There are 13 ways to get from Maidstone to Plovdiv by train, plane, bus, night train, car, car train, shuttle, busferry, or car ferry
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Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Maidstone East to London Charing Cross
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)LHR - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
9h 42m$143–374Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Plovdiv Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Maidstone East to London Bridge
- Take the train from London Bridge to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)LTN - PDV
8h 47m$67–264Bus, night train, train via Dover
- Take the bus from Dover to Bucharest Obor
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Dimitrovgrad
- Take the train from Dimitrovgrad to PlovdivRe / ...
28h 45m$81–134Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Maidstone to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Plovdiv
22h 52mTrain to London Stansted Airport, fly to Plovdiv Airport
- Take the train from Strood to Stratford International
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)STN - PDV
9h 10m$136–396Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Maidstone East to London Bridge
- Take the train from London Bridge to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)LTN - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
9h 57m$88–587Train to London City Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Strood to Stratford International
- Fly from London City Airport (LCY) to Sofia Airport (SOF)LCY - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
11h 20m$215–785Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Strood to Stratford International
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)STN - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
10h 30m$83–449Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Strood to Stratford International
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)STN - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Plovdiv
13h 35m$375–790Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Chequers Bus Station to Bucharest
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Stara Zagora
- Take the train from Stara Zagora to PlovdivRe
36h 27m$171–188Bus
- Take the bus from Chatham to Praha, ÚAN FlorencMichalovce
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Plovdiv Bus Station SouthRacic Eurobus
41h 45m$139–175Bus and ferry, shuttle
- Take the busferry from Maidstone to Bucharest
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest to Plovdiv
2d 14h$348–494Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Maidstone to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Plovdiv
24h 1m$484–720
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Maidstone to Plovdiv is to bus and night train and train via Dover which costs $80 - $140 and takes 28h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Maidstone to Plovdiv is to train and fly which takes 8h 47m and costs $65 - $270.
No, there is no direct bus from Maidstone to Plovdiv station. However, there are services departing from Brenchley Gardens and arriving at Plovdiv Bus Station South via Chatham and Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 45m.
The distance between Maidstone and Plovdiv is 2275 km.
The best way to get from Maidstone to Plovdiv without a car is to bus and night train and train via Dover which takes 28h 45m and costs $80 - $140.
It takes approximately 9h 42m to get from Maidstone to Plovdiv, including transfers.
Maidstone to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Eurobus SK, depart from Chatham station.
Maidstone to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Eurobus SK, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Plovdiv is 2h ahead of Maidstone. It is currently 4:58 PM in Maidstone and 6:58 PM in Plovdiv.
There are 741+ hotels available in Plovdiv.
What companies run services between Maidstone, England and Plovdiv, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Brenchley Gardens to Plovdiv Bus Station South via Chatham and Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 41h 45m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Plovdiv Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–310
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–310
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–340
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–340
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–250
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–430
Flights from London City Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–800
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–210
Flights from London City Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
Flights from London City Airport to Sofia Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from London City Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–95
Flights from London City Airport to Sofia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–350
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from London City Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Plovdiv Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–340
- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- southeasternrailway.co.uk
Train from Maidstone East to London Charing Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–55
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Strood to Stratford International
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–50
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
Train from Maidstone East to London Bridge
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–75
- Website
- https://www.southeasternrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Dimitrovgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $12–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $12–17
- 1st Class
- $16–21
Train from Dimitrovgrad to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Night train from Bucharest to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $10–24
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $10–15
- 1st Class
- $14–18
Train from Stara Zagora to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $3–6
- 1st Class
- $5–6
- 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
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London Bridge to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–50
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- 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 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dover to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $27–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- 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
- $270–410
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
Shuttle from Bucharest to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $270–390
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Chequers Bus Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $158
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Chatham to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 18m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–60
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85–110
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Maidstone to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 8h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- 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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