There are 15 ways to get from Bulgaria to London by plane, bus, train, car, car train, shuttle, night train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane SOF - LHR
6h 26m£89–194Fly Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SOF - STN
6h 37m£43–233Bus, train via Bratislava
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bratislavabus
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Salzburg Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain 62 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
31h 44m£315–620Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Leipzigbus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurttrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
32h 21m£255–505Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Londoncar
22h 29mFly 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 London St Pancras Intltrain
6h 41m£58–317Fly Burgas Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Burgas Airport (BOJ) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane BOJ - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intltrain
6h 43m£50–175Fly Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane SOF - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to London Eustontrain
7h 7m£69–246Fly Sofia Airport to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane SOF - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoriatrain
6h 24m£52–170Shuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Ruse to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane OTP - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to London Eustontrain
8h 20m£145–448Fly Plovdiv Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Plovdiv Airport (PDV) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane PDV - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intltrain
7h 55m£79–259Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia to București, Autogara Militaribus N980
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
38h 18m£143–159Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Salzburg Hbfbus
- Take the night train from Salzburg Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
38h 57m£215–410Bus, bus and ferry
- 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
2dDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Londoncar
23h 37m£330–488
Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bulgaria to London is to fly and train which costs £55 - £320 and takes 6h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Bulgaria to London is to fly and train which takes 6h 24m and costs £50 - £170.
No, there is no direct bus from Bulgaria to London. However, there are services departing from Sofia and arriving at London Victoria via Complex Apusului and Bucharest. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h 18m.
The distance between Bulgaria and London is 1298 miles.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to London without a car is to bus and train via Bratislava which takes 31h 44m and costs £310 - £650.
It takes approximately 6h 26m to get from Bulgaria to London, including transfers.
Bulgaria to London bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Sofia station.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to London is to fly which takes 6h 26m and costs £85 - £200. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £140 - £160 and takes 38h 18m.
Bulgaria to London bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at București, Autogara Militari station.
London is 2h behind Bulgaria. It is currently 4:23 AM in Bulgaria and 2:23 AM in London.
What companies run services between Bulgaria and London, England?
British Airways, Bulgaria Air, and two other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia to London Victoria via București, Autogara Militari, Complex Apusului, Gara de Nord, and Bucharest in around 38h 18m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £25–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £25–200
Flights from Burgas Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–110
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–110
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- 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 Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–310
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–100
Flights from Burgas Airport to Luton Airport via Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–290
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Burgas Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Plovdiv Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–310
- 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
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–130
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–310
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- £50–75
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £85–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–130
- 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 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- 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 London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.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
- £14–22
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–90
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Birmingham International to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–28
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- gatwickexpress.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- https://www.gatwickexpress.com/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Salzburg Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £40–120
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £95–120
- Couchette Carriage
- £70–80
- Seating Carriage
- £40–55
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@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 to Leipzig
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- 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
- £85–210
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Sofia to Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £85–130
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- 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
- £6–18
- 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
- £5–13
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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