There are 8 ways to get from Berlin to Plovdiv by plane, bus, car, shuttle, or car train
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Fly to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BER - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
7h 39m$72–257Bus
- Take the bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus Arda-Tur
26h 25m$100–130Drive 1,708.1 km
- Drive from Berlin to Plovdivcar 1,708.1 km
17h 26m$282–407Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BER - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Plovdiv
10h 40m$324–658Fly to Varna Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane BER - VAR
- Take a shuttle bus from Varna Airport to Plovdiv
9h 30m$154–718Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane BER - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou Bus Stop to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus
13h 53m$102–306Bus via Sofia
- Take the bus from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Central Bus Station Sofia to Plovdivbus
27h 1mDrive, car train
- Drive from Berlin to Göttingencar
- Take the car train from Göttingen to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Plovdivcar
19h$395–1,499
Berlin to Plovdiv by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Berlin to Plovdiv is to bus which costs $100 - $130 and takes 26h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Berlin to Plovdiv is to fly and bus which takes 7h 39m and costs $70 - $260.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof and arriving at Plovdiv Bus Station South station. Services depart five times a week, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 26h 25m.
The distance between Berlin and Plovdiv is 1478 km. The road distance is 1708.1 km.
The best way to get from Berlin to Plovdiv without a car is to bus which takes 26h 25m and costs $100 - $130.
It takes approximately 7h 39m to get from Berlin to Plovdiv, including transfers.
Berlin to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Arda Tur, depart from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof station.
Berlin to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Arda Tur, arrive at Plovdiv Bus Station South.
Plovdiv is 1h ahead of Berlin. It is currently 1:48 PM in Berlin and 2:48 PM in Plovdiv.
Yes, the driving distance between Berlin to Plovdiv is 1708 km. It takes approximately 17h 26m to drive from Berlin to Plovdiv.
What companies run services between Berlin, Germany and Plovdiv, Bulgaria?
Arda Tur operates a bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Plovdiv Bus Station South once daily. Tickets cost $110–150 and the journey takes 26h 25m. Racic Eurobus also services this route 3 times a week.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–340
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–330
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–390
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–380
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $40–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–220
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–160
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–160
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–160
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–210
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–210
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–190
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–300
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–160
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Göttingen to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–1,050
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $500–560
- Car Compartment
- $900–1,050
- 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
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–150
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
Bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou Bus Stop to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Berlin, Zentralen Omnibusbahnhof to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–130
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $280–410
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
Shuttle from Varna Airport to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–400
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Berlin Hauptbahnhof to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 51m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- helpline.svs@gmail.com
- Website
- svs.md
Bus from Central Bus Station Sofia to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://svs.md/en/bus/route/number-19167
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