There are 10 ways to get from Aberdeen to Bulgaria by plane, train, bus, car, car ferry, shuttle, or busferry
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Fly Aberdeen Airport to Sofia Airport
best- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ABZ - SOF
9h 12m$75–315Train, bus
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Haymarkettrain
- Take the train from Haymarket to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sofiabus
39h 6m$161–452Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Aberdeen to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Sofiacar
32h 7m$626–918Fly Aberdeen Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane ABZ - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
9h 29m$221–557Fly Aberdeen Airport to Burgas Airport
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane ABZ - BOJ
9h 58m$108–454Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane EDI - SOF
9h 7m$118–461Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Aberdeen to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane EDI - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
10h 13m$242–730Train, bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Aberdeen to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
44h 11m$540–822Bus
- Take the bus from Union Square Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
- Take the bus from Ruse Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
2d 4h$247–302Bus, train, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Aberdeen Union Street to Haymarketbus
- Take the train from Haymarket to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Motrubusferry
- Take the bus from Motru to Drobeta-Turnu Severinbus
- Take the bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Sofiabus
2d 13h
Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Aberdeen to Bulgaria is to fly which costs $75 - $320 and takes 9h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Aberdeen to Bulgaria is to train and fly which takes 9h 7m and costs $110 - $470.
No, there is no direct bus from Aberdeen station to Bulgaria station. However, there are services departing from Union Square Bus Station and arriving at Sofia Central Bus Station via London Victoria, Buchurest and Ruse Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 4h.
The distance between Aberdeen and Bulgaria is 2443 km.
The best way to get from Aberdeen to Bulgaria without a car is to train and bus which takes 39h 6m and costs $160 - $460.
It takes approximately 9h 12m to get from Aberdeen to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Aberdeen to Bulgaria bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Union Square Bus Station.
The best way to get from Aberdeen to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 9h 12m and costs $75 - $320. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $240 - $310 and takes 2 days 4h.
Aberdeen to Bulgaria bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Bulgaria is 2h ahead of Aberdeen. It is currently 6:15 PM in Aberdeen and 8:15 PM in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Aberdeen, Scotland and Bulgaria?
KLM, Bulgaria Air, and three other airlines fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Sofia Airport (SOF) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Union Square Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station via London Victoria, Bucharest, Buchurest, and Ruse Central Bus Station in around 2d 4h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $65–300
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–180
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–460
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sofia Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–320
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Burgas Airport via Gdansk
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–460
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–420
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sofia Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–270
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Burgas Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–500
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sofia Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–500
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $60–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $100–390
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–100
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Standard
- $40–60
- 1st Class
- $70–100
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- $100–140
Train from Aberdeen to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $260–370
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Anytime Day Single
- $260–370
Train from Aberdeen to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $80–220
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- $80–120
- 1st Class
- $160–220
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–130
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Standard
- $50–75
- 1st Class
- $100–130
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- $100–140
- Comfort
- $110–160
- Premium
- $150–200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $29–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Union Square Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–290
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–170
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $161
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Ruse Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 2 989000
- support.eu@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Ruse Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–17
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Aberdeen Union Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–65
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Motru
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $80–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +4-0745-779.908
- Website
- dikeltour.autogari.ro
Bus from Motru to Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- dikeltour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–80
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $90–220
- On Foot
- $40–50
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