There are 11 ways to get from Bulgaria to Leeds by plane, bus, train, car, car train, 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.
Fly Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane SOF - LBA
9h 1m£75–190Train, bus and ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Sofia to Vidintrain Ic
- Take the train from Vidin to Craiovatrain Ic
- Take the busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Leedstrain
2d 10h£71–178Bus, train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
- Take the bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Linzbus
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Leedstrain
32h 39m£391–616Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislavabus
- Take the train from Bratislava hl.st. to Wien Meidlingtrain
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj / ...
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Leedstrain
37h 55m£413–637Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Leedscar
25h 23m£524–714Fly Sofia Airport to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Liverpool (LPL)plane SOF - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Leedstrain
9h 22m£94–208Fly Burgas Airport to Manchester Airport, train
- Fly from Burgas Airport (BOJ) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BOJ - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Leedstrain
8h 9m£81–297Fly Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SOF - STN
- Take the train from Stansted Airport to Peterboroughtrain
- Take the train from Peterborough to Leedstrain
10h 18m£100–425Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus Stationbus
41h 47m£168–180Bus via Munich
- Take the bus from Sofia to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Stationbus
2d 3h£173–345Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Leedscar
26h 24m£437–671
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bulgaria to Leeds is to fly which costs £75 - £190 and takes 9h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Bulgaria to Leeds is to fly and train which takes 8h 9m and costs £80 - £300.
No, there is no direct bus from Bulgaria station to Leeds station. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at Leeds City Bus Station via Bucharest and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 47m.
The distance between Bulgaria and Leeds is 1402 miles.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Leeds without a car is to bus and train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 32h 39m and costs £390 - £650.
It takes approximately 9h 1m to get from Bulgaria to Leeds, including transfers.
Bulgaria to Leeds bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Leeds is to fly which takes 9h 1m and costs £75 - £190. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £160 - £180 and takes 41h 47m.
Bulgaria to Leeds bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, arrive at Bucharest station.
Leeds is 2h behind Bulgaria. It is currently 2:24 AM in Bulgaria and 12:24 AM in Leeds.
What companies run services between Bulgaria and Leeds, England?
Bulgaria Air, KLM, and four other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Leeds City Bus Station via Bucharest and London Victoria in around 41h 47m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- £65–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £30–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £30–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Karlsruhe/Baden Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £30–180
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–420
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £80–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–280
Flights from Burgas Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £90–320
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–410
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Burgas Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £90–330
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £70–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £60–95
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Wien Meidling to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £200–300
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £120–200
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from King's Cross to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–85
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from King's Cross to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–85
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Peterborough to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–50
- Website
- London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER)
Train from Bratislava hl.st. to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £3–7
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Airport to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–26
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Leeds
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–21
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Stansted Airport to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Sofia to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £3–5
- 1st Class
- £3–5
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £1–2
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £1–2
- 1st Class
- £1–2
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- tickets@airkona.com
- Website
- Air Kona
Bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Linz
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £91
- Website
- Air Kona
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- callcenter@likebus.ua
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £25
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Sofia to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £100–150
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £23–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–85
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- Arda Tur
Bus from Sofia to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £146
- Website
- Arda Tur
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Leeds City Bus & Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–55
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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