There are 9 ways to get from Plovdiv to Bern by train, plane, bus, 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.
Train, fly to Zurich Airport
best- Take the train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shosetrain
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SOF - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich Flughafen to Berntrain
8h 52mCHF 123–324Train, fly to Basel
cheapest- Take the train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shosetrain
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Basel (BSL)plane SOF - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain
9h 6mCHF 69–309Train, bus via Milan
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Sofiatrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Milano, Stazione Centralebus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Berntrain Ec
30hCHF 141–188Train, night train
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Dimitrovgradtrain Re / ...
- Take the night train from Dimitrovgrad to Videlenighttrain
- Take the train from Videle to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Bregenztrain Rjx
- Take the train from Bregenz to Zürich HBtrain Ec
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Berntrain Ic1 / ...
36h 52mCHF 237–436Drive 1,823 km
- Drive from Plovdiv to Berncar 1,823 km
18h 20mCHF 298–430Train, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shosetrain
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane SOF - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Berntrain
12h 11mCHF 82–237Bus
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Munich Hackerbrückebus Arda-Tur
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Bernbus FlixBus N106 / ...
32h 10mCHF 142–234Train, bus
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Sofiatrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Bern, Hauptbahnhofbus
33h 42mCHF 216–258Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Sofiatrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Zurichbus
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Berntrain Ic1 / ...
33h 53mCHF 137–199
Plovdiv to Bern by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Plovdiv to Bern is to train and fly which costs SFr 65 - SFr 310 and takes 9h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Plovdiv to Bern is to train and fly which takes 8h 52m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 330.
No, there is no direct bus from Plovdiv station to Bern. However, there are services departing from Plovdiv Bus Station South and arriving at Bern via Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Plovdiv to Bern. However, there are services departing from Plovdiv and arriving at Bern via Dimitrovgrad, Videle, Budapest-Keleti, Bregenz and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 52m.
The distance between Plovdiv and Bern is 1554 km. The road distance is 1823 km.
The best way to get from Plovdiv to Bern without a car is to train and bus via Milan which takes 30h and costs SFr 140 - SFr 190.
It takes approximately 8h 52m to get from Plovdiv to Bern, including transfers.
Plovdiv to Bern bus services, operated by Arda Tur, depart from Plovdiv Bus Station South.
Plovdiv to Bern train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Plovdiv station.
Plovdiv to Bern bus services, operated by Arda Tur, arrive at Munich Hackerbrücke station.
What companies run services between Plovdiv, Bulgaria and Bern, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Bern via Munich Hackerbrücke and Munich central bus station in around 32h 10m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–120
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–290
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–310
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–310
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–180
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–85
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–290
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–180
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shose
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–4
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 2–3
- 1st Class
- CHF 2–4
Train from Plovdiv to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–4
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 2–3
- 1st Class
- CHF 2–4
Train from Plovdiv to Dimitrovgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–3
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 1–2
- 1st Class
- CHF 1–3
Night train from Dimitrovgrad to Videle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–20
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 4–7
- 1st Class
- CHF 5–7
Train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shose
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–4
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 2–3
- 1st Class
- CHF 2–4
Train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shose
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–4
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 2–3
- 1st Class
- CHF 2–4
Train from Plovdiv to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–4
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 2–3
- 1st Class
- CHF 2–4
Train from Plovdiv to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–4
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- CHF 2–3
- 1st Class
- CHF 2–4
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich Flughafen to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bregenz to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 55–75
Train from Milano Centrale to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 70–100
- 2nd Class
- CHF 55–75
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Videle to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 54–59
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Bregenz
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–180
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- CHF 110–180
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–45
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–55
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Milano, Stazione Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 84
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–23
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Munich Hackerbrücke
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–170
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–65
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Munich central bus station to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–45
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +359 2 981 58 56
- booking_matpu@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–23
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–24
- Website
- https://nis-ekspres.rs/?lang=en
- Phone
- +41 76 480 13 51
- info@optoptravel.rs
- Website
- optoptravel.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Bern, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 200–230
- Schedules at
- optoptravel.rs
- Phone
- +381 63 608508
- belegijaprevozmsi12@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Bern, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–140
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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More Questions & Answers
Bern is 1h behind Plovdiv. It is currently 5:50 PM in Plovdiv and 4:50 PM in Bern.
Plovdiv to Bern train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Dimitrovgrad station.
Yes, the driving distance between Plovdiv to Bern is 1823 km. It takes approximately 18h 20m to drive from Plovdiv to Bern.
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