There are 11 ways to get from Hanover to Bulgaria by plane, train, bus, car train, or car
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Fly Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport
best- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane HAJ - SOF
7h 1m$135–351Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane HAM - SOF
7h 21m$86–374Train, bus
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Sofiabus
24h 14m$184–438Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain 1393
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Sofiacar
15h 30m$310–1,276Fly Hannover Airport to Varna Airport
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane HAJ - VAR
6h$349–555Train to Hamburg Airport, fly to Varna Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane HAM - VAR
7h 34m$220–573Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Berlin Hbftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BER - SOF
7h 13m$86–368Train to Frankfurt, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FRA - SOF
7h 48m$123–357Bus
- Take the bus from Hannover Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Racic Eurobus
28h 15m$110–180Bus via Niš
- Take the bus from Hannover Hbf to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
29h 56m$151–175Drive 1,732.7 km
- Drive from Hanover to Sofiacar 1,732.7 km
17h 9m$286–413
Hanover to Bulgaria by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hanover to Bulgaria is to bus which costs $110 - $180 and takes 28h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 6h and costs $340 - $600.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Hannover Central Bus Station station and arriving at Sofia Serdica Bus Station station. Services depart five times a week, and operate Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 28h 15m.
The distance between Hanover and Bulgaria is 1523 km. The road distance is 1732.7 km.
The best way to get from Hanover to Bulgaria without a car is to train and bus which takes 24h 14m and costs $180 - $440.
It takes approximately 7h 1m to get from Hanover to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Hanover to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Racic Eurobus, depart from Hannover Central Bus Station.
The best way to get from Hanover to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 7h 1m and costs $130 - $360. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $110 - $180 and takes 28h 15m.
Hanover to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Racic Eurobus, arrive at Sofia Serdica Bus Station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Hanover. It is currently 7:15 AM in Hanover and 8:15 AM in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Hanover, Germany and Bulgaria?
Lufthansa City, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 4 times a day. Alternatively, Racic Eurobus operates a bus from Hannover Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station 4 times a week. Tickets cost $110–140 and the journey takes 28h 15m. Two other operators also service this route.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–470
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Hannover Airport to Varna Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–500
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140–430
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- 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
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–450
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–400
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–360
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–350
Flights from Hannover Airport to Varna Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–150
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–210
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–220
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $45–220
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–230
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–460
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $100–430
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Varna Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–220
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–60
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–55
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $65–100
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $490–550
- Car Compartment
- $900–1,000
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 581 97164164
- info@der-metronom.de
- Website
- der-metronom.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $32–34
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Bratislava to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Hannover Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Hannover Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Hannover Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130–180
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +381 (11) 761-4545
- Website
- srbijatours.com
Bus from Hannover Hbf to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 9m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $120–150
- Schedules at
- srbijatours.com
- Prices
- $120–150
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- rezervacije@nis-ekspres.rs
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- 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
- $21–28
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
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