There are 14 ways to get from Nottingham to Bulgaria by train, plane, bus, car, car train, shuttle, busferry, or car ferry
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Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
best- Take the train from Nottingham to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Sofia Airport (SOF)BHX - SOF
7h 40m$92–263Train, train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Nottingham to Ely
- Take the train from Ely to Stansted Airport
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)STN - SOF
9h 21m$73–311Train, bus via Munich
- Take the train from Nottingham to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to München Hbf83
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof62 / ...
- Take the bus from Salzburg Lastenstrasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
31h 55m$267–887Train, bus
- Take the train from Nottingham to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to Wien MeidlingNj
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bratislava Hlavna StanicaRjx
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Sofia
36h 45m$295–987Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Nottingham to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Sofia
24h 29mTrain to Manchester Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Nottingham to Manchester Piccadilly
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)MAN - SOF
8h 22m$109–256Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Nottingham to Kettering
- Take the train from Kettering to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)LTN - SOF
8h 1m$80–260Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Nottingham to Birmingham New Street
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)BHX - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
8h 56m$206–602Train to Liverpool, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Nottingham to Liverpool South Parkway
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)LPL - SOF
9h 2m$128–337Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Varna Airport
- Take the train from Nottingham to Kettering
- Take the train from Kettering to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Varna Airport (VAR)LTN - VAR
8h 30m$206–439Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Nottingham to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Conradstraat to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
40h 48m$216–697Bus
- Take the bus from Derby to Praha, ÚAN FlorencMichalovce
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus StationArda-Tur
45h 1m$150–206Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to Coach Park
- Take the busferry from Northampton to Motru
- Take the bus from Motru to Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Take the bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Sofia
2d 4hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Nottingham to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Sofia
25h 37m$508–748
Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nottingham to Bulgaria is to train and fly which costs $80 - $260 and takes 8h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Nottingham to Bulgaria is to train and fly which takes 7h 40m and costs $90 - $270.
No, there is no direct bus from Nottingham to Bulgaria station. However, there are services departing from Upper Parliament Street and arriving at Sofia Serdica Bus Station via Derby and Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 1m.
The distance between Nottingham and Bulgaria is 2281 km.
The best way to get from Nottingham to Bulgaria without a car is to train and bus via Munich which takes 31h 55m and costs $260 - $900.
It takes approximately 7h 40m to get from Nottingham to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Nottingham to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Eurobus SK, depart from Derby station.
Nottingham to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Eurobus SK, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Bulgaria is 2h ahead of Nottingham. It is currently 7:02 PM in Nottingham and 9:02 PM in Bulgaria.
There are 2091+ hotels available in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Nottingham, England and Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Upper Parliament Street to Sofia Serdica Bus Station via Bus Station, Derby, and Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 45h 1m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–190
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–190
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–200
Flights from Liverpool to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–240
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- 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
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–370
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–390
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–360
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–370
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–390
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–400
- 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
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–230
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–240
Train from Nottingham to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Ely to Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Nottingham to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–170
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Nottingham to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–90
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Nottingham to Kettering
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–60
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Kettering to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–55
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Nottingham to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Nottingham to Ely
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–60
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- 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 Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–380
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris l'Est to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $70–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–60
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–60
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $30–45
Train from Wien Meidling to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $23–35
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Paris l'Est to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–330
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $300–330
- Couchette Carriage
- $200–230
- Seating Carriage
- $110–140
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Meidling to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- 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
Train from Ely to Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- https://www.greateranglia.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $90–320
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $90–140
- 1st Class
- $190–320
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Salzburg Lastenstrasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Bratislava to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Rotterdam Conradstraat to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–290
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Derby to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65–80
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to Coach Park
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Northampton to Motru
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $75–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +4-0745-779.908
- Website
- dikeltour.autogari.ro
Bus from Motru to Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- dikeltour.autogari.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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