There are 14 ways to get from Bulgaria to Manchester 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 Burgas Airport to Manchester Airport
best- Fly from Burgas Airport (BOJ) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane BOJ - MAN
6h 27m£74–139Fly Sofia Airport to Manchester Airport
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane SOF - MAN
6h 45m£48–138Bus, train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA)
- Take the bus from Sofia to Wien Hbfbus
- Take the train from Wien 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 London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
33h 12m£390–960Bus
- 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 Manchester Central Coach Stationbus 541 / ...
42h 49m£180–240Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Manchestercar
26h 1m£481–652Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the bus from Ruse to Buchurestbus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane OTP - MAN
8h 2m£50–180Fly Sofia Airport to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Liverpool (LPL)plane SOF - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadillytrain
7h 39m£61–205Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Ruse to Buchurestbus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane OTP - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoriatrain
10h 22m£97–271Fly Burgas Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Burgas Airport (BOJ) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)plane BOJ - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoriatrain
8h 52m£86–250Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the bus from Ruse to Buchurestbus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane OTP - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadillytrain
10h 22m£82–207Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislavabus
- Take the train from Bratislava hl.st. to Wien Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wien HBF to Bruxelles-Miditrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
36h 50m£382–710Bus 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 Manchester Central Coach Stationbus 541 / ...
2d 4h£175–365Train, bus and ferry
- 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
2d 9h£70–163Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Manchestercar
27h 2m£376–579
Burgas Airport (BOJ) to Manchester Airport (MAN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bulgaria to Manchester is to fly which costs £45 - £140 and takes 6h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Bulgaria to Manchester is to fly which takes 6h 27m and costs £70 - £140.
No, there is no direct bus from Bulgaria station to Manchester station. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at Manchester Central Coach Station via Bucharest and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 49m.
The distance between Bulgaria and Manchester is 1578 miles.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Manchester without a car is to bus and train via Frankfurt Airport (FRA) which takes 33h 12m and costs £390 - £1,000.
It takes approximately 6h 27m to get from Bulgaria to Manchester, including transfers.
Bulgaria to Manchester bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Manchester is to fly which takes 6h 27m and costs £70 - £140. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £180 - £240 and takes 42h 49m.
Bulgaria to Manchester bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, arrive at Bucharest station.
Manchester is 2h behind Bulgaria. It is currently 5:30 PM in Bulgaria and 3:30 PM in Manchester.
What companies run services between Bulgaria and Manchester, England?
Jet2.com, easyJet, and Eurowings fly from Burgas Airport (BOJ) to Manchester Airport (MAN) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Manchester Central Coach Station via Bucharest and London Victoria in around 42h 49m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Manchester Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–320
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–390
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–320
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Burgas Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Burgas Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Burgas Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Burgas Airport to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Manchester Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £55–200
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Leeds Bradford International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–200
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Manchester Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–290
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Wien Hbf to Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £110–360
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £55–120
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Wien HBF to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £190–380
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- 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)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–22
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £11–21
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Bradford Interchange to Manchester Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- customer.relations@crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Birmingham International to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Bratislava hl.st. to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £2–5
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £3–5
- 1st Class
- £3–5
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £1–2
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £1–2
- 1st Class
- £1–2
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £7–8
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- operations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Sofia to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- 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
- £26
- 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
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Manchester Central Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–95
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Buchurest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £6–9
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–85
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Sofia to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–130
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- 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
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–45
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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