There are 8 ways to get from Palermo to Pleven by plane, train, bus, busferry, car, ferry, car ferry, or shuttle
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Fly Palermo Airport to Sofia Airport, train
best- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane PMO - SOF
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Pleventrain
11h 4m$87–238Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CTA - SOF
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Pleventrain
11h 10m$69–211Bus, bus and ferry via Bari
- Take the bus from Palermo to Baribus 591
- Take the busferry from Bari Porto to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Pleven Bus Stopbus
33h 3mDrive, ferry, car ferry
- Drive from Palermo to Messina Marittimacar
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanniferry
- Drive from Villa San Giovanni to Port Of Baricar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Bari to Durrëscarferry
- Drive from Port Of Durres to Plevencar
26h 50m$284–428Fly Palermo Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)plane PMO - BBU
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest to Pleven
15h 32m$244–551Bus to Catania–Fontanarossa Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminalbus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane CTA - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Pleven
10h 40m$246–489Fly Palermo Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Palermo Airport (PMO) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane PMO - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Pleven
8h 54m$259–516Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Palermo Oreto Orsi to Messina Piazza della Repubblicabus
- Take the busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Pleven Bus Stopbus
42h 12m
Palermo Airport (PMO) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Palermo to Pleven is to bus and fly and train which costs $65 - $220 and takes 11h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Palermo to Pleven is to fly and shuttle which takes 8h 54m and costs $250 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Palermo to Pleven. However, there are services departing from Palermo and arriving at Pleven Bus Stop via Italia-De Rossi, Bari Porto, Tirana and Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 3m.
The distance between Palermo and Pleven is 1243 km.
The best way to get from Palermo to Pleven without a car is to bus and bus and ferry via Bari which takes 33h 3m and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 4m to get from Palermo to Pleven, including transfers.
Palermo to Pleven bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Palermo station.
Palermo to Pleven bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bari station.
Pleven is 1h ahead of Palermo. It is currently 3:28 AM in Palermo and 4:28 AM in Pleven.
There are 66+ hotels available in Pleven.
What companies run services between Palermo, Italy and Pleven, Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Palermo to Pleven. However, you can take the train to Palermo Aeroporto, walk to Palermo Airport (PMO) airport, fly to Sofia Airport (SOF), walk to Sofia Airport, take the line 4 subway to bul. Vasil Levski, walk to bul. Vasil Levski, take the line 12 vehicle to Modna K″shcha Agresiya, walk to Sofia Sever, then take the train to Pleven. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Palermo to Pleven Bus Stop via Bari, Italia-De Rossi, Stazione Marittima, Bari Porto, Tirana, Tirana, and Sofia Central Bus Station in around 33h 3m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Sofia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–190
Flights from Palermo Airport to Sofia Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $75–190
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–230
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Malta
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $50–180
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $100–200
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–200
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–170
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–300
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–220
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 11m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–220
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–220
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–140
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Sofia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–230
Flights from Palermo Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–240
Flights from Palermo Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Palermo Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–260
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Palermo Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–260
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia Sever to Pleven
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $6–9
- 1st Class
- $9–10
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Palermo to Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Palermo to Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Bari Porto to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Tirana to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $54
- Schedules at
- nelatours.com
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Pleven Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–13
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 (0) 64 888 666
- avtogara@pleven.bg
- Website
- avtogarapleven.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Pleven Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- avtogarapleven.com
- info@bgrazpisanie.com
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Pleven Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest to Pleven
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $180–290
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Pleven
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $190–290
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- 800 21 10 20
- saisautolineeweb@gmail.com
- Website
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Palermo Via Tommaso Fazello to Catania Fontanarossa Airport Departure Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
Bus from Palermo Oreto Orsi to Messina Piazza della Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Schedules at
- saisautolinee.it
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Messina - Piazza della Repubblica to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 234 8608
- info@dritatravel.com
- Website
- dritatravel.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- dritatravel.com
- Phone
- +38975468055
- Website
- idotours.com.mk
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–30
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- traveling.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–35
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 342 32 55 869
- Website
- blujetlines.it
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa San Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3
- Schedules at
- blujetlines.it
- Phone
- +3907150211621
- booking@adriaferries.com
- Website
- adriaferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–65
- Schedules at
- adriaferries.com
- Phone
- +30 210 4828001
- booking@ventourisferries.com
- Website
- ventourisferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Website
- https://ventourisferries.com/en/
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