There are 12 ways to get from Rotterdam to Bulgaria by train, plane, bus, car, shuttle, or car train
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Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Sofia Airport
best- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane AMS - SOF
6h 1m$118–276Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane EIN - SOF
6h 56m$72–294Bus
- Take the bus from Rotterdam to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
27h 21mDrive 2,101.7 km
- Drive from Rotterdam to Sofiacar 2,101.7 km
19h 14m$434–626Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Anvers-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BRU - SOF
6h 32m$134–308Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane AMS - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
7h 1m$237–595Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CRL - SOF
7h 42m$102–315Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane EIN - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
8h 10m$206–613Train, bus via Düsseldorf
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Würzburg Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from Wurzburg Bismarckstrasse Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
29h 58m$195–372Train, bus
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
34h 47m$158–277Bus via Rotterdam
- Take the bus from Rotterdam to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
38h 20m$153–417Drive, car train
- Drive from Rotterdam to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Sofiacar
23h 9m$404–570
Rotterdam to Bulgaria by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rotterdam to Bulgaria is to train and fly which costs $70 - $300 and takes 6h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Rotterdam to Bulgaria is to train and fly which takes 6h 1m and costs $110 - $280.
No, there is no direct bus from Rotterdam to Bulgaria station. However, there are services departing from Rotterdam and arriving at Sofia Central Bus Station via Beograd, Autobuska stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 21m.
The distance between Rotterdam and Bulgaria is 1822 km. The road distance is 2101.7 km.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Bulgaria without a car is to bus which takes 27h 21m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 1m to get from Rotterdam to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Rotterdam to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Garo Reisen, depart from Rotterdam station.
Rotterdam to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Garo Reisen, arrive at Beograd, Autobuska stanica station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Rotterdam. It is currently 3:31 AM in Rotterdam and 4:31 AM in Bulgaria.
Yes, the driving distance between Rotterdam to Bulgaria is 2102 km. It takes approximately 19h 14m to drive from Rotterdam to Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Rotterdam, Netherlands and Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Rotterdam to Sofia Central Bus Station via Beograd, Autobuska stanica in around 27h 21m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–500
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–260
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–280
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–280
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–280
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–260
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–260
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–240
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–170
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–190
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–190
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $29–140
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $29–140
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–170
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–260
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $6–15
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–30
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–16
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +381 20 333 733
- garoreisen@gmail.com
- Website
- garo-reisen.rs
Bus from Rotterdam to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- garo-reisen.rs
- Phone
- +381 11 8728111
- office@trans-jug.com
- Website
- trans-jug.com
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- http://trans-jug.com/
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–290
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–27
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Wurzburg Bismarckstrasse Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
Bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Rotterdam to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
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