There are 13 ways to get from Exeter to Plovdiv by train, bus, night train, car, car train, plane, car ferry, or shuttle
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Train, bus, night train
best- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Birmingham New Street
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Dimitrovgrad
- Take the train from Dimitrovgrad to Plovdiv492
32h 14m$102–255Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Exeter to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Plovdiv
26h 19mFly Exeter to Sofia Airport, bus
- Fly from Exeter (EXT) to Sofia Airport (SOF)EXT - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
24h 2m$137–404Bus via Prague
- Take the bus from Bampfylde Street to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Plovdiv Bus Station South
47h 53m$181–297Train, bus
- Take the train from Exeter Central to Clapham Junction
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Antwerp814
- Take the bus from Antwerp Berchem Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Take the train from Sofia to Plovdiv
2d 2h$164–401Bus
- Take the bus from Bampfylde Street to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Plovdiv Train station
2d 5h$163–471Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Exeter to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Plovdiv
27h 28m$550–816Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)BRS - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
9h 34m$117–326Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)LHR - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
10h 41m$202–413Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Plovdiv Airport
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)STN - PDV
10h 29m$174–510Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Plovdiv Airport
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)LTN - PDV
10h 7m$142–457Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)BRS - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Plovdiv
12h 45m$404–797Fly Exeter to Plovdiv Airport
- Fly from Exeter (EXT) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)EXT - PDV
24h 3m$210–661
Exeter to Plovdiv by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Exeter to Plovdiv is to train and bus and night train which costs $100 - $260 and takes 32h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Exeter to Plovdiv is to train and fly and bus which takes 9h 34m and costs $110 - $330.
No, there is no direct bus from Exeter to Plovdiv station. However, there are services departing from Bampfylde Street and arriving at Plovdiv Bus Station South via London Victoria, Prague and Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 53m.
The distance between Exeter and Plovdiv is 3034 km.
The best way to get from Exeter to Plovdiv without a car is to train and bus and night train which takes 32h 14m and costs $100 - $260.
It takes approximately 32h 14m to get from Exeter to Plovdiv, including transfers.
Exeter to Plovdiv bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bampfylde Street station.
The best way to get from Exeter to Plovdiv is to bus via Prague which takes 47h 53m and costs $180 - $300. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $210 - $700 and takes 24h 3m.
Exeter to Plovdiv bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Plovdiv is 2h ahead of Exeter. It is currently 8:28 AM in Exeter and 10:28 AM in Plovdiv.
What companies run services between Exeter, England and Plovdiv, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Bampfylde Street to Plovdiv Bus Station South via London Victoria, Prague, Central Train Station, Prague, and Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 47h 53m. Alternatively, Loganair, Ryanair, and two other airlines fly from Exeter (EXT) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV) 3 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Exeter to Sofia Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $130–400
Flights from Exeter to Sofia Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–380
Flights from Exeter to Sofia Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–380
Flights from Bristol Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–210
Flights from Bristol Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–220
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Plovdiv Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–320
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–320
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–290
Flights from Exeter to Plovdiv Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
Flights from Exeter to Plovdiv Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–430
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Exeter to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–480
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Exeter to Sofia Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–410
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–200
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–420
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Plovdiv Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $28–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–330
Train from Exeter St Davids to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–180
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Dimitrovgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $12–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $12–17
- 1st Class
- $17–21
Train from Dimitrovgrad to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
Train from Sofia to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $5–8
- 1st Class
- $8
- 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
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Exeter Central to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–130
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $53–56
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–140
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–50
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +359 2 493 0191
- info@traventuria.com
- Website
- traventuria.com
Bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bampfylde Street to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Antwerp
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $80–210
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Plovdiv Train station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bampfylde Street to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $26–65
- 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
- $75–120
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85–110
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Antwerp Berchem Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $95–140
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Munich central bus station to Plovdiv Train station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $95–130
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- 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
- +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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