There are 15 ways to get from London to Sliven by train, plane, bus, night train, car, car train, shuttle, busferry, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Luton Airport, fly to Burgas Airport, train
best- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)LTN - BOJ
- Take the train from Burgas to Sliven
8h 41m$92–285Train to Luton Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, train
cheapest- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)LTN - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Sliven
11h 25m$55–191Train, bus, night train
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Take the bus from Luton to Bucharest Obor
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Veliko Tŭrnovo
- Take the bus from Veliko Tarnovo to Sliven
28h 33m$59–98Train, bus via Bratislava
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Esslingen(Neckar)Tgv
- Take the train from Esslingen to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof62 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna StanicaRjx
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Sofia
- Take the train from Sofia to Sliven
35h 9m$390–819Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from London to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Sliven
25h 21mFly London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport, train
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)STN - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Sliven
11h 49m$64–242Fly London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle, bus
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)LHR - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Razgrad
- Take the bus from Razgrad to Kotel
- Take the bus from Kotel to Sliven
11h 42mTrain to Luton Airport, fly to Varna Airport, train
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Varna Airport (VAR)LTN - VAR
- Take the train from Varna to Zimnitsa
11h 13m$154–332Train to Luton Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle, bus
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)LTN - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Razgrad
- Take the bus from Razgrad to Kotel
- Take the bus from Kotel to Sliven
12h 8mFly London Stansted Airport to Plovdiv Airport, train
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)STN - PDV
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Nova Zagora
12h 31m$90–372Train to Luton Airport, fly to Plovdiv Airport, train
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)LTN - PDV
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Nova Zagora
12h 17m$56–301Bus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Take the bus from Bucuresti to Târgovişte
- Take the bus from Târgovişte to Kotel
- Take the bus from Kotel to Sliven
37h 15mTrain, bus
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)HbfIce
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sliven Central Bus Station
41h 12m$286–744Bus and ferry, night train, bus
- Take the busferry from London Barking to Bucharest
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Veliko Tŭrnovo
- Take the bus from Veliko Tarnovo to Sliven
2d 18h$90–308Drive, car ferry
- Drive from London to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Sliven
26h 29m$516–787
London to Sliven by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Sliven is to train and bus and night train which costs $55 - $100 and takes 28h 33m.
The fastest way to get from London to Sliven is to train and fly which takes 8h 41m and costs $90 - $290.
No, there is no direct bus from London to Sliven. However, there are services departing from London Victoria and arriving at Sliven via Bucuresti, Târgovişte and Kotel. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 15m.
The distance between London and Sliven is 2514 km.
The best way to get from London to Sliven without a car is to train and bus and night train which takes 28h 33m and costs $55 - $100.
It takes approximately 8h 41m to get from London to Sliven, including transfers.
London to Sliven bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from London Victoria station.
London to Sliven bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at Bucharest station.
Sliven is 2h ahead of London. It is currently 4:30 PM in London and 6:30 PM in Sliven.
There are 82+ hotels available in Sliven.
What companies run services between London, England and Sliven, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from London Victoria to Sliven via Bucharest, Bucuresti, Târgovişte, and Kotel in around 37h 15m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–230
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–180
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–180
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Plovdiv Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–320
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–320
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–230
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–440
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $28–90
Flights from Luton Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–160
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–240
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–210
Flights from Luton Airport to Plovdiv Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $28–210
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–440
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–300
Flights from Luton Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–230
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–28
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–26
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Burgas to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $4–6
- 1st Class
- $6–7
Night train from Bucharest to Veliko Tŭrnovo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $7–12
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $7–11
- 1st Class
- $10–12
Train from Sofia to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $9–13
- 1st Class
- $13–16
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $9–13
- 1st Class
- $12–15
Train from Varna to Zimnitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $6–9
- 1st Class
- $9–10
Train from Plovdiv to Nova Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $4–7
- 1st Class
- $7–8
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $95–390
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–390
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Esslingen(Neckar)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Esslingen to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $65–100
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Luton to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +359 62 60 22 60
- info@alexok.com
- Website
- alexok.com
Bus from Veliko Tarnovo to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–11
- Schedules at
- alexok.com
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Bratislava to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Razgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $160–290
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- 0700 1 2222
- Website
- doris-bg.com
Bus from Kotel to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- doris-bg.com
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $162
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- +4-0743-335.888
- Website
- atyc.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucuresti to Târgovişte
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Schedules at
- atyc.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 042605349
- avtogara_stzagora@abv.bg
- Website
- avtogara.starazagora.bg
Bus from Kotel to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Schedules at
- avtogara.starazagora.bg
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sliven Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $140–190
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from London Barking to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 9h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 0889 910 189
- office@pprevozi.com
- Website
- pprevozi.com
Bus from Veliko Tarnovo to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6
- Schedules at
- pprevozi.com
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $90–220
- On Foot
- $40–50
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