There are 7 ways to get from Pilsen to Plovdiv by bus, plane, car, shuttle, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Take the bus from Plzeň to Prague
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)PRG - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
8h 3m$86–211Bus
- Take the bus from Plzeň to Praha, ÚAN FlorencN1308 / ...
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Plovdiv Bus Station SouthArda-Tur
24h 30m$90–123Drive 1,416.7 km
- Drive from Pilsen to Plovdiv1,416.7 km
15h 55m$252–363Bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the bus from Plzeň to Prague
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)PRG - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Plovdiv
11h 4m$333–612Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi to Freising
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sofia Airport (SOF)MUC - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
10h 52m$179–362Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Plzen-Jizni Predmesti to Cheb
- Take the train from Cheb to Nuernberg Hbf
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)NUE - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
11h 16m$119–328Train, bus
- Take the train from Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi to Regensburg HbfEc
- Take the bus from Regensburg DE Bahnhofstrasse to Plovdiv Bus Station SouthRacic Eurobus
26h 1m$136–179
Pilsen to Plovdiv by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pilsen to Plovdiv is to bus which costs $90 - $130 and takes 24h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Pilsen to Plovdiv is to bus and fly which takes 8h 3m and costs $85 - $220.
No, there is no direct bus from Pilsen to Plovdiv station. However, there are services departing from Plzeň and arriving at Plovdiv Bus Station South via Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 30m.
The distance between Pilsen and Plovdiv is 1313 km. The road distance is 1416.7 km.
The best way to get from Pilsen to Plovdiv without a car is to bus which takes 24h 30m and costs $90 - $130.
It takes approximately 8h 3m to get from Pilsen to Plovdiv, including transfers.
Pilsen to Plovdiv bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Plzeň station.
Pilsen to Plovdiv bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Plovdiv is 1h ahead of Pilsen. It is currently 3:45 PM in Pilsen and 4:45 PM in Plovdiv.
Yes, the driving distance between Pilsen to Plovdiv is 1417 km. It takes approximately 15h 55m to drive from Pilsen to Plovdiv.
What companies run services between Pilsen, Czechia and Plovdiv, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Plzeň to Plovdiv Bus Station South via Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 24h 30m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–320
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–320
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–320
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–310
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–260
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $45–140
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–140
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–150
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–200
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–260
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–220
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–320
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–320
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi to Freising
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–85
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi to Regensburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Plzen-Jizni Predmesti to Cheb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–16
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- $7–11
- 1st Class
- $11–16
- Business
- $13–14
Train from Cheb to Nuernberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–21
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- $10–15
- 1st Class
- $16–21
- Business
- $17–20
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Cheb to Nuernberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Plzeň to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Plzeň to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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 59m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Plzeň to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5–6
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Plzeň to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 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/
Bus from Regensburg DE Bahnhofstrasse to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- 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/
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