There are 14 ways to get from Plovdiv to Cardiff by bus, plane, train, night train, car, car train, shuttle, or car ferry
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 Sofia Airport, fly to Bristol Airport, train
best- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane SOF - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 5m£68–246Train, night train, bus
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Dimitrovgradtrain
- Take the night train from Dimitrovgrad to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Birminghambus
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
31h 33m£93–146Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Plovdiv to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
26hBus to Sofia Airport, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane SOF - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 27m£107–280Bus to Sofia Airport, fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane SOF - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 15m£150–333Fly Plovdiv Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Plovdiv Airport (PDV) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane PDV - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 35m£140–366Fly Plovdiv Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Plovdiv Airport (PDV) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane PDV - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 31m£141–383Bus to Sofia Airport, fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SOF - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 50m£113–380Bus to Sofia Airport, fly to Luton Airport, train
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane SOF - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 31m£122–457Bus to Sofia Airport, fly to Liverpool, train
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Liverpool (LPL)plane SOF - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Cardiff Centraltrain
11h 57m£118–312Shuttle, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Plovdiv to Bucharest
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
40h 51m£359–481Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop to Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platzbus
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
41h 39m£266–504Bus
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
2d 1h£162–290Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Plovdiv to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
27h 9m£386–596
Plovdiv to Cardiff by bus, night train, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Plovdiv to Cardiff is to train and night train and bus which costs £90 - £150 and takes 31h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Plovdiv to Cardiff is to bus and fly and train which takes 9h 5m and costs £65 - £250.
No, there is no direct bus from Plovdiv station to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Plovdiv Bus Station South and arriving at University RE via Praha, ÚAN Florenc and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 1h.
The distance between Plovdiv and Cardiff is 1499 miles.
The best way to get from Plovdiv to Cardiff without a car is to train and night train and bus which takes 31h 33m and costs £90 - £150.
It takes approximately 9h 5m to get from Plovdiv to Cardiff, including transfers.
Plovdiv to Cardiff bus services, operated by Racic Eurobus, depart from Plovdiv Bus Station South.
Plovdiv to Cardiff bus services, operated by Racic Eurobus, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Cardiff is 2h behind Plovdiv. It is currently 8:42 AM in Plovdiv and 6:42 AM in Cardiff.
Book your Plovdiv to Cardiff bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Plovdiv, Bulgaria and Cardiff, Wales?
You can take a bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to University RE via Praha, ÚAN Florenc and London Victoria in around 2d 1h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Plovdiv Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Plovdiv Airport to London Stansted Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £27–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £27–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £27–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–280
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–230
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Plovdiv Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–220
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £20–29
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Plovdiv to Dimitrovgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £2–4
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £2–4
- 1st Class
- £3–4
Night train from Dimitrovgrad to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £9–21
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £9–13
- 1st Class
- £12–16
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–29
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–26
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Crewe to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £100–140
- Couchette Carriage
- £80–95
- Seating Carriage
- £55–70
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £95–170
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@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
- £5–8
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Plovdiv to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £200–290
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop to Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £50–75
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–18
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £5–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
Want to know more about travelling around United Kingdom
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Travelling to the UK: What do I need to know?
Read the travel guide
5 delightfully under-the-radar French towns you need to visit
Read the travel guide
Which London airport should I choose?
Read the travel guide
More Questions & Answers
There are 780+ hotels available in Cardiff.











































































