There are 9 ways to get from Leipzig to Plovdiv by plane, bus, car, train, or shuttle
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Fly Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LEJ - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
10h 10m$157–422Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Leipzig to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Plovdivtrain Ic
25h 1m$69–117Bus
- Take the bus from Leipzig Goethestraße to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus Racic Eurobus
24h 30m$95–120Drive 1,625.8 km
- Drive from Leipzig to Plovdivcar 1,625.8 km
16h 31m$268–387Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf 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
8h 48m$107–369Train to Dresden Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DRS - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
10h 56m$140–419Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Varna Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane BER - VAR
- Take a shuttle bus from Varna Airport to Plovdiv
10h 39m$189–863Train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane NUE - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
9h 19m$156–507Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádražíbus
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane PRG - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
11h 8m
Leipzig to Plovdiv by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Plovdiv is to bus which costs $95 - $120 and takes 24h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Plovdiv is to train and fly and bus which takes 8h 48m and costs $100 - $370.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Leipzig Goethestraße and arriving at Plovdiv Bus Station South station. Services depart three times a week, and operate Monday, Thursday and Saturday. The journey takes approximately 24h 30m.
The distance between Leipzig and Plovdiv is 1449 km. The road distance is 1625.8 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Plovdiv without a car is to bus which takes 24h 30m and costs $95 - $120.
It takes approximately 10h 10m to get from Leipzig to Plovdiv, including transfers.
Leipzig to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Racic Eurobus, depart from Leipzig Goethestraße station.
Leipzig to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Racic Eurobus, arrive at Plovdiv Bus Station South.
Plovdiv is 1h ahead of Leipzig. It is currently 9:32 AM in Leipzig and 10:32 AM in Plovdiv.
Yes, the driving distance between Leipzig to Plovdiv is 1626 km. It takes approximately 16h 31m to drive from Leipzig to Plovdiv.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Plovdiv, Bulgaria?
Racic Eurobus operates a bus from Leipzig Goethestraße to Plovdiv Bus Station South 3 times a week. Tickets cost $95–120 and the journey takes 24h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–380
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–430
Flights from Dresden Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–250
Flights from Dresden Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–390
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–310
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–350
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–190
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 Dresden Airport to Sofia Airport via Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- $210–950
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–190
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $45–190
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–250
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–250
- Website
- airserbia.com
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 Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–300
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–150
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–310
- Website
- worldticket.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–240
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–5
- 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/
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/
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/
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/
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 Leipzig Goethestraße to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $95–120
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Varna Airport to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–390
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Dresden to Praha Hlavní nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Leipzig to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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