There are 14 ways to get from Plovdiv to Cardiff by bus, plane, train, night train, car, car train, or car ferry
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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 Stop
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bristol Airport (BRS)SOF - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
8h 42m£78–262Train, night train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Plovdiv to DimitrovgradRe / ...
- Take the night train from Dimitrovgrad to Bucharest
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
31h 55m£60–145Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Plovdiv to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiff
25h 55mBus to Sofia Airport, fly to Cardiff Airport
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)SOF - CWL
11h 42m£109–336Bus to Sofia Airport, fly to Birmingham 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 Birmingham Airport (BHX)SOF - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
10h 9m£104–399Bus 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 Stop
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)SOF - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
10h£130–355Fly Plovdiv Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Plovdiv Airport (PDV) to London Stansted Airport (STN)PDV - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
9h 29m£114–363Bus 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 Stop
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Stansted Airport (STN)SOF - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
10h 49m£89–447Bus to Sofia Airport, fly to Luton 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 Luton Airport (LTN)SOF - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
10h 46m£92–511Fly Plovdiv Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Plovdiv Airport (PDV) to Luton Airport (LTN)PDV - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
9h 31m£81–277Train, bus
- Take the train from Plovdiv to SofiaRe
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Rotterdam Conradstraat
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
44h 51m£181–479Bus
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
45h 29m£127–200Bus via Munich
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Train station to Munich central bus station
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
2d 4h£114–272Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Plovdiv to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiff
26h 59m£413–598
Plovdiv to Cardiff by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Plovdiv to Cardiff is to train and night train and bus which costs £60 - £150 and takes 31h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Plovdiv to Cardiff is to bus and fly and train which takes 8h 42m and costs £75 - £270.
No, there is no direct bus from Plovdiv station to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Plovdiv Bus Station South and arriving at Kingsway GD via Praha, ÚAN Florenc and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 29m.
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 55m and costs £60 - £150.
It takes approximately 8h 42m 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 5:38 PM in Plovdiv and 3:38 PM 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 Kingsway GD via Praha, ÚAN Florenc and London Victoria in around 45h 29m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £65–110
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £120–340
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–320
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–270
Flights from Plovdiv Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £29–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £29–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £29–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £29–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £29–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Karlsruhe/Baden Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £29–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–340
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–320
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £120–340
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £130–350
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £120–340
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £130–350
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–170
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £24–70
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £180–600
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £70–340
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–330
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Plovdiv Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–220
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–20
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Plovdiv to Dimitrovgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
Train from Plovdiv to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £4–6
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £4–6
- 1st Class
- £5–6
- 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
- £10–40
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St. Pancras Int.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- £65–240
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- £65–100
- 1st Class
- £140–240
- 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
- £5–8
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Rotterdam Conradstraat
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £75–110
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £22–29
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- 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
- £55–85
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Plovdiv Train station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Plovdiv Train station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £70–100
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- 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
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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