at
- Brittany Ferries
- Adult
- £65–85
- Car
- £200–290
- Single Ticket
- £90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- £240–600
Car ferry from Bilbao to Portsmouth International Port
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £80–360
- Book at
- Brittany Ferries
- Adult
- £80–110
- Car
- £260–360
- Single Ticket
- £80–170
- Car Single Ticket
- £210–350
Car ferry from Santander to Portsmouth International Port
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £35–170
- Book at
- Brittany Ferries
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