There are 10 ways to get from Rijeka to Balchik by bus, plane, car, shuttle, or train
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Bus to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Varna Airport
best- Take the bus from Ban J. Jelačić Square to Zagreb Airportbus
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane ZAG - VAR
11h$251–487Bus via Zagreb
cheapest- Take the bus from Rijeka bus station to Zagrebbus 972 / ...
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia - Central Bus Station to Balchikbus
24h 50m$81–229Drive 1,414.3 km
- Drive from Rijeka to Balchikcar 1,414.3 km
14h 21m$231–333Bus, shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Varna Airport
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane LJU - VAR
12h 3m$382–1,058Bus, shuttle to Klagenfurt Airport, fly to Varna Airport
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Klagenfurt Flughafen
- Fly from Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane KLU - VAR
15h 52m$457–1,328Shuttle to Treviso Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take a shuttle bus from Rijeka to Treviso, Aeroporto
- Fly from Treviso Airport (TSF) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane TSF - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Balchik
12h 40m$372–1,047Bus, train
- Take the bus from Rijeka bus station to Zagrebbus 972 / ...
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Plovdiv Train stationbus
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Varnatrain
25h 53m$173–329Bus
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take the bus from Trieste to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Varna to Balchik kv. Levskibus
25h 59m$202–336Train, bus via Sofia
- Take the train from Susak-Pecine to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train Re
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Sofiabus
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Varnatrain
28h 6m$234–363Train, bus
- Take the train from Rijeka to Ljubljanatrain 480
- Take the bus from Ljubljana bus station to București, Autogara Militaribus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Balchik Bus Stationbus 984
32h 21m$168–295
Rijeka to Balchik by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rijeka to Balchik is to bus via Zagreb which costs $80 - $230 and takes 24h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Rijeka to Balchik is to bus and fly which takes 11h and costs $250 - $490.
No, there is no direct bus from Rijeka station to Balchik. However, there are services departing from Rijeka bus station and arriving at Balchik via Zagreb and Sofia - Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 50m.
The distance between Rijeka and Balchik is 1185 km. The road distance is 1414.3 km.
The best way to get from Rijeka to Balchik without a car is to bus via Zagreb which takes 24h 50m and costs $80 - $230.
It takes approximately 11h to get from Rijeka to Balchik, including transfers.
Rijeka to Balchik bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rijeka bus station.
Rijeka to Balchik bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zagreb station.
Balchik is 1h ahead of Rijeka. It is currently 6:39 AM in Rijeka and 7:39 AM in Balchik.
Yes, the driving distance between Rijeka to Balchik is 1414 km. It takes approximately 14h 21m to drive from Rijeka to Balchik.
What companies run services between Rijeka, Croatia and Balchik, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Rijeka bus station to Balchik via Zagreb, Sofia, and Sofia - Central Bus Station in around 24h 50m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–950
Flights from Ljubljana to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Varna Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–310
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–270
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Varna Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–310
Flights from Ljubljana to Varna Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–390
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–440
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Varna Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Treviso Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Varna Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Treviso Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–200
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Plovdiv to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $11–17
- 1st Class
- $16–20
Train from Sofia Sever to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $16–23
- 1st Class
- $21–28
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Susak-Pecine to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Rijeka to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Rijeka to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zagreb to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zagreb to Plovdiv Train station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Balchik Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–10
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- brioni@brioni.hr
- Website
- brioni.hr
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–60
- Website
- https://www.brioni.hr/en-gb/
- Phone
- +385 (0) 32 308 935
- polet@polet.hr
- Website
- polet.hr
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
- Phone
- +385 043 277 100
- info@cazmatrans.hr
- Website
- cazmatrans.hr
Bus from Rijeka bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $21
- Website
- https://cazmatrans.hr/en/
- Phone
- +359 2 989000
- support.eu@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia - Central Bus Station to Balchik
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–60
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Bus from Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $75–190
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $37–310
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $37
- Private
- $161
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Klagenfurt Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $180–460
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Shuttle from Rijeka to Treviso, Aeroporto
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $112–600
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $112
- Private
- $261
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Balchik
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $230–320
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Trieste to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $102
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- helpline.svs@gmail.com
- Website
- svs.md
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- https://svs.md/en/bus/route/number-19167
- Phone
- +359 52 757 044
- info@autogaravn.com
- Website
- autogaravn.com
Bus from Varna to Balchik kv. Levski
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- https://autogaravn.com/en
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