There are 11 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)TIA - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
10h 9m£98–205Fly to Luton Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Luton Airport (LTN)TIA - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
9h 5m£93–342Bus, train via Montpellier
- Take the bus from Tirana to Montpellier
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
28h 19mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Tirana to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiff
29h 24mFly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)TIA - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
8h 29m£140–362Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to London Stansted Airport (STN)TIA - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
8h 54m£125–350Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)TIA - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Central
9h 4m£136–305Bus, train
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nord
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras IntlEil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
29h 14m£238–545Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brighton
- Take the train from Brighton to Southampton Central
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Cardiff Central
42h 57mBus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nord
- Take the bus from Brussels-North train station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
2dDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Tirana to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiff
30h 28m£382–549
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 £95 - £210 and takes 10h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Tirana to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 8h 29m and costs £140 - £370.
No, there is no direct bus from Tirana to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Kulla E Sahatit, Tiranë and arriving at Kingsway GD via Tirana, Brussels-North train station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
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 via Montpellier which takes 28h 19m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 9m 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 8:36 AM in Tirana and 7:36 AM in Cardiff.
There are 1549+ 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 GD via Tirana, Brussels-Nord, Brussels-North train station, and London Victoria in around 2d.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Bristol Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Bristol Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–280
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Gatwick Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Luton Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–170
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–120
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £27–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Bristol Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Luton Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–240
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–270
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Heathrow Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £75–290
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Bristol Airport via Verona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- 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 London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–120
- 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 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–160
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–30
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–160
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–290
- 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
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Brighton to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Montpellier
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- 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 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
- 10h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.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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