There are 11 ways to get from Benalmádena to Cardiff by plane, train, car, car ferry, or bus
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 Málaga Airport (AGP) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane AGP - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
6h 44m£48–171Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Benalmádena to Santandercar
- Take the carferry from Santander to Plymouthcarferry
- Drive from Plymouth to Cardiffcar
33h 20m£248–832Train, bus
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
33h 48m£229–484Fly to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane AGP - CWL
6h 14m£52–282Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane AGP - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 53m£151–378Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane AGP - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 23m£93–215Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane AGP - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 38m£95–263Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane AGP - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 31m£115–273Train, bus via Paris
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Ave
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Paris, Quai de Bercybus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
33h 48m£179–454Bus
- Take the bus from Torremolinos to Madrid Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Paris, Quai de Bercybus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
39h 35m£120–332Bus via Bilbao
- Take the bus from Málaga to Bilbao Intermodalbus
- Take the bus from Bilbao to Parisbus
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoriabus 700
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GRbus 509 / ...
41h 59m£161–319
Benalmádena to Cardiff by train, foot, bus, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Benalmádena to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £45 - £180 and takes 6h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Benalmádena to Cardiff is to fly which takes 6h 14m and costs £50 - £290.
No, there is no direct bus from Benalmádena to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Benalmádena Pueblo and arriving at University RE via Torremolinos, Estación Sur de Autobuses, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 35m.
The distance between Benalmádena and Cardiff is 1082 miles.
The best way to get from Benalmádena to Cardiff without a car is to train and bus which takes 33h 48m and costs £220 - £490.
It takes approximately 6h 44m to get from Benalmádena to Cardiff, including transfers.
Benalmádena to Cardiff bus services, operated by Interbus, depart from Torremolinos station.
The best way to get from Benalmádena to Cardiff is to fly which takes 6h 14m and costs £50 - £290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £120 - £340 and takes 39h 35m.
Benalmádena to Cardiff bus services, operated by Interbus, arrive at Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Benalmádena. It is currently 11:28 AM in Benalmádena and 10:28 AM in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Benalmádena, Spain and Cardiff, Wales?
Ryanair and Vueling Airlines fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Benalmádena Pueblo to University RE via Torremolinos, Estación Sur de Autobuses, Paris, Quai de Bercy, Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station, and London Victoria in around 39h 35m.
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cardiff Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Ibiza
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £75–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Santiago de Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–100
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £27–95
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cardiff Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–100
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–220
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £75–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Santiago de Compostela
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–100
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £27–95
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Málaga Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Wednesday, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–85
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from Málaga Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Málaga Airport to Cardiff Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £28–240
Flights from Málaga Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Málaga Airport to Birmingham Airport via Valencia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
Flights from Málaga Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–160
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Málaga Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–70
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £20–80
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–45
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- 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 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- 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
- £20–29
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- Cross Country
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- Ouigo
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- 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
- £15–30
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £90–170
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–140
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
Bus from Estación Sur de Autobuses to Paris, Quai de Bercy
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–140
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- Phone
- +34 916 52 00 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- grupointerbus.com
Bus from Torremolinos to Madrid Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £20–60
- Schedules at
- grupointerbus.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
- £29–70
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £29–70
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +34 915 304 417
- [email protected]
- Website
- Socibus
Bus from Málaga to Bilbao Intermodal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Socibus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bilbao to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–95
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £29–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Santander to Plymouth
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £90–600
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Single Ticket
- £90–190
- Car Single Ticket
- £240–600
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