There are 11 ways to get from Europe to Smolyan by bus, plane, car, car train, taxi, train, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Frankfurt, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Take the bus from Eisenach to Frankfurt central train stationbus
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FRA - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus
- Take the bus from Plovdiv to Smolyanbus
15h 16m$184–357Bus
- Take the bus from Eisenach REWE Parking to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Citylines 17
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Smolyanbus
31h 33mDrive, car train
- Drive from Europe to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Smolyancar
17h 52m$351–1,315Bus to Frankfurt, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus, drive
- Take the bus from Eisenach to Frankfurt central train stationbus
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane FRA - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Xánthibus
- Drive from Xánthi to Smolyancar
15h 21mTaxi, train, train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the taxi from Europe to Witzenhausen Nordtaxi
- Take the train from Witzenhausen Nord to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Hamm(Westf)Hbftrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DTM - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus
- Take the bus from Plovdiv to Smolyanbus
16h 16m$246–671Bus to Frankfurt, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle, bus
- Take the bus from Eisenach to Frankfurt central train stationbus
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane FRA - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Plovdiv
- Take the bus from Plovdiv to Smolyanbus
18h 17m$446–758Taxi, train, train to Hannover Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus, drive
- Take the taxi from Europe to Witzenhausen Nordtaxi
- Take the train from Witzenhausen Nord to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Hannover Hbftrain
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane HAJ - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Xánthibus
- Drive from Xánthi to Smolyancar
16h 5mTaxi, train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the taxi from Europe to Witzenhausen Nordtaxi
- Take the train from Witzenhausen Nord to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe 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 Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus
- Take the bus from Plovdiv to Smolyanbus
17h 6m$260–549Taxi, train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus, drive
- Take the taxi from Europe to Witzenhausen Nordtaxi
- Take the train from Witzenhausen Nord to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane NUE - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Xánthibus
- Drive from Xánthi to Smolyancar
16h 56mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Naumburg(Saale)Hbftrain Rb / ...
- Take the train from Naumburg(Saale)Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain Rb / ...
- Take the bus from Halle Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus
- Take the bus from Plovdiv to Smolyanbus
33h 11m$202–260Drive 1,866.1 km
- Drive from Europe to Smolyancar 1,866.1 km
19h 35m$308–444
Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Smolyan is to train and bus which costs $200 - $260 and takes 33h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Smolyan is to bus and fly which takes 15h 16m and costs $180 - $360.
The distance between Europe and Smolyan is 1861 km. The road distance is 1866.1 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Smolyan without a car is to bus which takes 31h 33m and costs .
It takes approximately 15h 16m to get from Europe to Smolyan, including transfers.
Smolyan is 1h ahead of Europe. It is currently 7:28 PM in Europe and 8:28 PM in Smolyan.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to Smolyan is 1866 km. It takes approximately 19h 35m to drive from Europe to Smolyan.
There are 605+ hotels available in Smolyan.
What companies run services between Europe and Smolyan, Bulgaria?
You can take a vehicle from Europe to Smolyan via Eisenach REWE Parking, Sofia Serdica Bus Station, and Sofia Central Bus Station in around 31h 33m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–350
Flights from Hannover Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Hannover Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–450
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–420
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Hannover Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–440
Flights from Hannover Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–440
Flights from Hannover Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–450
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–390
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–360
Flights from Hannover Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–440
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–390
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–340
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $30–340
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–200
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–230
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–210
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–380
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–230
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–950
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $460–510
- Car Compartment
- $800–950
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Witzenhausen Nord to Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Naumburg(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Naumburg(Saale)Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–18
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Hannover Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 69 9999 3640
- info@startgmbh.com
- Website
- startgmbh.com
Train from Naumburg(Saale)Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- startgmbh.com
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Eisenach to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 2 493 0191
- info@traventuria.com
- Website
- traventuria.com
Bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- info@bgrazpisanie.com
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Plovdiv to Smolyan
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Smolyan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Eisenach REWE Parking to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- 25410 27200
- info@ktelxanthis.gr
- Website
- ktelxanthis.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Xánthi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Book at
- https://ktelbus.gr/xan/ticketweb/
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $280–410
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Halle Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–130
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Estimated price
- $120–150
Taxi Notruf Eisenach Taxi- & Kurier- & Transportservice Eisenach
- Phone
- +49 3691 6572967
Manfred von der Heydt Taxibetrieb
- Phone
- +49 3691 611400
Bad Hersfeld Taxi Bastick
- Phone
- +49 6621 204311
- Website
- taxi-bastick.de
Bad Hersfeld
- Phone
- +49 6621 799888
Taxi Notruf Eisenach Taxi- & Kurier- & Transportservice Eisenach
- Phone
- +49 3691 6572967
Manfred von der Heydt Taxibetrieb
- Phone
- +49 3691 611400
Bad Hersfeld Taxi Bastick
- Phone
- +49 6621 204311
- Website
- taxi-bastick.de
Bad Hersfeld
- Phone
- +49 6621 799888
Taxi Notruf Eisenach Taxi- & Kurier- & Transportservice Eisenach
- Phone
- +49 3691 6572967
Manfred von der Heydt Taxibetrieb
- Phone
- +49 3691 611400
Bad Hersfeld Taxi Bastick
- Phone
- +49 6621 204311
- Website
- taxi-bastick.de
Bad Hersfeld
- Phone
- +49 6621 799888
Taxi Notruf Eisenach Taxi- & Kurier- & Transportservice Eisenach
- Phone
- +49 3691 6572967
Manfred von der Heydt Taxibetrieb
- Phone
- +49 3691 611400
Bad Hersfeld Taxi Bastick
- Phone
- +49 6621 204311
- Website
- taxi-bastick.de
Bad Hersfeld
- Phone
- +49 6621 799888
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