There are 8 ways to get from Athens to Karnobat by plane, shuttle, bus, train, or car
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 Varna Airport, shuttle, bus
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane ATH - VAR
- Take a shuttle bus from Varna Airport to Sunny Beach
- Take the bus from Sunny Beach to Karnobatbus
10h 24mTrain, bus via Blagoevgrad
cheapest- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Serrestrain Re
- Take the bus from Serres to Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminalbus
- Take the train from Blagoevgrad to Sofiatrain
- Take the train from Sofia to Karnobattrain
20h 17m$59–92Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki train station to Sofiabus
- Take the train from Sofia to Aitostrain
19h 28m$60–98Bus via Sofia
- Take the bus from Athens to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Yambol Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Yambol to Karnobatbus
20h 10mDrive 1,015.2 km
- Drive from Athens to Karnobatcar 1,015.2 km
11h 20m$213–308Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane ATH - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Sunny Beach
- Take the bus from Sunny Beach to Karnobatbus
11h 14mBus
- Take the bus from Athens to Keşanbus
- Take the bus from Keşan to Çorlubus
- Take the bus from Corlu to Burgas Westbus
- Take the bus from Burgas West to Karnobatbus
20h 44mBus #2
- Take the bus from Athens to Rusebus
- Take the bus from Ruse to Karnobatbus
22h 46m$89–96
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Varna Airport (VAR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Karnobat is to train and bus which costs $60 - $100 and takes 19h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Karnobat is to drive which takes 11h 20m and costs $210 - $310.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Karnobat. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Karnobat via Sofia Central Bus Station and Yambol. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 10m.
The distance between Athens and Karnobat is 881 km. The road distance is 1015.2 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Karnobat without a car is to train and bus which takes 19h 28m and costs $60 - $100.
It takes approximately 10h 24m to get from Athens to Karnobat, including transfers.
Athens to Karnobat bus services, operated by Tourist Service Holding AD, depart from Athens station.
Athens to Karnobat bus services, operated by Tourist Service Holding AD, arrive at Sofia station.
Yes, the driving distance between Athens to Karnobat is 1015 km. It takes approximately 11h 20m to drive from Athens to Karnobat.
There are five+ hotels available in Karnobat.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Karnobat, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Athens to Karnobat via Sofia Central Bus Station and Yambol in around 20h 10m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–170
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Athens International Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–170
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–850
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Varna Airport via Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $120–230
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–180
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–180
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Thessaloniki to Serres
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–13
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia to Aitos
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $11–16
- 1st Class
- $15–20
Train from Blagoevgrad to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $4–6
- 1st Class
- $6–7
Train from Sofia to Karnobat
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $9–14
- 1st Class
- $12–18
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Varna Airport to Sunny Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–170
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Sunny Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $270–370
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- info@bgrazpisanie.com
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sunny Beach to Karnobat
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
Bus from Yambol to Karnobat
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Thessaloniki train station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- outgoing@tourist-service.com
- Website
- en.tourist-service.com
Bus from Athens to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $78
- Website
- https://en.tourist-service.com/
Bus from Athens to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $78
- Website
- https://en.tourist-service.com/
- Website
- dichoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Yambol Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- Dichoni
- Phone
- +30 23210-22822
- ktelserres@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelserron.gr
Bus from Serres to Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Book at
- ktelserron.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- +30 2310241545
- crazy.holidays.tours@gmail.com
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Athens to Keşan
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Website
- https://www.crazyholidays.gr/root.en.aspx
- Phone
- 0850 202 22 22
- iletisim@uludagturizm.com.tr
- Website
- balikesiruludag.com.tr
Bus from Keşan to Çorlu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- balikesiruludag.com.tr
- Phone
- 0 286 212 22 22
- info@truvaturizm.com
- Website
- truvaturizm.com
Bus from Keşan to Çorlu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- truvaturizm.com
- Phone
- 0850 811 5959
- website@kaleseyahat.com.tr
- Website
- kaleseyahat.com.tr
Bus from Keşan to Çorlu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- kaleseyahat.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Corlu to Burgas West
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–14
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $11–14
- Phone
- +359 0882455155
- bourgasbus@abv.bg
- Website
- burgasbus.info
Bus from Burgas West to Karnobat
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- https://burgasbus.info/eng/?cat=1
- Phone
- +359 82 82 81 51
- info@avtogararuse.org
- Website
- avtogararuse.org
Bus from Ruse to Karnobat
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–18
- Schedules at
- avtogararuse.org
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