There are 14 ways to get from Nottingham to Bulgaria by train, plane, bus, night train, car, car train, shuttle, busferry, or car ferry
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Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Burgas Airport
best- Take the train from Nottingham to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane MAN - BOJ
8h 16m$148–424Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Nottingham to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
31h 27m$104–135Train, night train
- Take the train from Nottingham to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofiatrain 461
2d 2h$598–1,055Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Nottingham to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Sofiacar
24h 29mTrain, train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Nottingham to Peterboroughtrain
- Take the train from Peterborough to Stansted Airporttrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane STN - SOF
8h 49m$119–352Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Nottingham to Ketteringtrain
- Take the train from Kettering to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LTN - SOF
8h 6m$115–356Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Nottingham to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BHX - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
8h 48m$212–555Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Burgas Airport
- Take the train from Nottingham to Ketteringtrain
- Take the train from Kettering to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane LTN - BOJ
7h 54m$110–338Fly East Midlands Airport to Burgas Airport
- Fly from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane EMA - BOJ
6h 29m$127–419Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Burgas Airport
- Take the train from Nottingham to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane BHX - BOJ
7h 27m$143–398Train, bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Nottingham to London St Pancras Intltrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
38h 46m$407–865Bus
- Take the bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Praha, Hlavní Nádražíbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
41h 10m$173–264Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Nottingham Broad Marsh Bus Station to Northampton Town Centrebus
- Take the busferry from Northampton to Motrubusferry
- Take the bus from Motru to Drobeta-Turnu Severinbus
- Take the bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Sofiabus
2d 4hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Nottingham to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Sofiacar
25h 42m$476–748
Nottingham to Bulgaria by train, night train, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nottingham to Bulgaria is to train and bus which costs $100 - $140 and takes 31h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Nottingham to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 6h 29m and costs $120 - $420.
No, there is no direct bus from Nottingham station to Bulgaria station. However, there are services departing from Broad Marsh Bus Station and arriving at Sofia Central Bus Station via London Victoria, Prague and Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Nottingham to Bulgaria. However, there are services departing from Nottingham and arriving at Централни Хали via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Hbf, Bucuresti Nord and Централна Гара. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 2h.
The distance between Nottingham and Bulgaria is 2666 km.
The best way to get from Nottingham to Bulgaria without a car is to train and bus which takes 31h 27m and costs $100 - $140.
It takes approximately 8h 16m to get from Nottingham to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Nottingham to Bulgaria bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Broad Marsh Bus Station.
Nottingham to Bulgaria train services, operated by East Midlands Railways, depart from Nottingham station.
The best way to get from Nottingham to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 6h 29m and costs $120 - $420. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $170 - $270 and takes 41h 10m.
What companies run services between Nottingham, England and Bulgaria?
Jet2.com flies from East Midlands Airport (EMA) to Burgas Airport (BOJ) twice a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station via London Victoria, Prague, Central Train Station, Prague, and Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 41h 10m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Burgas Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $90–330
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–250
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport via Karlsruhe/Baden Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $45–250
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–180
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–180
Flights from Luton Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–270
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–340
Flights from East Midlands Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–410
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–420
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–260
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $120–340
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–180
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–200
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Nottingham to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Nottingham to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Nottingham to Peterborough
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Nottingham to Kettering
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Kettering to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–45
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
Train from Nottingham to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Peterborough to Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $140–240
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–180
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $130–180
- Couchette Carriage
- $100–130
- Seating Carriage
- $70–90
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $260–460
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $46–50
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- 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
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–210
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- callcenter@likebus.ua
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Bucharest to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $34
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- 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
- $120–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 810
- reservations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–290
- Website
- https://www.karat-s.com/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–130
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Broad Marsh Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Nottingham Broad Marsh Bus Station to Northampton Town Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Praha, Hlavní Nádraží
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Nottingham to Bulgaria bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Bulgaria is 2h ahead of Nottingham. It is currently 2:53 AM in Nottingham and 4:53 AM in Bulgaria.
Nottingham to Bulgaria train services, operated by East Midlands Railways, arrive at London St Pancras Intl station.
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