There are 10 ways to get from Bern to Varna by train, plane, bus, car, car 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.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Varna Airport
best- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane ZRH - VAR
5h 47m$240–480Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Bern to Zürich HBtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich Limmatstrasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Stationbus
32h 23m$130–199Train, bus via Bratislava
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich HBtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Varnabus
29h 24m$251–429Train
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich HBtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse Razpredelitelnatrain
- Take the train from Ruse Razpredelitelna to Varnatrain
36h 42m$420–614Drive, car train
- Drive from Bern to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Varnacar
21h 8m$465–653Train to Basel, fly to Varna Airport
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane BSL - VAR
7h 38m$194–424Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane ZRH - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Varna
10h 10m$380–675Bus
- Take the bus from Bern to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivybus N882
- Take the bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Varnabus
30h 35m$138–255Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Bern to Sarganstrain
- Take the train from Sargans to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Innsbruck Ice Stadium to Varna Central Bus Stationbus
41h 54m$261–411Drive 2,109.3 km
- Drive from Bern to Varnacar 2,109.3 km
21h 56m$426–615
Bern to Varna by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bern to Varna is to train and bus which costs $130 - $200 and takes 32h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Varna is to train and fly which takes 5h 47m and costs $240 - $480.
No, there is no direct bus from Bern to Varna. However, there are services departing from Bern and arriving at Varna via Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Bern to Varna. However, there are services departing from Bern and arriving at Varna via Zuerich Hb, Wien Hbf, Bucuresti Nord and Ruse Razpredelitelna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 42m.
The distance between Bern and Varna is 1708 km. The road distance is 2109.3 km.
The best way to get from Bern to Varna without a car is to train and bus via Bratislava which takes 29h 24m and costs $250 - $430.
It takes approximately 5h 47m to get from Bern to Varna, including transfers.
Bern to Varna bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bern station.
Bern to Varna train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Bern station.
The best way to get from Bern to Varna is to train which takes 36h 42m and costs $420 - $650. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $130 - $260 and takes 30h 35m.
What companies run services between Bern, Switzerland and Varna, Bulgaria?
You can take a train from Bern to Varna via Zürich HB, Zuerich Hb, Wien Hbf, Bucuresti Nord, and Ruse Razpredelitelna in around 36h 42m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bern to Varna via Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy in around 30h 35m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Varna Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–430
Flights from Basel to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–340
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Basel to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–330
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–480
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–310
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–240
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–480
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Zurich Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Basel to Varna Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $90–350
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Sargans to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Bern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Bern to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–210
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $130–200
Train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $120–180
Train from Sargans to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $35–55
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–340
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse Razpredelitelna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–16
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Ruse Razpredelitelna to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7–12
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $7–10
- 1st Class
- $10–12
- 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
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $240–330
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bern to Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Zurich Limmatstrasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 (2) 86 88 892
- office@biomet.bg
- Website
- biomet.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–21
- Website
- https://biomet.bg/en/
- Phone
- +359 2 989000
- support.eu@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–23
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- helpline.svs@gmail.com
- Website
- svs.md
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://svs.md/en/bus/route/number-19167
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Innsbruck Ice Stadium to Varna Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–180
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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More Questions & Answers
Bern to Varna bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy station.
Varna is 1h ahead of Bern. It is currently 10:19 AM in Bern and 11:19 AM in Varna.
Bern to Varna train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bern to Varna is 2109 km. It takes approximately 21h 56m to drive from Bern to Varna.
There are 1862+ hotels available in Varna.


















































