There are 12 ways to get from Greece 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 Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane SKG - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 44m£66–234Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
2d 2h£245–336Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Athens to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
32h 12m£619–849Fly Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane ATH - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 25m£92–220Fly Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane HER - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 7m£75–293Fly Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane ATH - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 12m£154–393Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane SKG - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 52m£103–297Fly Rhodes International Airport to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Rhodes International Airport (RHO) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane RHO - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 23m£84–269Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road Londonbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
2d 3hBus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Rotterdambus
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
2d 5h£362–587Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Cardiff - North Roadbus
2d 14h£189–267Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Athens to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
33h 16m£531–812
Greece to Cardiff by train, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Greece to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £65 - £240 and takes 7h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Greece to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 7h 44m and costs £65 - £240.
No, there is no direct bus from Greece to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at University RE via Tirana, Hobart Corner, Brent Cross Centre / North Circular Road and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 3h.
The distance between Greece and Cardiff is 1498 miles.
The best way to get from Greece to Cardiff without a car is to train and bus which takes 2 days 2h and costs £240 - £340.
It takes approximately 7h 44m to get from Greece to Cardiff, including transfers.
Greece to Cardiff bus services, operated by Top Lines, depart from Athens station.
Greece to Cardiff bus services, operated by Top Lines, arrive at Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave station.
Cardiff is 2h behind Greece. It is currently 11:06 AM in Greece and 9:06 AM in Cardiff.
There are 1803+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Greece and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a bus from Athens to University RE via Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, Tirana, Bounds Green Road London, Hobart Corner, Prince Charles Drive, Brent Cross Centre / North Circular Road, Green Line Coach Station, and London Victoria in around 2d 3h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–170
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–330
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–120
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–220
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–250
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–220
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
Flights from Rhodes International Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bristol Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £75–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bristol Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–150
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to London Gatwick Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–240
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- 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 Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- 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 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 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)
- 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
- 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
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- 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
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
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
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £170–270
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- [email protected]
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Thessaloniki to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- 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
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £38
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £42
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 204 4475
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £38
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Bounds Green Road London
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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 Cardiff - North Road
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–40
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +302105233969
- [email protected]
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–80
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- [email protected]
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Rotterdam
- Phone
- +30 210 92 33 33
- [email protected]
- Website
- koronatravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £76
- Schedules at
- koronatravel.gr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £95–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Cardiff - North Road
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–27
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- 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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