There are 9 ways to get from Plovdiv to Pula by bus, car, train, plane, or shuttle
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Bus
best- Take the bus from Plovdiv Train station to Zagrebbus N981
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvorbus Arriva
19h 30m€80–166Drive 1,192 km
- Drive from Plovdiv to Pulacar 1,192 km
11h 26m€174–252Train, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shosetrain
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane SOF - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
12h 39m€98–775Train, bus
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Sofiatrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Triestebus
- Take the bus from Trieste Centrale to Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvorbus
21h 17m€205–452Bus, train
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Train station to Zagrebbus N981
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Pulatrain 1472
23h 52m€108–147Train, fly to Pula Airport
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shosetrain
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Pula Airport (PUY)plane SOF - PUY
10h 3m€123–255Train, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, shuttle, bus
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shosetrain
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane SOF - TRS
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Airport to Novigrad
- Take the bus from Novigrad to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvorbus
13h 21m€206–605Train, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shosetrain
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane SOF - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take a shuttle bus from Stazione Mestre to Pula railway Stattion
12h 45m€114–880Train, fly to Vienna International Airport, shuttle, bus
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shosetrain
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane SOF - VIE
- Take a shuttle bus from Flughafen Wien to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Take the bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvorbus
14h 41m€588–985
Plovdiv to Pula by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Plovdiv to Pula is to bus which costs €75 - €170 and takes 19h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Plovdiv to Pula is to train and fly which takes 10h 3m and costs €120 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Plovdiv station to Pula. However, there are services departing from Plovdiv Train station and arriving at Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor via Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 30m.
The distance between Plovdiv and Pula is 1201 km. The road distance is 1192 km.
The best way to get from Plovdiv to Pula without a car is to bus which takes 19h 30m and costs €75 - €170.
It takes approximately 19h 30m to get from Plovdiv to Pula, including transfers.
Plovdiv to Pula bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Plovdiv Train station.
Plovdiv to Pula bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zagreb station.
Pula is 1h behind Plovdiv. It is currently 3:32 PM in Plovdiv and 2:32 PM in Pula.
Yes, the driving distance between Plovdiv to Pula is 1192 km. It takes approximately 11h 26m to drive from Plovdiv to Pula.
What companies run services between Plovdiv, Bulgaria and Pula, Croatia?
You can take a bus from Plovdiv Train station to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor via Zagreb and Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor in around 19h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Sofia Airport to Pula Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Pula Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–180
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–340
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Pula Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–260
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–340
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shose
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €2–4
- 1st Class
- €2–4
Train from Plovdiv to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €2–4
- 1st Class
- €3–4
Train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shose
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €2–4
- 1st Class
- €2–4
Train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shose
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €2–4
- 1st Class
- €2–4
Train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shose
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €2–4
- 1st Class
- €2–4
Train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shose
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €2–4
- 1st Class
- €2–4
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Pula
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €29
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Plovdiv Train station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Plovdiv Train station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
- Phone
- +385 (0) 32 308 935
- polet@polet.hr
- Website
- polet.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €47
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €44–550
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €44
- Private
- €248
Bus from Trieste Centrale to Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–215
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €35–110
- Private
- €205–215
Bus from Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €103
- Private
- €129
Shuttle from Trieste Airport to Novigrad
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–190
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €28
- Private
- €71
Bus from Novigrad to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €103
- Private
- €129
Shuttle from Stazione Mestre to Pula railway Stattion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €44–600
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €44
- Private
- €248
Bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €290–490
- Website
- GoOpti
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €88
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- info@zup-prevozi.eu
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Flughafen Wien to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €250–310
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €250–310
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