There are 13 ways to get from Bulgaria to Scotland by plane, bus, train, car, car train, shuttle, 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 Edinburgh Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane SOF - EDI
7h 7m£65–170Fly Sofia Airport to Glasgow Airport
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane SOF - GLA
10h 8m£53–115Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Stationbus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
34h 57m£107–203Bus, train via Sankt Pölten
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislavabus
- Take the train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to St.Poelten Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from St.Poelten 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 Glasgow Centraltrain
40h 19m£446–860Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Glasgowcar
28h 43mShuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Edinburgh Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Ruse to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane OTP - EDI
7h 55m£144–367Fly Sofia Airport to Aberdeen Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Aberdeen Airport (ABZ)plane SOF - ABZ
9h 56m£60–277Fly Burgas Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Fly from Burgas Airport (BOJ) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)plane BOJ - EDI
6h 55m£91–201Fly Burgas Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Fly from Burgas Airport (BOJ) to Glasgow Airport (GLA)plane BOJ - GLA
6h 45m£54–176Bus
- 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 Buchanan Bus Stationbus
46h 24m£185–335Bus 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 Buchanan Bus Stationbus
2d 8h£175–460Bus, 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 Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Glasgow Centraltrain
2d 9hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Glasgowcar
29h 49m£418–646
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bulgaria to Scotland is to fly which costs £65 - £170 and takes 7h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Bulgaria to Scotland is to fly which takes 6h 45m and costs £50 - £180.
No, there is no direct bus from Bulgaria station to Scotland station. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at Buchanan Bus Station via Bucharest and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 46h 24m.
The distance between Bulgaria and Scotland is 1524 miles.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Scotland without a car is to bus and train which takes 34h 57m and costs £100 - £210.
It takes approximately 7h 7m to get from Bulgaria to Scotland, including transfers.
Bulgaria to Scotland bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Scotland is to fly which takes 7h 7m and costs £65 - £170. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £180 - £340 and takes 46h 24m.
Bulgaria to Scotland bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, arrive at Bucharest station.
Scotland is 2h behind Bulgaria. It is currently 4:49 PM in Bulgaria and 2:49 PM in Scotland.
What companies run services between Bulgaria and Scotland?
Ryanair and Lufthansa fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station via Bucharest and London Victoria in around 46h 24m.
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Edinburgh Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Glasgow Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £85–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–280
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Aberdeen Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £80–410
Flights from Sofia Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–120
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £75–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Glasgow Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–290
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Sofia Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Aberdeen Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £75–200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Burgas Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Burgas Airport to Glasgow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Edinburgh Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–300
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Glasgow Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £85–230
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–22
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–19
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–120
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £65–110
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £130–230
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Preston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £45–90
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from London Euston to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £95–190
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Bratislava Hlavna Stanica to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- £21–35
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £200–370
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/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
- £100–180
- 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
- +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
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- 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
- +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
- +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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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
- £70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Sofia to Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £21–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £75–190
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- 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
- £65–90
- 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
- +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 Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- 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
- £19–27
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- 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
- £6–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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