There are 12 ways to get from Cardiff to Budva by train, plane, 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.
Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Tivat Airport
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Tivat Airport (TIV)plane BHX - TIV
7h 30m€174–461Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Tivat Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Tivat Airport (TIV)plane BRS - TIV
6h 42m€152–358Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Anvers-Centraltrain Eil
- Take the bus from Antwerpen-Centraal to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana Airport to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
37h 4m€378–561Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Budvacar
26h 41m€524–712Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Dubrovnik Airport, car ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Dubrovnik Airport (DBV)plane BRS - DBV
- Take the carferry from Dubrovnik to Budvacarferry
10h 33mTrain to Birmingham Airport, fly to Dubrovnik Airport, car ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Dubrovnik Airport (DBV)plane BHX - DBV
- Take the carferry from Dubrovnik to Budvacarferry
11h 21mTrain, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Dubrovnik Airport, car ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Dubrovnik Airport (DBV)plane LGW - DBV
- Take the carferry from Dubrovnik to Budvacarferry
12h 11mTrain, train to Luton Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane LTN - TIA
- Take the bus from Tirana Airport to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
12h 22m€155–447Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane STN - TIA
- Take the bus from Tirana Airport to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
12h 31m€155–482Bus
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
40h 29mBus via Brussels
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels to Sarajevo , East Sarajevo Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sarajevo , East Sarajevo Bus Station to Budva, Autobuska Stanicabus
2d 10hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Budvacar
27h 50m€417–666
Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Tivat Airport (TIV) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Budva is to train and fly which costs €150 - €360 and takes 6h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Budva is to train and fly which takes 6h 42m and costs €150 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Budva. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Budva, Autobuska Stanica via Green Line Coach Station, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, Bounds Green Road London and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 29m.
The distance between Cardiff and Budva is 2096 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Budva without a car is to train and bus which takes 37h 4m and costs €370 - €600.
It takes approximately 7h 30m to get from Cardiff to Budva, including transfers.
Cardiff to Budva bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Budva bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Budva is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 1:27 PM in Cardiff and 2:27 PM in Budva.
There are 5995+ hotels available in Budva.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Budva, Montenegro?
You can take a bus from Park Place to Budva, Autobuska Stanica via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, Green Line Coach Station, Brent Cross Centre / North Circular Road, Brent Cross Shopping Centre, Hobart Corner, Bounds Green Road London, Tirana, and Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave in around 40h 29m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Tivat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
Flights from Bristol Airport to Dubrovnik Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dubrovnik Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Bristol Airport to Tivat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
- Website
- tui.co.uk
Flights from Bristol Airport to Dubrovnik Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Dubrovnik Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–360
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dubrovnik Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–350
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–190
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Tivat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–310
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Dubrovnik Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Dubrovnik Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €19–30
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–85
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €19–30
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–50
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €150–260
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €140
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- €140
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Antwerpen-Centraal to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €130
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Bounds Green Road London to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 39m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana Airport to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
Bus from Tirana Airport to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
Bus from Tirana Airport to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +355 69 234 8608
- [email protected]
- Website
- dritatravel.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- dritatravel.com
- Phone
- +382 32 520 495
- [email protected]
- Website
- Old Town Travel
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Old Town Travel
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- [email protected]
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +387 35 630-532
- [email protected]
- Website
- halilovicbus.ba
Bus from Brussels to Sarajevo , East Sarajevo Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 35h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- halilovicbus.ba
- Phone
- +387 57 340-771
- [email protected]
- Website
- centrotrans-ad.com
Bus from Sarajevo , East Sarajevo Bus Station to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Schedules at
- centrotrans-ad.com
- Phone
- +387 53 961-714
- [email protected]
- Website
- Globus Turist
Bus from Sarajevo , East Sarajevo Bus Station to Budva, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 49m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Globus Turist
- Phone
- +385 52 451 200
- [email protected]
- Website
- Adriatic Lines
Car ferry from Dubrovnik to Budva
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Adriatic Lines
Car ferry from Dubrovnik to Budva
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Adriatic Lines
Car ferry from Dubrovnik to Budva
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Adriatic Lines
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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