There are 8 ways to get from Pula to Plovdiv by plane, bus, 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.
Fly from Pula Airport, bus
best- Fly from Pula Airport (PUY) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane PUY - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
9h 59m$142–412Shuttle to Treviso Airport, fly, bus
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Pula railway Stattion to Treviso, Aeroporto
- Fly from Treviso Airport (TSF) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane TSF - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
10h 29m$105–906Bus
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagrebbus 971 / ...
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Plovdiv Train stationbus N981
20h$130–185Drive 1,190.8 km
- Drive from Pula to Plovdivcar 1,190.8 km
11h 20m$194–281Shuttle, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Pula railway Stattion to Stazione Mestre
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BLQ - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
12h 19m$133–935Bus, bus to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijekabus
- Take the bus from Ban J. Jelačić Square to Zagreb Airportbus
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ZAG - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
10h 42m$106–288Bus via Rijeka
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijekabus
- Take the bus from Rijeka to Zagrebbus
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Plovdiv Train stationbus
20h 2m$113–172Bus #2
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Centralebus
- Take the bus from Trieste to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Plovdivbus
21h 45m$185–470
Pula to Plovdiv by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pula to Plovdiv is to bus via Rijeka which costs $110 - $180 and takes 20h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Pula to Plovdiv is to fly and bus which takes 9h 59m and costs $140 - $420.
No, there is no direct bus from Pula to Plovdiv station. However, there are services departing from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor and arriving at Plovdiv Train station via Zagreb. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h.
The distance between Pula and Plovdiv is 950 km. The road distance is 1190.8 km.
The best way to get from Pula to Plovdiv without a car is to bus which takes 20h and costs $130 - $190.
It takes approximately 9h 59m to get from Pula to Plovdiv, including transfers.
Pula to Plovdiv bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor station.
Pula to Plovdiv bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zagreb station.
Plovdiv is 1h ahead of Pula. It is currently 11:31 AM in Pula and 12:31 PM in Plovdiv.
Yes, the driving distance between Pula to Plovdiv is 1191 km. It takes approximately 11h 20m to drive from Pula to Plovdiv.
What companies run services between Pula, Croatia and Plovdiv, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Plovdiv Train station via Zagreb in around 20h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Treviso Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–170
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–140
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $35–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–390
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–350
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–240
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +359 2 493 0191
- info@traventuria.com
- Website
- traventuria.com
Bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zagreb to Plovdiv Train station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–18
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1–12
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 60 300 300
- info@ap.hr
- Website
- ap.hr
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $17–20
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
Bus from Rijeka to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $20–23
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
- Phone
- +385 (0) 32 308 935
- polet@polet.hr
- Website
- polet.hr
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Pula railway Stattion to Treviso, Aeroporto
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $52–700
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $52
- Private
- $291
Shuttle from Pula railway Stattion to Stazione Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $52–750
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $52
- Private
- $291
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $70–180
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $25
- Private
- $138
Bus from Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $75–180
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $118
- Private
- $174
- Phone
- +385 01/6331-933
- plesoprijevoz@plesoprijevoz.hr
- Website
- plesoprijevoz.hr
Bus from Ban J. Jelačić Square to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- plesoprijevoz.hr
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Trieste to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $103
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- helpline.svs@gmail.com
- Website
- svs.md
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–13
- Website
- https://svs.md/en/bus/route/number-19167
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