There are 13 ways to get from Kraków to Cardiff by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane KRK - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
6h 24m£58–309Train, bus via Amsterdam
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Wroclaw Glownytrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Wroclaw Glowny to Poznan Glownytrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Poznań to Amsterdam Centraal Stationbus
- Take the train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
26h 38mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Kraków to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
17h 35m£361–477Fly to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane KRK - CWL
9h 30m£67–240Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane KRK - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 57m£88–233Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane KRK - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 17m£127–341Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane KRK - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 27m£99–301Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane KRK - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 11m£138–506Train, bus
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Wroclaw Glownytrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Wroclaw, Bus Station to Lillebus
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
27h 30m£257–534Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain 410 / ...
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
28h 4m£180–514Bus
- Take the bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus 913
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
30h 22m£145–257Train, bus #3
- Take the train from Krakow Glowny to Lodz Widzewtrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Lodz, Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
33h 1m£173–396Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Kraków to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
18h 39m£257–410
Kraków to Cardiff by train, bus, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kraków to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £55 - £310 and takes 6h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Kraków to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 6h 24m and costs £55 - £310.
No, there is no direct bus from Kraków station to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Krakow, MDA Bus Station and arriving at University RE via Prague Florenc Central Bus Station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 22m.
The distance between Kraków and Cardiff is 1046 miles.
The best way to get from Kraków to Cardiff without a car is to train and bus via Amsterdam which takes 26h 38m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 24m to get from Kraków to Cardiff, including transfers.
Kraków to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Krakow, MDA Bus Station.
The best way to get from Kraków to Cardiff is to fly which takes 9h 30m and costs £65 - £240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £140 - £260 and takes 30h 22m.
Kraków to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Kraków. It is currently 4:37 AM in Kraków and 3:37 AM in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Kraków, Poland and Cardiff, Wales?
KLM and Ryanair fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to University RE via Prague Florenc Central Bus Station, London Victoria Green Line Station, and London Victoria in around 30h 22m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–240
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–230
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Cardiff Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £80–270
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £29–140
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £29–140
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–220
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–360
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–240
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–190
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Luton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–230
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–150
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–140
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Gatwick Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- 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 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Krakow Glowny to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Poznan Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £21–80
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–130
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £65–240
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Krakow Glowny to Lodz Widzew
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Poznan Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Poznan Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £17–26
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +48 22 474 00 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- polregio.pl
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Poznan Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- https://polregio.pl/pl/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £150–260
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +420 220 311 700
- [email protected]
- Website
- leoexpress.com
Train from Krakow Glowny to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–40
- Website
- https://www.leoexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Krakow Glowny to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Poznań to Amsterdam Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Wroclaw, Bus Station to Lille
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £85–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lodz, Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £110–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- [email protected]
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–35
- Website
- https://transtempo.ua/
- Phone
- +48 (81) 884 41 09
- [email protected]
- Website
- agat.eu
Bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £30–50
- Schedules at
- agat.eu
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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