There are 12 ways to get from Tirana to Cardiff by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane TIA - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
11h 28m£59–223Bus, train
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nordbus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
29h 4m£212–454Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Tirana to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
29h 37mFly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane TIA - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 52m£91–354Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane TIA - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 27m£119–357Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane TIA - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 3m£77–376Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane TIA - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 13m£130–264Fly to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane TIA - MAN
- Take the train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 7m£96–294Bus, train via Montpellier
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellierbus
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
29h 14mBus, train #2
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brightonbus
- Take the train from Brighton to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Cardiff Centraltrain
42h 55mBus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nordbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GRbus 509 / ...
47h 56mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Tirana to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
30h 45m£375–552
Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Bristol Airport (BRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Tirana to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £55 - £230 and takes 11h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Tirana to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 8h 27m and costs £110 - £360.
No, there is no direct bus from Tirana to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Kulla E Sahatit, Tiranë and arriving at Kingsway GR via Tirana, Brussels-North train station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 56m.
The distance between Tirana and Cardiff is 1328 miles.
The best way to get from Tirana to Cardiff without a car is to bus and train which takes 29h 4m and costs £210 - £460.
It takes approximately 11h 28m to get from Tirana to Cardiff, including transfers.
Tirana to Cardiff bus services, operated by Arjani Travel, depart from Tirana station.
Tirana to Cardiff bus services, operated by Arjani Travel, arrive at Brussels-Nord station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Tirana. It is currently 4:57 PM in Tirana and 3:57 PM in Cardiff.
There are 1610+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Tirana, Albania and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a bus from Kulla E Sahatit, Tiranë to Kingsway GR via Tirana, Brussels-Nord, Brussels-North train station, and London Victoria in around 47h 56m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Bristol Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Luton Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Manchester Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Bristol Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Bristol Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Bristol Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Luton Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–180
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Gatwick Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £19–50
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–110
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £17–110
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £75–310
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–290
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Bristol Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–140
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
- 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 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 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–160
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £5–19
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- 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
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Wilmslow to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–120
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £26–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £35–55
- 1st Class
- £70–120
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Brighton to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–40
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £114
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- info@arjanitravel.com
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Brussels-North train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–24
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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