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 PlovdivRe / ...
32h 26m$130–255Fly Exeter to Sofia Airport, bus
cheapest- 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$127–405Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Exeter to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Plovdiv
26h 13mTrain, bus, night train via London
- Take the train from Exeter Central to Clapham Junction
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Stara Zagora
- Take the train from Stara Zagora to PlovdivRe
41h 50m$202–362Bus
- Take the bus from Bampfylde Street to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Plovdiv Bus Station South
46h 30m$177–284Bus via Munich
- 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$152–384Drive, 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 22m$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 30m$137–296Train 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 36m$201–473Train 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 28m$207–540Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)LTN - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
11h 26m$150–663Train, 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
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)LTN - PDV
10h 16m$129–340Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)LHR - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Plovdiv
13h 46m$443–944
Exeter to Plovdiv by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Exeter to Plovdiv is to train and fly which costs $120 - $340 and takes 10h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Exeter to Plovdiv is to train and fly and bus which takes 9h 30m and costs $130 - $300.
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 and Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 46h 30m.
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 26m and costs $130 - $260.
It takes approximately 32h 26m to get from Exeter to Plovdiv, including transfers.
Exeter to Plovdiv bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bampfylde Street station.
Exeter to Plovdiv bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Plovdiv is 2h ahead of Exeter. It is currently 11:54 AM in Exeter and 1:54 PM in Plovdiv.
Book your Exeter to Plovdiv bus tickets online with Omio.
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 and Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 46h 30m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Exeter to Sofia Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $140–410
Flights from Exeter to Sofia Airport via Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Exeter to Sofia Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–390
Flights from Exeter to Sofia Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–400
Flights from Bristol Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–170
Flights from Bristol Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $90–170
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Plovdiv Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–330
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–440
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–500
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–200
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–230
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–220
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–95
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Exeter to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–700
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–210
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Plovdiv Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–360
- 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
Train from Exeter St Davids to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–190
- 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
- $16–21
Train from Dimitrovgrad to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Night train from Bucharest to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $10–24
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $10–15
- 1st Class
- $14–18
Train from Stara Zagora to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $3–6
- 1st Class
- $5–6
- 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 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–140
- 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
- $53–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–160
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- 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 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $158
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
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 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–190
- 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
- $60–140
- 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
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- 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
- +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
- $270–410
- 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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