There are 11 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 31m£60–203Train, bus
- 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 50m£369–591Train, bus via Großauheim
- Take the train from Krakow Plaszow to Hanau Hauptbahnhoftrain Drf
- Take the train from Hanau Hbf to Dortmund Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hallbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
37h 1mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Kraków to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
17h 48m£394–525Fly to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane KRK - CWL
8h 42m£86–409Fly 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 58m£83–268Fly 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 21m£116–335Fly 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 36m£107–296Train, 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 6m£151–318Bus
- Take the bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Plzeňbus
- Take the bus from Pilsen Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Stationbus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
31h 54m£134–213Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Kraków to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
18h 52m£307–488
John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice (KRK) to Bristol Airport (BRS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Kraków to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £60 - £210 and takes 6h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Kraków to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 6h 31m and costs £60 - £210.
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 Pilsen Central Bus Station and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 54m.
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 which takes 26h 50m and costs £360 - £600.
It takes approximately 6h 31m 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 8h 42m and costs £85 - £410. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £130 - £220 and takes 31h 54m.
Kraków to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Plzeň station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Kraków. It is currently 12:55 PM in Kraków and 11:55 AM in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Kraków, Poland and Cardiff, Wales?
KLM flies 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 Pilsen Central Bus Station, London Victoria Green Line Station, and London Victoria in around 31h 54m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–180
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Stansted Airport via Szczecin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Stansted Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–400
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Bristol Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–160
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–270
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–140
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £40–190
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–150
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from John Paul Ii International Airport Kraków–Balice to London Gatwick Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- 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 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- 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 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- 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
- 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 Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Wroclaw Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £25–45
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Poznan Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–28
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Krakow Glowny to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Poznan Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £35
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +48 22 474 00 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Polregio
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Poznan Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £5–8
- Website
- Polregio
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Wroclaw Glowny to Poznan Glowny
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £12–19
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Amsterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £190–310
- Website
- Eurostar
- Website
- LEO Express
Train from Krakow Plaszow to Hanau Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 59m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- LEO Express
Train from Krakow Glowny to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £17–26
- Website
- LEO Express
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hanau Hbf to Dortmund Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- 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
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Krakow Glowny to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grand Bus
Bus from Poznań to Amsterdam Centraal Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £80–90
- Website
- Grand Bus
- Phone
- +48 77 443 44 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sindbad
Bus from DORTMUND, Hbf Nordseite, Steinstrasse to LONDON, Victoria Coach Station-Departure Hall
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–70
- Website
- Sindbad
- 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
- £26–40
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £70–120
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Pilsen Central Bus Station to London Victoria Green Line Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Krakow, MDA Bus Station to Plzeň
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–65
- 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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