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There are 12 ways to get from Rotterdam to Plovdiv by train, plane, bus, night train, car, shuttle, or car train

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  1. Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Sofia Airport, bus

    best
    1. Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
    2. Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)planeAMS - SOF
    3. Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
    8h 10m
    $120–311

  2. Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus

    cheapest
    1. Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Bredatrain
    2. Take the train from Breda to Eindhoventrain
    3. Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)planeEIN - SOF
    4. Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
    9h 21m
    $91–319

  3. Train, bus, night train

    1. Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
    2. Take the bus from Brussels to Bucharest Oborbus
    3. Take the night train from Bucharest to Dimitrovgradnighttrain
    4. Take the train from Dimitrovgrad to PlovdivtrainRe / ...
    27h 3m
    $96–177

  4. Train, night train

    1. Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
    2. Take the train from Bruxelles Midi to Aachen, Hbftrain79
    3. Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Wien Meidlingtrain90N
    4. Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nordtrain347
    5. Take the night train from Bucharest to Dimitrovgradnighttrain
    6. Take the train from Dimitrovgrad to PlovdivtrainRe / ...
    42h 32m
    $570–994

  5. Drive 2,247.8 km

    1. Drive from Rotterdam to Plovdivcar2,247.8 km
    20h 32m
    $464–670

  6. Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus

    1. Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Anvers-Centraltrain
    2. Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Sofia Airport (SOF)planeBRU - SOF
    3. Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
    8h 48m
    $151–370

  7. Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle

    1. Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
    2. Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)planeAMS - OTP
    3. Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Plovdivshuttle
    11h 6m
    $377–712

  8. Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus

    1. Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
    2. Take the bus from Brussels Midi / Brussels South West to Charleroi Airportbus
    3. Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)planeCRL - SOF
    4. Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
    9h 53m
    $144–354

  9. Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus

    1. Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
    2. Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)planeAMS - SKG
    3. Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stopbus
    15h 4m
    $154–355

  10. Bus via Frankfurt am Main

    1. Take the bus from Rotterdam Conradstraat to Frankfurt Central Train StationbusRegioJet 540
    2. Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Plovdiv Bus Station SouthbusRacic Eurobus
    35h 45m
    $129–169

  11. Bus

    1. Take the bus from Rotterdam Conradstraat to Sofia Serdica Bus StopbusUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3632 / ...
    2. Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Sever Bus and Coach StationbusUnion Ivkoni
    36h 15m
    $108–155

  12. Drive, car train

    1. Drive from Rotterdam to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
    2. Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
    3. Drive from Villach Hbf to Plovdivcar
    19h
    $374–1,583

Rotterdam to Plovdiv by bus

Calendar1Weekly Buses
Duration35h 45mAverage Duration
Ticket$129Cheapest Price
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You can take a bus from Rotterdam Conradstraat to Plovdiv Bus Station South via Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central in around 35h 45m.

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