Day Trips from Cardiff: Where You Can Go and Back in a Day
The cheapest day trip from Cardiff right now is Dublin on Saturday 28 November, £46.00 return on the flights and £84.85 for the whole day once the bus and food are in.
Cardiff Airport isn't the obvious place to start a day trip abroad, and yet you can be in Dublin for nine hours and home the same night for £84.85 all in. That's the cheapest one we've got from Cardiff right now, Saturday 28 November, and only £46.00 of it is the flights. We cost these the same way we cost all the other extreme day trips on the board, flights plus the bus, the lunch and the dinner, so the number you see is the number you'll actually spend.
Cheapest full day from Cardiff right now is Dublin on Saturday 28 November, £46.00 return on the flights and £84.85 once the ground costs go on. Checked 4 November. See the day
Can you really do a day trip from Cardiff and be home the same night?
Yes, and Dublin's the one that works best, because the flight's short and the airport sits close enough to town that you're not burning half your day on transfers. On Saturday 21 November you're out at 08:15 and back at 21:45, which gives you a full nine hours on the ground, and that day comes in at £95.85.
What's the cheapest day trip from Cardiff right now?
Dublin on Saturday 28 November at £46.00 return, which works out at £84.85 for the whole day. After that it's Alicante on Saturday 21 November at £59.00 return and £89.75 for the day. Both fares were checked on 4 November and they move about, so look again before you book anything.
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How long do you get in Alicante from Cardiff?
Six and a half hours, out at 07:55 and home at 23:20. One thing worth knowing before you book that one, it lands back at Bristol rather than Cardiff, so you'll want to work the drive or the train home into your day and your budget.
Is Dublin cheaper on a weekday or a Saturday from Cardiff?
Saturdays, which is backwards from how most of our routes work. Monday 9 November is £114.85 for the day and Monday 23 November is £123.85, while Saturday 21 November is £95.85 and Saturday 28 November is £84.85. If you've got a free Saturday you're better off than someone burning a day of leave. We've written up the day trip to Dublin from the UK in more detail if you want the city itself.
How do you get to Cardiff Airport?
Bus T9 from the city centre takes about 40 minutes and costs £5. That's already inside the whole-day figures above, same as every other cost we quote.
Which Cardiff day trips aren't worth it?
Amsterdam, at the moment. The best we can find from Cardiff is Thursday 26 November at £378.65 for the day, and it only gives you six hours on the ground. That fare was checked on 30 October and it would need to drop by half before we'd put it in front of anyone.
What about Christmas markets from Cardiff?
Nothing direct from Cardiff that we'd call good value yet, but the Dublin and Alicante days above run right through the market season. Every market we've costed from every UK airport is on the Christmas markets pages.
Every date we've checked is on day trips from Cardiff, and founders pay £19 a year for the lot.
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