There are 11 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 Hannover Airport to Sofia 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$174–377Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Hannover Hbf 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$102–464Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Hannover Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Plovdivcar
22h 17m$341–460Train, bus
- Take the train from Hannover Hbf to Würzburg Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the bus from Wurzburg Bismarckstrasse Bus Stop to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus Racic Eurobus
28h 31m$173–300Drive 1,878.9 km
- Drive from Hanover to Plovdivcar 1,878.9 km
18h 23m$310–447Train to Bremen Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Hannover Hbf to Bremen Hbftrain
- Fly from Bremen Airport (BRE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BRE - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
10h 27m$190–482Train to Frankfurt, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Hannover Hbf 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 48m$185–475Fly Hannover Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Hannover Airport (HAJ) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane HAJ - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou Bus Stop to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus
13h 58m$183–436Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Hannover Hbf to S Spandau 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 27m$128–366Bus via Sofia
- 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 11 / ...
30h 15m$102–149Bus
- Take the bus from Hannover Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus Racic Eurobus
31h 15m$120–150
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 $100 - $150 and takes 30h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Hanover to Plovdiv is to train and fly and bus which takes 9h 27m and costs $120 - $370.
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 $170 - $300.
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 4:47 AM in Hanover and 5:47 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 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Bremen Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Bremen Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–270
Flights from Hannover Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–410
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–490
Flights from Bremen Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Hannover Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–370
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–210
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–170
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–340
Flights from Hannover Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–360
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–170
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–390
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–440
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–440
Flights from Hannover Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $130–440
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–180
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bremen Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–470
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Hannover Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–240
- 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
- $120–140
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hbf to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hannover Hbf to Hamm
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hannover Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Hannover Hbf to Bremen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Website
- govolta.nl
Train from Hannover Hbf to S Spandau Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- govolta.nl
- 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/
- 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
- $100–130
- 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
- $120–150
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Thessaloniki Monastiriou Bus Stop to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- 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
- $90–130
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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
- $11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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