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
9h 1m$151–411Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Leipzig Goethestraße to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus Racic Eurobus
24h 30m$95–130Drive 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 47m$105–338Train 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 42m$161–624Train 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 36m$117–408Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BER - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Plovdiv
11h 48m$357–699Train, 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 4mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhoftrain Re6
- Take the bus from Chemnitz Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Central Bus Station Sofia to Plovdivbus
28h 44m
Leipzig to Plovdiv by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Plovdiv is to bus which costs $95 - $130 and takes 24h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Plovdiv is to train and fly and bus which takes 8h 47m and costs $100 - $340.
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 - $130.
It takes approximately 9h 1m 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 7:05 AM in Leipzig and 8:05 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 $95–130 and the journey takes 24h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–380
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–380
Flights from Dresden Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–850
Flights from Dresden Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–850
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–210
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–240
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $40–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–340
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–330
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–310
- 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
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–160
Flights from Dresden Airport to Sofia Airport via Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–160
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–310
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–190
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–140
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- mitteldeutsche-regiobahn.de
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Chemnitz, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Schedules at
- transdev.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
- $13–19
- 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
- $95–130
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- 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
- $280–410
- 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 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Chemnitz Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $95–130
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- helpline.svs@gmail.com
- Website
- svs.md
Bus from Central Bus Station Sofia to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://svs.md/en/bus/route/number-19167
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