There are 12 ways to get from Europe to Seven Rila Lakes by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FRA - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
10h 44m$165–401Train, bus #3
cheapest- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain Rb5 / ...
- Take the bus from Kassel Grüner Waldweg to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Vasil Levski Monument to Seven Rila Lakes Liftbus
33h 7m$126–207Train, bus via Dresden
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50
- Take the bus from Dresden to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Dupnitsatrain Ic / ...
28h 37m$146–267Drive 1,704.8 km
- Drive from Europe to Seven Rila Lakescar 1,704.8 km
18h 17m$281–406Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane NUE - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
11h 37m$131–372Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane STR - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
13h 11m$163–465Train, train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Soesttrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DTM - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
12h 52m$128–482Train to Frankfurt, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane FRA - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Serresbus
- Take the bus from Serres to Dupnitsabus
13h 48m$178–439Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Würzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Würzburg Hbf to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MUC - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
13h 37m$213–511Train, bus
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain 11 / ...
- Take the bus from Halle Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Dupnitsatrain Ic / ...
30h 36m$143–225Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the bus from Fulda to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Vasil Levski Monument to Seven Rila Lakes Liftbus
32h 21m$153–207Drive, car train
- Drive from Europe to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Seven Rila Lakescar
21h 2m$321–455
Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Seven Rila Lakes is to train and bus which costs $120 - $210 and takes 33h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Seven Rila Lakes is to train and fly and bus which takes 10h 44m and costs $160 - $410.
The distance between Europe and Seven Rila Lakes is 1694 km. The road distance is 1704.8 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Seven Rila Lakes without a car is to train and bus via Dresden which takes 28h 37m and costs $140 - $270.
It takes approximately 10h 44m to get from Europe to Seven Rila Lakes, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to Seven Rila Lakes is 1705 km. It takes approximately 18h 17m to drive from Europe to Seven Rila Lakes.
There are 193+ hotels available in Seven Rila Lakes.
What companies run services between Europe and Seven Rila Lakes, Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Seven Rila Lakes. However, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Sofia Airport (SOF), walk to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop, take the bus to Dupnitsa Bus Station, then take the taxi to Seven Rila Lakes. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sontra-Ulfen Mitte to Seven Rila Lakes via Herleshausen Bahnhof, Herleshausen Bahnhof, Eisenach Hbf, Dresden Hbf, Dresden, Sofia Central Bus Station, Sofia, and Dupnitsa in around 28h 37m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–290
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–430
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–440
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–470
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–430
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–240
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–300
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–330
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–190
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $45–190
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–240
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–400
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Soest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Würzburg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia to Dupnitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Soest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Würzburg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–80
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Würzburg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +359 2 493 0191
- info@traventuria.com
- Website
- traventuria.com
Bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
Bus from Sofia Vasil Levski Monument to Seven Rila Lakes Lift
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $11–15
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Dresden to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +30 23210-22822
- ktelserres@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelserron.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Serres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Book at
- ktelserron.e-ticketing.gr
Bus from Serres to Dupnitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Book at
- ktelserron.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Halle Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
Bus from Kassel Grüner Waldweg to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–130
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +381 (11) 761-4545
- Website
- srbijatours.com
Bus from Fulda to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 54m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Schedules at
- srbijatours.com
- Prices
- $110–140
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–29
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- Website
- https://nis-ekspres.rs/?lang=en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Kassel Grüner Waldweg to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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