There are 10 ways to get from Plovdiv to Ancona by bus, plane, train, night train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, fly to Federico Fellini Airport, train
best- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Federico Fellini Airport (RMI)SOF - RMI
- Take the train from Rimini to Ancona
7h 41m€74–288Bus, fly to Fiumicino International Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)SOF - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Ancona
11h 15m€62–214Bus, train
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia to Venezia, Viale Stazione
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna CentraleFr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to AnconaFr
23h 26m€153–269Train, night train
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Dimitrovgrad
- Take the night train from Dimitrovgrad to Bucharest
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Meidling
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Venezia MestreRjx / ...
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna CentraleFr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to AnconaFr
36h 26m€217–363Drive 1,570 km
- Drive from Plovdiv to Ancona1,570 km
15h 49m€243–351Bus, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)SOF - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Ancona
8h 7m€92–278Bus, fly to Raffaello Sanzio Airport
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI)SOF - AOI
9h 25m€68–214Bus, fly to Roma Ciampino Airport, train
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA)SOF - CIA
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Ancona
11h 30m€72–284Bus
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Ancona
25h 56m€134–156Train, bus
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Ancona
29h 14m€135–137
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Federico Fellini Airport (RMI) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Plovdiv to Ancona is to bus and fly which costs €65 - €220 and takes 9h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Plovdiv to Ancona is to bus and fly and train which takes 7h 41m and costs €70 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Plovdiv station to Ancona. However, there are services departing from Plovdiv Bus Station South and arriving at Ancona via Sofia and Kumanovo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 56m.
No, there is no direct train from Plovdiv to Ancona. However, there are services departing from Plovdiv and arriving at Ancona via Dimitrovgrad, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Meidling, Venezia Mestre and Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 26m.
The distance between Plovdiv and Ancona is 1123 km. The road distance is 1570 km.
The best way to get from Plovdiv to Ancona without a car is to bus and train which takes 23h 26m and costs €150 - €270.
It takes approximately 7h 41m to get from Plovdiv to Ancona, including transfers.
Plovdiv to Ancona bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Plovdiv Bus Station South.
Plovdiv to Ancona train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Plovdiv station.
Plovdiv to Ancona bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Sofia station.
What companies run services between Plovdiv, Bulgaria and Ancona, Italy?
You can take a bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Ancona via Sofia and Kumanovo in around 25h 56m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Federico Fellini Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Federico Fellini Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–290
Flights from Sofia Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–100
Flights from Sofia Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Federico Fellini Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–85
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–190
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Rimini to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Rimini to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Rimini to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Rimini to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–33
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €15–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Plovdiv to Dimitrovgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €2–4
- 1st Class
- €3–5
Night train from Dimitrovgrad to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €10–24
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €10–15
- 1st Class
- €14–18
Train from Plovdiv to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €4–7
- 1st Class
- €6–7
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–95
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Wien Meidling to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €90–140
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Venezia, Viale Stazione
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–27
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–29
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Kumanovo to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Sofia to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- nelatours.com
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
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More Questions & Answers
Ancona is 1h behind Plovdiv. It is currently 10:28 PM in Plovdiv and 9:28 PM in Ancona.
Plovdiv to Ancona train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Dimitrovgrad station.
Yes, the driving distance between Plovdiv to Ancona is 1570 km. It takes approximately 15h 49m to drive from Plovdiv to Ancona.
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