There are 10 ways to get from Lisbon to Ruse by plane, train, bus, car, shuttle, or night 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 to Bucharest Otopeni, train
best- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LIS - OTP
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain
10h 44m$116–348Fly to Sofia Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LIS - SOF
- Take the train from Sofia to Rusetrain
14h 14m$83–347Bus, train via Avignon
- Take the bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragozabus
- Take the train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Avignon Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to Bucharestbus
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain
2d 5h$558–768Drive 3,622 km
- Drive from Lisbon to Rusecar 3,622 km
39h 11m$740–1,069Fly to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, bus
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)plane LIS - BBU
- Take the bus from Bucharest Horoscop Hotel to Ruse Central Bus Stationbus
13h 1m$96–354Fly to Varna Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane LIS - VAR
- Take a shuttle bus from Varna Airport to Ruse
12h 21m$237–618Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lisbon to Brussels-North train stationbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Bucharestbus
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain
2d 12h$393–498Bus
- Take the bus from Lisbon to Genoabus
- Take the bus from Genoa to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Ruse Central Bus Stationbus
2d 12h$342–454Bus, night train
- Take the bus from Lisboa Oriente to Huelvabus
- Take the bus from Huelva to Bucureştibus
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Rusenighttrain
3d 1h$231–313Bus, train, night train
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charlesbus
- Take the bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Buzaubus
- Take the train from Buzău to Bucharesttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Rusenighttrain
3d 12h$332–480
Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Lisbon to Ruse is to fly and train which costs $80 - $350 and takes 14h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Lisbon to Ruse is to fly and train which takes 10h 44m and costs $110 - $350.
No, there is no direct bus from Lisbon to Ruse station. However, there are services departing from Lisbon and arriving at Ruse Central Bus Station via Doria/Metro' Principe, Genoa and Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 12h.
The distance between Lisbon and Ruse is 3123 km. The road distance is 3622 km.
The best way to get from Lisbon to Ruse without a car is to bus and train via Avignon which takes 2 days 5h and costs $550 - $800.
It takes approximately 10h 44m to get from Lisbon to Ruse, including transfers.
Lisbon to Ruse bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lisbon station.
Lisbon to Ruse bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Genoa station.
Ruse is 2h ahead of Lisbon. It is currently 3:45 PM in Lisbon and 5:45 PM in Ruse.
Yes, the driving distance between Lisbon to Ruse is 3622 km. It takes approximately 39h 11m to drive from Lisbon to Ruse.
What companies run services between Lisbon, Portugal and Ruse, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Lisbon to Ruse Central Bus Station via Genoa, Doria/Metro' Principe, Brignole Fs/, Genoa, and Sofia Central Bus Station in around 2d 12h.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–290
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–330
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190–330
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Varna Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Friday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $75–290
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $70–250
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–330
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $160–330
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Varna Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–350
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–390
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–280
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–500
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Night train from Bucharest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–14
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Buzău to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–14
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Night train from Bucharest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–14
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Avignon Tgv to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $210–320
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Sofia to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $6–9
- 1st Class
- $7–9
Train from Buzău to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–16
- Schedules at
- Transferoviar Călători (TFC)
- 2nd Class
- $5–10
- 1st Class
- $10–16
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- contact@regiocalatori.ro
- Website
- Regio Călători
Train from Buzău to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- Regio Călători
- Phone
- +40 751 525 520
- office@astratranscarpatic.ro
- Website
- astratranscarpatic.ro
Train from Buzău to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Book at
- astratranscarpatic.ro
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Frankfurt to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $153
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Brussels-North Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $161
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +359 (0) 877 34 47 47
- pegasus@pegasusbg.com
- Website
- Pegasus
Bus from Bucharest Horoscop Hotel to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–14
- Website
- Pegasus
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- Atlas Taxi
Shuttle from Varna Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $85–250
- Website
- Atlas Taxi
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lisbon to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $210–330
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Lisbon to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $210–320
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Genoa to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $101
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +359 889 59 00 00
- support.eu@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- Grup Plus - Etap Adresss
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- Grup Plus - Etap Adresss
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- Rede Expressos
Bus from Lisboa Oriente to Huelva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $27–50
- Website
- Rede Expressos
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Huelva to Bucureşti
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 15h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $190–250
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–250
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Buzau
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $150–200
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
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