There are 14 ways to get from Bulgaria to Cardiff by shuttle, plane, train, bus, night train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Shuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Bristol Airport, train
best- Take a shuttle bus from Ruse to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane OTP - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 48m£153–447Fly Sofia Airport to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane SOF - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 1m£63–238Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Birminghambus
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
32h 55m£107–146Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platzbus
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
40h 1m£257–498Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
24h 47mFly Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane SOF - CWL
11h 36m£71–249Fly Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane SOF - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 20m£102–272Fly Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane SOF - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 58m£145–325Fly Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SOF - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 32m£108–372Fly Sofia Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane SOF - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 13m£117–449Shuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Ruse to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane OTP - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 19m£211–491Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
41h 4m£174–216Bus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Drobeta-Turnu Severinbus
- Take the bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Motrubus
- Take the busferry from Motru to London Barkingbusferry
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
2d 3hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
25h 56m£367–568
Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Bristol Airport (BRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bulgaria to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £60 - £240 and takes 8h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Bulgaria to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 8h 1m and costs £60 - £240.
No, there is no direct bus from Bulgaria to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Sofia and arriving at University RE via Bucharest and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 4m.
The distance between Bulgaria and Cardiff is 1515 miles.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Cardiff without a car is to bus and train which takes 32h 55m and costs £100 - £150.
It takes approximately 8h 48m to get from Bulgaria to Cardiff, including transfers.
Bulgaria to Cardiff bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, depart from Sofia station.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Cardiff is to fly which takes 11h 36m and costs £70 - £250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £170 - £220 and takes 41h 4m.
Bulgaria to Cardiff bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, arrive at Bucharest station.
Cardiff is 2h behind Bulgaria. It is currently 11:42 PM in Bulgaria and 9:42 PM in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Bulgaria and Cardiff, Wales?
Bulgaria Air, KLM, and three other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia to University RE via Bucharest and London Victoria in around 41h 4m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £27–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £27–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £27–210
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–320
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–380
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Budapest, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–470
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Nuremberg, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Vienna, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–410
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Zagreb, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £95–460
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–280
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Stansted Airport via Oradea
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £100–140
- Couchette Carriage
- £80–95
- Seating Carriage
- £55–70
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £95–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Ruse to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £90–210
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- callcenter@likebus.ua
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Sofia to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £26
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia to Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £21–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4-0745-779.908
- Website
- dikeltour.autogari.ro
Bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Motru
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- dikeltour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Motru to London Barking
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–18
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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