There are 14 ways to get from Brighton to Varna by train, plane, bus, night train, car, car train, shuttle, busferry, or car ferry
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 London Heathrow Airport, fly to Varna Airport
best- Take the train from Brighton to Farringdontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane LHR - VAR
9h 13m$271–516Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Brighton to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Take the bus from Luton to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Horoscop Hotel to Varna Central Bus Stationbus
29h 6m$93–236Train, night train
- Take the train from Brighton to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- 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
47h 26m$469–1,074Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Brighton to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Varnacar
28h 22mTrain to Luton Airport, fly to Varna Airport
- Take the train from Brighton to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane LTN - VAR
7h 37m$173–432Fly London Gatwick Airport to Varna Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane LGW - VAR
9h 34m$177–425Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Brighton to Farringdontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LHR - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Varna
11h 50m$376–741Fly London Gatwick Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LGW - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Varna
10h 17m$327–570Train to Luton Airport, fly to Burgas Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Brighton to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane LTN - BOJ
- Take a shuttle bus from Sunny Beach to Varna
10h 13m$210–630Train to Luton Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Brighton to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LTN - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Varna
11h 50m$333–927Fly London Gatwick Airport to Burgas Airport, shuttle
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane LGW - BOJ
- Take a shuttle bus from Sunny Beach to Varna
8h 45m$209–553Bus
- Take the bus from St Peter's Church to Railway Stationbus 29 / ...
- Take the bus from Chequers Bus Station to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Varnabus
39h 20m$204–215Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from St Peter's Church to Railway Stationbus 29 / ...
- Take the busferry from Maidstone to Bucharestbusferry
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Varnabus
2d 18h$120–261Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Brighton to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Varnacar
29h 36m$516–792
Brighton to Varna by train and night train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Brighton to Varna is to train and bus which costs $90 - $240 and takes 29h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Brighton to Varna is to train and fly which takes 7h 37m and costs $170 - $440.
No, there is no direct bus from Brighton to Varna. However, there are services departing from St Peter's Church and arriving at Varna via Railway Station, Chequers Bus Station and Buchurest. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 20m.
No, there is no direct train from Brighton to Varna. However, there are services departing from Brighton and arriving at Varna via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Hbf, Bucuresti Nord and Ruse Razpredelitelna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 26m.
The distance between Brighton and Varna is 2423 km.
The best way to get from Brighton to Varna without a car is to train and bus which takes 29h 6m and costs $90 - $240.
It takes approximately 9h 13m to get from Brighton to Varna, including transfers.
Brighton to Varna bus services, operated by Brighton & Hove, depart from St Peter's Church station.
Brighton to Varna train services, operated by Thameslink, depart from Brighton station.
The best way to get from Brighton to Varna is to fly which takes 9h 34m and costs $170 - $430. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $200 - $220 and takes 39h 20m.
What companies run services between Brighton, England and Varna, Bulgaria?
Jet2.com, Austrian Airlines, and four other airlines fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Varna Airport (VAR) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from St Peter's Church to Varna via Railway Station, Chequers Bus Station, Bucharest, and Buchurest in around 39h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $150–480
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–370
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–430
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–430
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–150
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–350
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–370
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–240
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $150–480
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $130–430
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Varna Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $95–350
Flights from Luton Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–300
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Varna Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–470
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–170
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–430
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–320
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–300
Flights from Luton Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $100–360
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–380
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Brighton to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $23–55
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Brighton to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $26–150
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Brighton to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–310
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–340
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $300–340
- Couchette Carriage
- $200–230
- Seating Carriage
- $100–140
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–350
- 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
- $7–11
- 1st Class
- $10–12
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Luton to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +359 (0) 877 34 47 47
- pegasus@pegasusbg.com
- Website
- pegasusbg.com
Bus from Bucharest Horoscop Hotel to Varna Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $29–33
- Website
- https://pegasusbg.com/
- 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
- $240–340
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
Shuttle from Sunny Beach to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- 01273 886200
- info@buses.co.uk
- Website
- buses.co.uk
Bus from St Peter's Church to Railway Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–11
- Website
- https://www.buses.co.uk/
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Chequers Bus Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $164
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Maidstone to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 8h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80–210
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $90–220
- On Foot
- $40–50
Want to know more about travelling around Bulgaria
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Travelling to the UK: What do I need to know?
Read the travel guide
Which London airport should I choose?
Read the travel guide
How to get from Heathrow Airport into central London
Read the travel guide
More Questions & Answers
Brighton to Varna bus services, operated by Brighton & Hove, arrive at Railway Station.
Varna is 2h ahead of Brighton. It is currently 5:11 PM in Brighton and 7:11 PM in Varna.
Brighton to Varna train services, operated by Thameslink, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
There are 1904+ hotels available in Varna.

























































