There are 11 ways to get from Northern Ireland to Calais by plane, train, car ferry, busferry, 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 George Best Belfast City Airport to London City Airport, train
best- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to London City Airport (LCY)plane BHD - LCY
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Calais Villetrain
8h 3m€223–636Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Take the train from Portadown to Dublin Connollytrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA)plane DUB - BVA
- Take the bus from Aéroport to Gare routierebus
- Take the train from Amiens to Calais Villetrain
10h 53m€80–248Car ferry, train
- Take the carferry from Belfast to Liverpoolcarferry
- Take the train from Chester to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Dover Priorytrain
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
18h 5m€211–455Bus and ferry, bus, car ferry
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 594 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
21h 41m€120–241Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane BHD - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Calais Villetrain
8h 4m€187–429Fly Belfast International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, train
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG)plane BFS - CDG
- Take the train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europetrain
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Calais Villetrain
8h 22m€121–321Fly Belfast International Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane BFS - STN
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Lille Europetrain
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Calais Villetrain
8h 42m€178–447Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Brussels Airport, train
- Take the train from Portadown to Dublin Connollytrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane DUB - BRU
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europetrain
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Calais Villetrain
10h 24m€92–329Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, train
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)plane BHD - AMS
- Take the train from Schiphol Airport to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europetrain
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Calais Villetrain
10h 15m€224–560Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Paris Orly Airport, train
- Take the train from Portadown to Dublin Connollytrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Paris Orly Airport (ORY)plane DUB - ORY
- Take the train from Paris Nord to Lille Flandrestrain
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Calais Villetrain
11h 7m€181–444Bus and ferry, bus, car ferry via Belfast Stena Line Terminus
- Take the busferry from Belfast Stena Line Terminus to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Doverbus 700
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
22h 19m€109–245
Northern Ireland to Calais by busferry, bus, foot, and car ferry
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Northern Ireland to Calais is to train and fly and bus which costs €75 - €250 and takes 10h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Northern Ireland to Calais is to fly and train which takes 8h 3m and costs €220 - €650.
The distance between Northern Ireland and Calais is 915 km.
The best way to get from Northern Ireland to Calais without a car is to car ferry and train which takes 18h 5m and costs €210 - €460.
It takes approximately 8h 3m to get from Northern Ireland to Calais, including transfers.
Calais is 1h ahead of Northern Ireland. It is currently 9:27 PM in Northern Ireland and 10:27 PM in Calais.
There are 1231+ hotels available in Calais.
What companies run services between Northern Ireland and Calais, France?
There is no direct connection from Northern Ireland to Calais. However, you can take the line 600 bus to George Best Belfast City Airport, walk to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) airport, fly to London City Airport (LCY), walk to London City Airport, take the train to Stratford International DLR Station, walk to Stratford International, take the train to London St Pancras Intl, take the train to Lille Europe, walk to Gare Lille Europe, take the vehicle to Gare Lille Flandres, walk to Lille Flandres, then take the train to Calais Ville. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Victoria Square Victoria Street to Calais via Stena Line terminus, Belfast, Liverpool, Birkenhead Hamilton Square, Chester, London Euston, London St Pancras Intl, Dover Priory, and Port of Dover in around 18h 5m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London Gatwick Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, Friday, Sunday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport via Leeds Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Belfast International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–200
Flights from Belfast International Airport to London Stansted Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–200
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Friday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Beauvais–Tillé Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Dublin Airport to Brussels Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Paris Orly Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–170
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London City Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–400
Flights from Dublin Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to London City Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–500
Flights from Dublin Airport to Brussels Airport via Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–270
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–340
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Paris Orly Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Sunday, Friday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
- 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 Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- 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 Schiphol Airport to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lille Flandres to Calais Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lille Flandres to Calais Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lille Flandres to Calais Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lille Flandres to Calais Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Amiens to Calais Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lille Flandres to Calais Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lille Flandres to Calais Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris Nord to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lille Flandres to Calais Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Chester to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- [email protected]
- Website
- Southeastern
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Dover Priory
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- Southeastern
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Gatwick Airport to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €24
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Nord to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Translink
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Translink
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–25
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €12–18
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €12–18
Train from Portadown to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €12–18
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- €4
Busferry from Belfast Stena Line Terminus to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €4
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- €4
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 09 70 15 01 50
- [email protected]
- Website
- Oise - Réseau de l'Oise
Bus from Aéroport to Gare routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €1
- Website
- Oise - Réseau de l'Oise
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Stena Line
Car ferry from Belfast to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €44–120
- Website
- Stena Line
- Passenger
- €44
- Car Passenger
- €167
- 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
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- 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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