There are 14 ways to get from Turkey to Cardiff by plane, train, night 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 Antalya Airport to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Antalya Airport (AYT) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane AYT - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 36m£62–179Night train, bus, train
cheapest- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Birminghambus
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
36h 42m£57–144Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Istanbul to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
29h 38mBus to Istanbul, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul Aksaray to Istanbul Airport Busbus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane IST - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 10m£132–411Bus to Istanbul, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul Aksaray to Istanbul Airport Busbus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane IST - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 47m£94–289Fly Antalya Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Antalya Airport (AYT) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane AYT - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 9m£57–286Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane SAW - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 20m£72–316Bus to Istanbul, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the bus from Istanbul Aksaray to Istanbul Airport Busbus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane IST - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
11h 10m£88–441Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SAW - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 46m£100–355Bus to Istanbul, fly to Cardiff Airport
- Take the bus from Istanbul Aksaray to Istanbul Airport Busbus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane IST - CWL
11h 36m£126–563Bus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Emniyet Otogar to Constanța Autogara Sud Herli-Sobus
- Take the bus from Constanta to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Birminghambus
- Take the bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Sophia Gardensbus 111 / ...
43h 7m£64–120Night train, bus, train via London
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
44h 36m£177–263Bus via Munich
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Munichbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GDbus
2d 4h£126–289Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Istanbul to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
30h 42m£461–663
Antalya Airport (AYT) to Bristol Airport (BRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Turkey to Cardiff is to bus which costs £60 - £120 and takes 43h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Turkey to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 8h 36m and costs £60 - £180.
No, there is no direct bus from Turkey to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Istanbul Emniyet Otogar and arriving at Sophia Gardens via Constanta, Bucharest Obor and Birmingham Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 7m.
The distance between Turkey and Cardiff is 1982 miles.
The best way to get from Turkey to Cardiff without a car is to night train and bus and train which takes 36h 42m and costs £55 - £150.
It takes approximately 8h 36m to get from Turkey to Cardiff, including transfers.
Turkey to Cardiff bus services, operated by Simpa Trans, depart from Istanbul Emniyet Otogar station.
Turkey to Cardiff bus services, operated by Simpa Trans, arrive at Constanța Autogara Sud Herli-So station.
Cardiff is 3h behind Turkey. It is currently 8:57 AM in Turkey and 5:57 AM in Cardiff.
There are 1568+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Turkey and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a bus from Istanbul Emniyet Otogar to Sophia Gardens via Constanta, Bucharest Obor, and Birmingham Coach Station in around 43h 7m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–210
Flights from Istanbul to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–390
Flights from Istanbul to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–380
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–350
Flights from Istanbul to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–350
Flights from Antalya Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–190
Flights from Antalya Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–190
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–290
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–270
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Antalya Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £80–340
Flights from Antalya Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–340
Flights from Istanbul to Cardiff Airport via Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £130–550
Flights from Istanbul to Cardiff Airport via Dalaman
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–550
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Istanbul to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–260
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–280
Flights from Antalya Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–190
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–290
Flights from Antalya Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £80–320
Flights from Antalya Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–320
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–210
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to London Heathrow Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £160–410
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–290
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Birmingham Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–190
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Istanbul to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–160
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Istanbul to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Istanbul to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £160–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Istanbul to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £170–650
- 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 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- 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
- £19–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £15–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £15–22
- 1st Class
- £21–28
- 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
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £22–29
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0850 888 33 34
- info@hava.ist
- Website
- hava.ist
Bus from Istanbul Aksaray to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £2–7
- Website
- https://hava.ist/?lang=en
- Phone
- 0743335517
- Website
- simpatrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Istanbul Emniyet Otogar to Constanța Autogara Sud Herli-So
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Schedules at
- simpatrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0765-408.848
- horasmu@yahoo.com
- Website
- horas.ro
Bus from Constanta to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Schedules at
- horas.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Birmingham Coach Station to Sophia Gardens
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £13–45
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul to Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- Phone
- 01204 327509
- info@atlantictravel.co.uk
- Website
- atlantictravel.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Website
- Atlantic Travel GB Ltd
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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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