There are 12 ways to get from Tirana to Cardiff by plane, train, 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.
Fly to Bristol Airport, train
best- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane TIA - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 1m£96–220Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane TIA - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 28m£81–333Bus, train via Strasbourg
- Take the bus from Tirana to Strasbourg Bahnhofbus
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Lille Europetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
28h 55mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Tirana to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
29h 37m£467–631Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane TIA - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 59m£109–255Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane TIA - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 17m£112–382Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane TIA - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 40m£153–443Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane TIA - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 18m£114–350Bus, train
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nordbus
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
29h 10m£282–413Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brightonbus
- Take the train from Brighton to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Cardiff Centraltrain
43h 13mBus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Köln/Bonn Flughafen Terminal 2bus
- Take the bus from Cologne Airport CGN to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
45h 56mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Tirana to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
30h 41m£380–593
Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Bristol Airport (BRS) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Tirana to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £80 - £340 and takes 9h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Tirana to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 8h 40m and costs £150 - £450.
No, there is no direct bus from Tirana to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Dollari B and arriving at University RE via Tirana, Cologne Airport CGN and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 56m.
The distance between Tirana and Cardiff is 1328 miles.
The best way to get from Tirana to Cardiff without a car is to bus and train via Strasbourg which takes 28h 55m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 1m to get from Tirana to Cardiff, including transfers.
Tirana to Cardiff bus services, operated by Deva Tours, depart from Tirana station.
Tirana to Cardiff bus services, operated by Deva Tours, arrive at Köln/Bonn Flughafen Terminal 2 station.
Cardiff is 1h behind Tirana. It is currently 6:31 PM in Tirana and 5:31 PM in Cardiff.
There are 1771+ hotels available in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Tirana, Albania and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a bus from Dollari B to University RE via Teg, Tirana, Cologne Airport CGN, and London Victoria in around 45h 56m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Bristol Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- £80–160
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Birmingham Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Birmingham Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–410
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £40–410
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Luton Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £22–100
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–160
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £13–95
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Bristol Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Bristol Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Bristol Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Bristol Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £85–300
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–320
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–270
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–420
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–280
- 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 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- 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 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–85
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–110
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Southampton Central to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 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
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £100–160
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Strasbourg to Lille Europe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £95–150
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Lille Europe to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £110–190
- Website
- Eurostar
- 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
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–21
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from Brighton to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–50
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +355 68 20 63 724
- [email protected]
- Website
- arjanitravel.com
Bus from Tirana to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- arjanitravel.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brussels-Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £109
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 673 835 770
- Website
- devatours.eu
Bus from Tirana to Köln/Bonn Flughafen Terminal 2
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- devatours.eu
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Cologne Airport CGN to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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
- £24–40
- Website
- National Express
- 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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