There are 11 ways to get from Europe to Smolyan by train, plane, car, bus, shuttle, taxi, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Frankfurt, fly to Kavala International Airport, drive
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Kavala International Airport (KVA)plane FRA - KVA
- Drive from Kavala International Airport (KVA) to Smolyancar
9h 58m$231–612Train, bus #2
cheapest- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain Rb5 / ...
- Take the bus from Kassel Wilhelmshohe Bus Station to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus
- Take the bus from Plovdiv to Smolyanbus
37h 2m$132–177Train, 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 bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Smolyanbus
30h 34mDrive 1,866.1 km
- Drive from Europe to Smolyancar 1,866.1 km
19h 35m$308–444Train to Frankfurt, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- 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 Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus
- Take the bus from Plovdiv to Smolyanbus
14h 28m$158–391Train to Frankfurt, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus, drive
- 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 Xánthibus
- Drive from Xánthi to Smolyancar
14h 33mTrain, 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 Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus
- Take the bus from Plovdiv to Smolyanbus
15h 21m$139–402Train to Frankfurt, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle, bus
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- 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
17h 29m$410–762Train, bus, taxi
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain 50
- Take the train from Dresden-Neustadt to Bratislava hl.st.train
- Take the bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Pazardzhik Bus Stationbus
- Take the taxi from Pazardzhik Bus Station to Smolyantaxi
33h 14mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain 50 / ...
- Take the bus from Erfurt Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Smolyanbus
33h 43mDrive, car train
- Drive from Europe to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Smolyancar
22h 21m$351–505
Europe to Smolyan by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Smolyan is to train and bus which costs $130 - $180 and takes 37h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Smolyan is to train and fly and drive which takes 9h 58m and costs $230 - $650.
The distance between Europe and Smolyan is 1920 km. The road distance is 1866.1 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Smolyan without a car is to train and bus via Dresden which takes 30h 34m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 58m to get from Europe to Smolyan, including transfers.
Smolyan is 1h ahead of Europe. It is currently 1:21 AM in Europe and 2:21 AM 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 589+ hotels available in Smolyan.
What companies run services between Europe and Smolyan, Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Smolyan. 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 Kavala International Airport (KVA), then drive to Smolyan. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sontra-Ulfen Mitte to Smolyan via Herleshausen Bahnhof, Herleshausen Bahnhof, Eisenach Hbf, Dresden Hbf, Dresden, and Sofia Central Bus Station in around 30h 34m.
- 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
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–450
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–350
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kavala International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–450
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–490
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–460
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Kavala International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–490
Flights from Frankfurt to Kavala International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–490
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–240
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–220
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–220
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–240
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–240
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–330
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–240
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–450
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–350
- 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 Eisenach Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–29
- 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
- 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
- $13–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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/
- Website
- slovakrail.sk
Train from Dresden-Neustadt to Bratislava hl.st.
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- slovakrail.sk
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- 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 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
- info@bgrazpisanie.com
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Smolyan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
Bus from Plovdiv to Smolyan
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
- 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/
- 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
- $270–410
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Pazardzhik Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65–90
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
Bus from Kassel Wilhelmshohe Bus Station to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Erfurt Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–150
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Estimated price
- $80–100
Tiko Taxi
- Phone
- +359 89 544 1255
- Website
- tikotaxipazardzhik.com
Taxi Bulgaria
- Phone
- +359 88 833 3405
- Website
- taxi-bulgaria.com
Ivanina Taxi
- Phone
- +359 89 650 6660
- Website
- facebook.com
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