There are 11 ways to get from Plovdiv to Spain by bus, plane, train, car, or car train
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Bus, fly to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
best- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN)plane SOF - BCN
7h 36m€41–145Train, bus via Trieste
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Sofiatrain
- Take the bus from Sofia to Triestebus
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieutrain Fr
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Santstrain
34h 46m€250–443Bus
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Sofiabus N1999
- Take the bus from Sofia to Barcelonabus
39h 8m€124–169Drive 2,446.1 km
- Drive from Plovdiv to Barcelonacar 2,446.1 km
24h 43m€383–553Bus, fly to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI)plane SOF - PMI
7h 1m€66–174Bus, fly to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)plane SOF - MAD
7h 57m€49–194Bus, fly to Valencia Airport
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Valencia Airport (VLC)plane SOF - VLC
7h 36m€59–194Bus, fly to Málaga Airport
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Málaga Airport (AGP)plane SOF - AGP
7h 56m€68–171Bus, fly to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC)plane SOF - ALC
- Take the bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murciabus
9h 3m€52–178Train, bus
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Sofiatrain 8612 / ...
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Barcelona Sants Central Bus Stationbus Union Ivkoni - Unibus 3600 / ...
43h 17m€102–150Drive, car train
- Drive from Plovdiv to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Barcelonacar
26h 8m€483–682
Plovdiv to Spain by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Plovdiv to Spain is to bus and fly which costs €40 - €150 and takes 7h 36m.
The fastest way to get from Plovdiv to Spain is to bus and fly which takes 7h 1m and costs €65 - €180.
No, there is no direct bus from Plovdiv station to Spain. However, there are services departing from Plovdiv Bus Station South and arriving at Barcelona via Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 8m.
The distance between Plovdiv and Spain is 1920 km. The road distance is 2446.1 km.
The best way to get from Plovdiv to Spain without a car is to train and bus via Trieste which takes 34h 46m and costs €250 - €450.
It takes approximately 7h 36m to get from Plovdiv to Spain, including transfers.
Plovdiv to Spain bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Plovdiv Bus Station South.
Plovdiv to Spain bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Sofia station.
Yes, the driving distance between Plovdiv to Spain is 2446 km. It takes approximately 24h 43m to drive from Plovdiv to Spain.
There are 5533+ hotels available in Spain.
What companies run services between Plovdiv, Bulgaria and Spain?
You can take a bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Barcelona via Sofia in around 39h 8m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Valencia Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Alicante-Elche Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–110
Flights from Sofia Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Valencia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–450
Flights from Sofia Airport to Málaga Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
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
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–130
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- 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
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Barcelona Sants Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €88
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- 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 Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Alicante Aeropuerto to Estación de Autobuses de Murcia
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
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