There are 14 ways to get from Crawley to Bulgaria by plane, train, bus, car, car train, shuttle, or car ferry
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Fly London Gatwick Airport to Sofia Airport
best- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LGW - SOF
6h 7m$49–209Train, bus
- Take the train from Three Bridges to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
35h 22m$338–594Train, bus via Bratislava
- Take the train from Three Bridges to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to St.Poelten Hbftrain Nj
- Take the train from St.Poelten Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Sofiabus
36h 3m$288–514Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Crawley to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Sofiacar
22h 19mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Three Bridges to Farringdontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LHR - SOF
7h 36m$129–288Train to Luton Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Three Bridges to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LTN - SOF
7h 30m$77–378Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Crawley to London Victoriatrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane STN - SOF
8h 9m$67–243Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Three Bridges to Farringdontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LHR - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
8h 47m$238–637Fly London Gatwick Airport to Burgas Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane LGW - BOJ
5h 58m$114–401Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Plovdiv Airport
- Take the train from Crawley to London Victoriatrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)plane STN - PDV
9h 1m$103–359Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Crawley to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
38h 11m$294–496Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from North Terminal Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 025
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Praha, Hlavní Nádražíbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
43h 18m$191–299Bus
- Take the bus from Brighton to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Sofiabus
43h 40mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Crawley to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Sofiacar
23h 33m$468–690
London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Crawley to Bulgaria is to fly which costs $45 - $210 and takes 6h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Crawley to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 5h 58m and costs $110 - $410.
No, there is no direct bus from Crawley to Bulgaria station. However, there are services departing from Town Centre South and arriving at Sofia Serdica Bus Station via North Terminal Bus Station, London Victoria, Prague and Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 43h 18m.
The distance between Crawley and Bulgaria is 2033 km.
The best way to get from Crawley to Bulgaria without a car is to train and bus which takes 35h 22m and costs $330 - $600.
It takes approximately 6h 7m to get from Crawley to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Crawley to Bulgaria bus services, operated by National Express, depart from North Terminal Bus Station.
The best way to get from Crawley to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 6h 7m and costs $45 - $210. Alternatively, you can bus via Prague, which costs $190 - $300 and takes 43h 18m.
Crawley to Bulgaria bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Bulgaria is 2h ahead of Crawley. It is currently 7:10 AM in Crawley and 9:10 AM in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Crawley, England and Bulgaria?
easyJet flies from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Sofia Airport (SOF) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Town Centre South to Sofia Serdica Bus Station via North Terminal Bus Station, London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Prague, Central Train Station, Prague, and Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 43h 18m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–180
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–180
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport via Hahn
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $30–180
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Plovdiv Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–310
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–210
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–430
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–170
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–160
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $110–390
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–430
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–430
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $28–130
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–430
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–380
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Three Bridges to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- $21–35
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- $30–45
Train from Three Bridges to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- $20–30
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- $30–45
Train from Three Bridges to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- $40–60
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- $55–80
Train from Crawley to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- $22–35
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- $30–45
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $110–230
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- $110–160
- Comfort
- $130–190
- Premium
- $170–230
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–200
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- $95–140
- Comfort
- $110–160
- Premium
- $150–200
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $95–105
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- $95–130
- 1st Class
- $130–170
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 59m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- $100–160
- 1st Class
- $170–240
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $30–50
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Crawley to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- $15–21
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–150
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Bratislava to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from North Terminal Bus Station to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Brighton to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Tirana to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $53
- Schedules at
- nelatours.com
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–80
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $90–220
- On Foot
- $40–50
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