There are 15 ways to get from Bulgaria to England by plane, bus, train, car, car train, shuttle, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)SOF - BHX
6h 26m£53–147Fly Sofia Airport to Luton Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Luton Airport (LTN)SOF - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
7h 32m£35–132Bus, train via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Linz
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)HbfIce
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras IntlEil
32h 2m£262–638Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bratislava
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien MeidlingRjx
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Paris l'EstNj
- Take the train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras IntlEil
35h 39m£176–617Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to London
22h 30mFly Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)SOF - LHR
6h 59m£82–190Shuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Bristol Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Ruse to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Bristol Airport (BRS)OTP - BRS
7h 24m£150–520Shuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Birmingham Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Ruse to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)OTP - BHX
7h 13m£138–397Fly Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Stansted Airport (STN)SOF - STN
7h 21m£43–172Fly Sofia Airport to Liverpool
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Liverpool (LPL)SOF - LPL
6h 52m£67–218Fly Sofia Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)SOF - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
7h 5m£47–154Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Ruse to Buchurest
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
38h 28m£138–153Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Rotterdam ConradstraatUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3631 / ...
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.Eurostar
40h 15m£131–461Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Sofia to Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Take the bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Motru
- Take the busferry from Motru to London Barking
2dDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to London
23h 33m£349–502
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bulgaria to England is to fly and train which costs £35 - £140 and takes 7h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Bulgaria to England is to fly which takes 6h 26m and costs £50 - £150.
No, there is no direct bus from Bulgaria station to England. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at Trafalgar Square via Ruse, Bucharest and Victoria Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 28m.
The distance between Bulgaria and England is 1368 miles.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to England without a car is to bus and train via Frankfurt am Main which takes 32h 2m and costs £260 - £650.
It takes approximately 6h 26m to get from Bulgaria to England, including transfers.
Bulgaria to England bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to England is to fly which takes 6h 26m and costs £50 - £150. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £130 - £160 and takes 38h 28m.
Bulgaria to England bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Ruse Central Bus Station.
England is 2h behind Bulgaria. It is currently 3:43 AM in Bulgaria and 1:43 AM in England.
What companies run services between Bulgaria and England?
Ryanair, Lufthansa City, and Lufthansa fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Trafalgar Square via Ruse, Buchurest, Bucharest, London Victoria, and Victoria Station in around 38h 28m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bristol Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £23–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £23–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Karlsruhe/Baden Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £23–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £23–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £23–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–270
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–290
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–290
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–270
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–280
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–70
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–150
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–250
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–180
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Linz Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £75–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Paris Nord to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–290
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £55–340
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £17–26
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- £17–25
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £4–8
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £22–29
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Wien Meidling to Paris l'Est
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £85–250
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £220–250
- Couchette Carriage
- £150–170
- Seating Carriage
- £85–110
- 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 Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–24
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £200–250
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- tickets@airkona.com
- Website
- airkona.com
Bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Linz
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £95
- Website
- Air Kona
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Rotterdam Conradstraat
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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
- +359 2 989000
- support.eu@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £10–13
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Buchurest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £6–9
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- 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
- £24–35
- 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
- £55–140
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- 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
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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