There are 10 ways to get from Hanover to Plovdiv by plane, bus, car train, car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Hannover Airport, bus
best- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane HAJ - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
9h 29m$144–308Bus via Sofia
cheapest- Take the bus from Hannover to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stopbus Citylines 12 / ...
30h 15m$97–185Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Plovdivcar
22h 17m$337–455Train, bus
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Würzburg Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the bus from Wurzburg Bismarckstrasse Bus Stop to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus Racic Eurobus
28h 31m$125–328Drive 1,878.9 km
- Drive from Hanover to Plovdivcar 1,878.9 km
18h 23m$310–447Train to Hamburg Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbftrain
- Fly from Hamburg Airport (HAM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane HAM - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
9h 26m$153–420Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BER - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
9h 20m$127–376Train to Frankfurt, fly, bus
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof 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 Hotel Trimontiumbus
9h 47m$181–481Train to Dortmund Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hammtrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DTM - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
9h 56m$109–356Bus
- Take the bus from Hannover Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus Racic Eurobus
31h 15m$110–150
Hanover to Plovdiv by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hanover to Plovdiv is to bus via Sofia which costs $95 - $190 and takes 30h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Plovdiv is to train and fly and bus which takes 9h 20m and costs $120 - $380.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Hannover Central Bus Station station and arriving at Plovdiv Bus Station South station. Services depart four times a week, and operate Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 31h 15m.
The distance between Hanover and Plovdiv is 1652 km. The road distance is 1878.9 km.
The best way to get from Hanover to Plovdiv without a car is to train and bus which takes 28h 31m and costs $120 - $330.
It takes approximately 9h 29m to get from Hanover to Plovdiv, including transfers.
Hanover to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Hannover station.
Hanover to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
Plovdiv is 1h ahead of Hanover. It is currently 2:13 AM in Hanover and 3:13 AM in Plovdiv.
Yes, the driving distance between Hanover to Plovdiv is 1879 km. It takes approximately 18h 23m to drive from Hanover to Plovdiv.
What companies run services between Hanover, Germany and Plovdiv, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Hannover to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop via Sofia Central Bus Station in around 30h 15m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–450
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–410
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
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–490
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–430
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–300
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–210
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–180
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–240
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–300
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $100–260
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–180
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–470
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–370
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Hamburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–240
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–180
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $50–180
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–320
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Hannover Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamm
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $30–107
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $104–107
- Couchette Carriage
- $65–80
- Seating Carriage
- $30–35
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hauptbahnhof to Hamburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- 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 16m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–150
- Schedules at
- der-metronom.de
- 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
- $13–16
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Wurzburg Bismarckstrasse Bus Stop to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $95–130
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
Bus from Hannover Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–150
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Hannover to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- operations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–60
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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