There are 14 ways to get from Trieste to Cardiff by shuttle, plane, train, bus, night train, 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.
Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Bristol Airport, train
best- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane LJU - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 30m£247–541Fly Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane TRS - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 17m£128–358Train, bus via Essen
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Villach Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Essen Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Essen central train station to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
31h 15m£263–470Train, bus
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the bus from Venice - Mestre Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
32h 5m£144–258Train, night train
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Villach Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain Ice
- Take the nighttrain from Salzburg Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
24h 9m£269–544Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane VCE - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 2m£231–486Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Cardiff Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane LJU - CWL
10h 16m£228–757Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane VCE - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 54m£318–659Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane VCE - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 55m£298–599Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Luton Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane VCE - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 26m£299–615Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane VCE - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 45m£297–618Bus
- Take the bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus stationbus 907 / ...
- Take the bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to München, ZOBbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
34h 11m£552–890Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Trieste to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
18h 47m£369–489Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Trieste to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
19h 51m£282–452
Trieste to Cardiff by train, bus, foot, and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Trieste to Cardiff is to train and bus which costs £140 - £260 and takes 32h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Trieste to Cardiff is to shuttle and fly and train which takes 8h 2m and costs £230 - £490.
No, there is no direct bus from Trieste to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Trieste and arriving at University RE via Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja, Munich central bus station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 11m.
No, there is no direct train from Trieste to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Trieste Centrale and arriving at Cardiff Central via Villach Hbf, Salzburg Hbf, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, King's Cross St. Pancras station and London Paddington. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 9m.
The distance between Trieste and Cardiff is 981 miles.
The best way to get from Trieste to Cardiff without a car is to train and bus via Essen which takes 31h 15m and costs £260 - £470.
It takes approximately 9h 30m to get from Trieste to Cardiff, including transfers.
Trieste to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Trieste station.
Trieste to Cardiff train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Trieste Centrale station.
Trieste to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Ljubljana bus station.
What companies run services between Trieste, Italy and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a bus from Trieste to University RE via Ljubljana bus station, Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja, Munich central bus station, and London Victoria in around 34h 11m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–160
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Bristol Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £110–280
Flights from Ljubljana to Bristol Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £110–280
Flights from Ljubljana to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Sunday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Luton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–200
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Luton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–230
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–330
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £110–270
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Bristol Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–210
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Bristol Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to London Stansted Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–340
Flights from Ljubljana to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–550
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–220
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–130
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £16–25
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Trieste Centrale to Villach Hbf
- *
- £25–40
Train from Trieste Centrale to Villach Hbf
- *
- £25–40
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- *
- £25–40
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Essen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £130–250
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £16–28
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–20
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–24
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £14–23
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–30
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £39
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £17–80
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £65–80
- Couchette Carriage
- £40–55
- Seating Carriage
- £17–20
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £90–110
- Couchette Carriage
- £65–80
- Seating Carriage
- £40–55
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- £171
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £180–300
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- £171
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £180–300
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £180–300
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £180–300
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £180–300
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to München, ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £430–700
- Website
- GoOpti
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Essen central train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–11
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Venice - Mestre Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–140
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Cardiff is 1h behind Trieste. It is currently 11:33 PM in Trieste and 10:33 PM in Cardiff.
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