There are 12 ways to get from Wales to Nantes by train (Eurostar, TGV), car, car ferry, train, ferry, bus, car train, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Nantestrain Tgv
7h 34m€276–527Fly from Cardiff Airport
cheapest- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane CWL - NTE
6h 47m€61–256Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Poolecar
- Take the car ferry from Poole to St Malo Ferry Portcarferry
- Drive from St Malo Ferry Port to Nantescar
11h 21m€108–314Train, car ferry, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Pooletrain
- Take the car ferry from Poole to St Malo Ferry Portcarferry
- Take the ferry from St Malo Ferry Port to Dinard Cale Corsaireferry
- Take the bus from Office du Tourisme to Gare routièrebus 507
- Take the bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hubbus
17h 35mBus
- 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 Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hubbus
17h 53m€103–214Train, car ferry
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Portsmouth & Southseatrain
- Take the car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to St Malo Ferry Portcarferry
- Take the train from St Malo to Rennestrain Ter
- Take the train from Rennes to Nantestrain Ter
16h 3m€167–326Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Nantescar
9h 54m€288–356Bus to Bristol Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Kingsway K14 to Public Transport Interchangebus
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane BRS - NTE
7h 6m€90–220Train to Manchester Airport, fly
- Take the train from Wrexham General to Crewetrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane MAN - NTE
6h 24m€76–227Fly from Liverpool
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane LPL - NTE
7h 59m€94–213Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Newport (S Wales) to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airporttrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane LGW - NTE
7h 5m€125–304Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
- Take the train from Newport (S Wales) to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE)plane STN - NTE
6h 56m€129–319
Wales to Nantes by train, subway, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Wales to Nantes is to train and fly which costs €75 - €230 and takes 6h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Wales to Nantes is to train and fly which takes 6h 24m and costs €75 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Wales to Nantes. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub via London Victoria and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 53m.
No, there is no direct train from Wales to Nantes. However, there are services departing from Cardiff Central and arriving at Nantes via Paddington, London St Pancras Intl, Gare du Nord and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 7h 34m.
The distance between Wales and Nantes is 1078 km.
The best way to get from Wales to Nantes without a car is to train which takes 7h 34m and costs €270 - €550.
It takes approximately 7h 34m to get from Wales to Nantes, including transfers.
Wales to Nantes bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Wales to Nantes train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Cardiff Central station.
The best way to get from Wales to Nantes is to train which takes 7h 34m and costs €270 - €550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €100 - €220 and takes 17h 53m, you could also fly, which costs €60 - €260 and takes 6h 47m.
What companies run services between Wales and Nantes, France?
You can take a train from Cardiff Central to Nantes via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Gare du Nord, Montparnasse Bienvenue, and Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 in around 7h 34m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Park Place to Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station in around 17h 53m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–180
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Liverpool to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–320
Flights from Liverpool to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Liverpool to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Liverpool to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–140
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–410
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Manchester Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Liverpool to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–280
Flights from Liverpool to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–320
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport via Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Nantes Atlantique Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–120
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Portsmouth & Southsea
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Newport (S Wales) to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–100
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €27–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Newport (S Wales) to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from St Malo to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–27
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from St Malo to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Rennes to Nantes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–50
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Southampton Central to Poole
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €137
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- €137
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Wrexham General to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Wrexham General to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 02 99 300 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- breizhgo.bzh
Bus from Office du Tourisme to Gare routière
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- breizhgo.bzh
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–17
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from London Victoria to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station to Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from Kingsway K14 to Public Transport Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–18
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 3456 091 024
- [email protected]
- Website
- condorferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Poole to St Malo Ferry Port
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- https://www.condorferries.co.uk/
Car ferry from Poole to St Malo Ferry Port
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–230
- Website
- https://www.condorferries.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0825 138 100
- Website
- compagniecorsaire.com
Ferry from St Malo Ferry Port to Dinard Cale Corsaire
- Ave. Duration
- 10 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9
- Schedules at
- compagniecorsaire.com
- Phone
- 0330 159 7000
- [email protected]
- Website
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
Car ferry from Portsmouth International Port to St Malo Ferry Port
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Schedules at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
- Book at
- brittany-ferries.co.uk
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More Questions & Answers
Wales to Nantes bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Nantes is 1h ahead of Wales. It is currently 2:46 PM in Wales and 3:46 PM in Nantes.
Wales to Nantes train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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