There are 8 ways to get from Pula to Plovdiv by plane, train, bus, car, or shuttle
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, train
best- Fly from Pula Airport (PUY) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane PUY - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdivtrain
10h 22m$138–277Bus, train via Skopje
cheapest- Take the bus from Pula to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofiabus
- Take the train from Sofia to Plovdivtrain Ic
25h 29m$100–120Bus
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagrebbus 971C / ...
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Plovdiv Train stationbus N981
20h$137–192Drive 1,190.8 km
- Drive from Pula to Plovdivcar 1,190.8 km
11h 22m$194–281Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Pula railway Stattion to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane VCE - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdivtrain
12h 21m$112–860Bus, shuttle to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly, train
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Novigradbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Novigrad to Trieste Airport
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane TRS - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdivtrain
12h 54m$234–665Shuttle, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly, train
- 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 train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdivtrain
12h 41m$130–954Bus, train
- 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 train from Sofia to Plovdivtrain Ic
20h 49m$141–496
Pula to Plovdiv by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Pula to Plovdiv is to bus and train via Skopje which costs $95 - $120 and takes 25h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Pula to Plovdiv is to fly and train which takes 10h 22m and costs $130 - $280.
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 953 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 - $200.
It takes approximately 10h 22m 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 7:53 PM in Pula and 8:53 PM in Plovdiv.
Yes, the driving distance between Pula to Plovdiv is 1191 km. It takes approximately 11h 22m 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
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–440
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Thursday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $60–170
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–170
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $85–210
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–210
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–250
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–320
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–360
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–280
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–260
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–300
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–270
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Sofia Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–250
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–260
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–330
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Train from Sofia to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Train from Sofia to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–5
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–28
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb to Plovdiv Train station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2–17
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1–12
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
- Phone
- +385 (0) 32 308 935
- polet@polet.hr
- Website
- polet.hr
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 59m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $53
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Pula railway Stattion to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $50–650
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- $50
- Private
- $278
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Novigrad
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- $116
- Private
- $145
Shuttle from Novigrad to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $32–210
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- $32
- Private
- $80
Shuttle from Pula railway Stattion to Stazione Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $50–650
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- $50
- Private
- $278
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- $116
- Private
- $145
Bus from Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $40–240
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- $40–130
- Private
- $225–240
- 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
- $98
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +389 22400033
- info@dominoline.com.mk
- Website
- dominoline.com.mk
Bus from Pula to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80
- Schedules at
- dominoline.com.mk
- Phone
- +359 2 981 58 56
- booking_matpu@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $28–35
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
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