There are 7 ways to get from Plovdiv to Trieste by bus, plane, car, shuttle, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia 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 Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane SOF - TRS
9h 1m€79–238Bus, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane SOF - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centraletrain
9h 46m€68–244Bus via Sofia
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Sofiabus N1999
- Take the bus from Sofia to Triestebus
17h 10m€97–104Drive 1,158 km
- Drive from Plovdiv to Triestecar 1,158 km
10h 41m€182–262Bus, fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane SOF - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
9h 32m€106–369Bus, fly to Klagenfurt Airport, shuttle
- Take the bus from Plovdiv North Bus and Coach Station to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stopbus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Klagenfurt Airport (KLU)plane SOF - KLU
- Take a shuttle bus from Klagenfurt Flughafen to Trieste Centrale
10h 11m€111–739Bus
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Train station to Ljubljana bus stationbus N981
- Take the bus from Ljubljana bus station to Triestebus N862 / ...
20h 38m€74–126
Plovdiv to Trieste by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Plovdiv to Trieste is to bus which costs €70 - €130 and takes 20h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Plovdiv to Trieste is to bus and fly which takes 9h 1m and costs €75 - €240.
No, there is no direct bus from Plovdiv station to Trieste. However, there are services departing from Plovdiv Bus Station South and arriving at Trieste via Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 10m.
The distance between Plovdiv and Trieste is 1033 km. The road distance is 1158 km.
The best way to get from Plovdiv to Trieste without a car is to bus via Sofia which takes 17h 10m and costs €95 - €105.
It takes approximately 9h 1m to get from Plovdiv to Trieste, including transfers.
Plovdiv to Trieste bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Plovdiv Bus Station South.
Plovdiv to Trieste bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Sofia station.
Trieste is 1h behind Plovdiv. It is currently 3:22 PM in Plovdiv and 2:22 PM in Trieste.
Yes, the driving distance between Plovdiv to Trieste is 1158 km. It takes approximately 10h 41m to drive from Plovdiv to Trieste.
What companies run services between Plovdiv, Bulgaria and Trieste, Italy?
You can take a bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Trieste via Sofia in around 17h 10m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–400
Flights from Sofia Airport to Klagenfurt Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Lamezia Terme
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Klagenfurt Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–500
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ljubljana via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ljubljana via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–140
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €30–45
- Smart Flex
- €35–45
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Smart Economy
- €13–18
- Smart Flex
- €15–19
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
- €6–9
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- 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
- €9–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Plovdiv Train station to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–170
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31–34
- Private
- €95–170
Shuttle from Klagenfurt Flughafen to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–260
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €35–38
- Private
- €140–260
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