There are 9 ways to get from Basel to Plovdiv by plane, bus, car, car train, train, or shuttle
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)BSL - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
7h 24m$57–234Bus
- Take the bus from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse to Sofia Serdica Bus StopUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3636
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Sever Bus and Coach StationUnion Ivkoni
27h 45m$86–123Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to München Ost
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Plovdiv
17h 20m$401–553Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF)ZRH - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
8h 34m$122–277Fly Basel to Plovdiv Airport
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)BSL - PDV
13h 40m$100–401Fly Basel to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)BSL - BBU
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest to Plovdiv
11h 33m$359–610Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof20 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus StopCitylines 64 / ...
31h 52m$152–238Bus, train
- Take the bus from Basel to Sofia
- Take the train from Sofia to Plovdiv8611 / ...
34h 10m$137–177Drive 1,790.2 km
- Drive from Basel to Plovdiv1,790.2 km
18h 10m$361–522
Basel to Plovdiv by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Plovdiv is to bus which costs $85 - $130 and takes 27h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Plovdiv is to fly and bus which takes 7h 24m and costs $55 - $240.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Plovdiv station. However, there are services departing from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse and arriving at Plovdiv Sever Bus and Coach Station via Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 45m.
The distance between Basel and Plovdiv is 1506 km. The road distance is 1790.2 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Plovdiv without a car is to bus which takes 27h 45m and costs $85 - $130.
It takes approximately 7h 24m to get from Basel to Plovdiv, including transfers.
Basel to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse station.
The best way to get from Basel to Plovdiv is to bus which takes 27h 45m and costs $85 - $130. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $95 - $410 and takes 13h 40m.
Basel to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Sofia Serdica Bus Stop station.
Plovdiv is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 4:57 PM in Basel and 5:57 PM in Plovdiv.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Plovdiv, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse to Plovdiv Sever Bus and Coach Station via Sofia Serdica Bus Stop and Sofia Central Bus Station in around 27h 45m. Alternatively, Wizz Air flies from Basel (BSL) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV) 3 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–210
Flights from Basel to Plovdiv Airport via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–390
Flights from Basel to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–340
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Basel to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–120
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–170
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Basel SBB to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $5–8
- 1st Class
- $8–9
- 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/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Sever Bus and Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $280–400
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–170
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Basel to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Plovdiv is 1790 km. It takes approximately 18h 10m to drive from Basel to Plovdiv.
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