There are 12 ways to get from Cardiff to Nice Airport (NCE) by train, plane, train (Eurostar), bus, night train, 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 Bristol Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane BRS - NCE
5h 31m€97–238Fly from Cardiff Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane CWL - NCE
7h 18m€92–449Train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain Eil
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Marseille Saint Chtrain Trn
- Take the train from Marseille-Saint-Charles to Nice-Saint-Augustintrain
14h 1m€412–648Bus
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1bus
27h 35m€137–236Train, night train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the nighttrain from Paris Austerlitz to Nice Villenighttrain
19h 37m€424–722Train to Birmingham Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane BHX - NCE
6h 18m€134–311Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane LHR - NCE
6h 22m€171–479Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane LGW - NCE
7h 20m€141–357Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane LTN - NCE
7h 4m€151–336Bus via Cardiff - North Road
- Take the bus from Cardiff - North Road to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)bus 700
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Nice Airportbus
29h 15m€151–231Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Nice Airport (NCE)car
16h 50m€415–554Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Nice Airport (NCE)car
18h 19m€308–508
Cardiff to Nice Airport (NCE) by train, subway, foot, and tram
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Nice Airport (NCE) is to train and fly which costs €95 - €240 and takes 5h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Nice Airport (NCE) is to train and fly which takes 5h 31m and costs €95 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Nice Airport (NCE) station. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1 via London Victoria and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Cardiff to Nice Airport (NCE). However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Aéroport Terminal 2 via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Marseille-Saint-Charles and Parc Phoenix. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 1m.
The distance between Cardiff and Nice Airport (NCE) is 1209 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Nice Airport (NCE) without a car is to train which takes 14h 1m and costs €410 - €650.
It takes approximately 5h 31m to get from Cardiff to Nice Airport (NCE), including transfers.
Cardiff to Nice Airport (NCE) bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Nice Airport (NCE) train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Nice Airport (NCE) is to train which takes 14h 1m and costs €410 - €650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €130 - €240 and takes 27h 35m, you could also fly, which costs €90 - €450 and takes 7h 18m.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Nice Airport (NCE), France?
You can take a train from Cardiff Central to Aéroport Terminal 2 via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Lille Europe, Marseille Saint Ch, Marseille-Saint-Charles, Nice-Saint-Augustin, and Parc Phoenix in around 14h 1m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Park Place to Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1 via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 27h 35m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Toulouse
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Luton Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Luton Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
Flights from Luton Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–170
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–330
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–310
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–440
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–440
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- 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 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- 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 London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- 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
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- 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
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €170–290
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lille Europe to Marseille Saint Ch
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €180–270
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Marseille-Saint-Charles to Nice-Saint-Augustin
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–75
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Night train from Paris Austerlitz to Nice Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €170–290
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24
- Website
- Thameslink
- 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
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–50
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Nice - Airport Bus Station Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Cardiff - North Road to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine)
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy (Bercy Seine) to Nice Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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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Booking & Getting There
Cardiff to Nice Airport (NCE) bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Nice Airport (NCE) is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 3:34 AM in Cardiff and 4:34 AM in Nice Airport (NCE).
Cardiff to Nice Airport (NCE) train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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