There are 14 ways to get from Turkey to Cardiff by plane, train, night train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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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 42m£89–191Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Constanțabus
- Take the bus from Constanta to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Birminghambus
- Take the bus from Birmingham Coach Station to University REbus 111
41h 51m£74–153Night train, bus, train
- 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 35m£98–145Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Istanbul to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
29h 38mFly 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 7m£94–178Fly Istanbul to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane IST - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 32m£161–393Fly Istanbul to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane IST - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 9m£146–328Fly 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£112–280Fly Istanbul to London Gatwick Airport, train
- 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
10h 48m£105–585Fly 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 52m£121–332Fly Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane SAW - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 30m£117–377Night 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 38m£204–278Bus 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 GRbus 509 / ...
2d 5h£158–302Drive, 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 46m£441–664
Antalya Airport (AYT) to Bristol Airport (BRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Turkey to Cardiff is to bus which costs £70 - £160 and takes 41h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Turkey to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 8h 42m and costs £85 - £200.
No, there is no direct bus from Turkey to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from İskenderpaşa and arriving at University RE via İstanbul Esenler bus station, Constanta, Bucharest Obor and Birmingham Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 51m.
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 35m and costs £95 - £150.
It takes approximately 8h 42m to get from Turkey to Cardiff, including transfers.
Turkey to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from İstanbul Esenler bus station.
Turkey to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Constanța station.
Cardiff is 2h behind Turkey. It is currently 5:23 PM in Turkey and 3:23 PM in Cardiff.
There are 1664+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Turkey and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a bus from İskenderpaşa to University RE via Bayrampaşa Devlet Hastanesi, İstanbul Esenler bus station, Constanta, Bucharest Obor, and Birmingham Coach Station in around 41h 51m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–200
Flights from Istanbul to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £95–250
Flights from Istanbul to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–410
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Istanbul to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–220
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–290
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–280
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–290
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from Antalya Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–260
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–300
Flights from Istanbul to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–290
Flights from Antalya Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–280
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Antalya Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
Flights from Antalya Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–320
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–170
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–240
Flights from Antalya Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Istanbul to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–240
- Website
- corendon.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–230
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Istanbul to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–140
- 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
- £17–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–28
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–80
- 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
- £16–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £16–22
- 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
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Constanța
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4-0241-831.491
- office@transevren.ro
- Website
- transevren.ro
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Constanța
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £19–55
- Schedules at
- transevren.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0765-408.848
- horasmu@yahoo.com
- Website
- horas.ro
Bus from Constanta to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Schedules at
- horas.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Birmingham Coach Station to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £20–50
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.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
- £70–110
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/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
- £7–18
- 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
- £5–28
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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