There are 8 ways to get from Basel to Plovdiv by plane, bus, train, night 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 Basel to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BSL - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
7h 32m$82–274Train, bus via Munich
cheapest- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich Hackerbrücke to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus
31h 3m$75–270Train, night train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain Tgv / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Stara Zagoranighttrain
- Take the train from Stara Zagora to Plovdivtrain Re / ...
35h 58m$440–785Drive 1,790.7 km
- Drive from Basel to Plovdivcar 1,790.7 km
18h 14m$361–522Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ZRH - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
8h 35m$149–376Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane ZRH - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou Bus Stop to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus
14h 45m$179–410Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain 20 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stopbus Citylines 64 / ...
31h 42m$107–268Bus
- Take the bus from Basel to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stopbus Citylines 11 / ...
33h 50m$143–187
Basel (BSL) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Plovdiv is to bus which costs $140 - $190 and takes 33h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Plovdiv is to fly and bus which takes 7h 32m and costs $80 - $280.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Plovdiv station. However, there are services departing from Basel and arriving at Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop via Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Basel to Plovdiv. However, there are services departing from Basel SBB and arriving at Plovdiv via Zuerich Hb, Wien Hbf, Bucharest and Stara Zagora. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 58m.
The distance between Basel and Plovdiv is 1507 km. The road distance is 1790.7 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Plovdiv without a car is to train and bus via Munich which takes 31h 3m and costs $75 - $270.
It takes approximately 7h 32m to get from Basel to Plovdiv, including transfers.
Basel to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Yubim, depart from Basel station.
Basel to Plovdiv train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Basel SBB station.
Basel to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Yubim, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Plovdiv, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Basel to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop via Sofia Central Bus Station in around 33h 50m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–450
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–250
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–460
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–420
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–460
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–450
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–490
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–250
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–210
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–210
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–210
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $120–180
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $270–470
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $10–24
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $10–15
- 1st Class
- $14–18
Train from Stara Zagora to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $3–6
- 1st Class
- $5–6
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel Bad Bf to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +359 2 493 0191
- info@traventuria.com
- Website
- traventuria.com
Bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou Bus Stop to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Website
- -
Bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65–170
- Schedules at
- -
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11
- Schedules at
- -
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Basel to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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More Questions & Answers
Plovdiv is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 8:30 AM in Basel and 9:30 AM in Plovdiv.
Basel to Plovdiv train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Plovdiv is 1791 km. It takes approximately 18h 14m to drive from Basel to Plovdiv.
There are 144+ hotels available in Plovdiv.




































