There are 11 ways to get from Shumen to Greece by shuttle, plane, train, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Shuttle to Varna Airport, fly to Athens International Airport
best- Take a shuttle bus from Shumen to Varna Airport
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane VAR - ATH
6h€164–382Train, bus via Stara Zagora
cheapest- Take the train from Shumen to Stara Zagoratrain Ic
- Take the bus from Stara Zagora Central Bus Station to Athens Karoloubus Citylines 79 / ...
23h 1m€37–87Train, bus
- Take the train from Shumen to Pleventrain Ic
- Take the bus from Pleven Bus Station to Athens Karoloubus Citylines 82
18h 48m€42–90Train, bus via Thessaloníki
- Take the train from Shumen to Sofiatrain Ic
- Take the train from Sofia to Blagoevgradtrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal to Serresbus
- Take the train from Serres to Thessalonikitrain Re
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
20h 55m€51–84Drive 1,082.3 km
- Drive from Shumen to Athenscar 1,082.3 km
12h 55m€195–281Shuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Take a shuttle bus from Shumen to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane OTP - SKG
7h 23m€204–412Shuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Take a shuttle bus from Shumen to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER)plane OTP - HER
7h 12m€223–452Shuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Athens International Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Shumen to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Athens International Airport (ATH)plane OTP - ATH
7h 40m€216–399Shuttle to Varna Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Shumen to Varna Airport
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane VAR - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train stationbus
9h 57m€157–300Bus
- Take the bus from Shumen to Rusebus
- Take the bus from Ruse to Athensbus
19h 41m€74–76Bus via Veliko Tŭrnovo
- Take the bus from Shumen Bus Station to Veliko Tarnovobus Group Plus 2651 / ...
- Take the bus from Veliko Tarnovo to Athens Lagoumitzibus N983
20h 43m€78–141
Shumen to Greece by bus, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Shumen to Greece is to train and bus via Thessaloníki which costs €50 - €85 and takes 20h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Shumen to Greece is to shuttle and fly which takes 6h and costs €160 - €390.
No, there is no direct bus from Shumen to Greece. However, there are services departing from Shumen and arriving at Athens via Ruse. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 41m.
The distance between Shumen and Greece is 806 km. The road distance is 1082.3 km.
The best way to get from Shumen to Greece without a car is to train and bus which takes 18h 48m and costs €40 - €95.
It takes approximately 6h to get from Shumen to Greece, including transfers.
Shumen to Greece bus services, operated by Ruse Bus, depart from Shumen station.
Shumen to Greece bus services, operated by Ruse Bus, arrive at Ruse station.
Yes, the driving distance between Shumen to Greece is 1082 km. It takes approximately 12h 55m to drive from Shumen to Greece.
There are 12879+ hotels available in Greece.
What companies run services between Shumen, Bulgaria and Greece?
You can take a bus from Shumen to Athens via Ruse in around 19h 41m.
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Varna Airport to Athens International Airport via Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–210
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Athens International Airport via Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–130
Flights from Varna Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Athens International Airport via Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–210
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–130
Flights from Varna Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–140
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–140
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–160
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–210
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Shumen to Pleven
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–11
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €6–10
- 1st Class
- €9–11
Train from Shumen to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €11–16
- 1st Class
- €15–19
Train from Sofia to Blagoevgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–6
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €2–4
- 1st Class
- €3–6
Train from Shumen to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €7–11
- 1st Class
- €10–12
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Serres to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Shumen to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €80–150
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
Shuttle from Shumen to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €160–240
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Website
- -
Bus from Pleven Bus Station to Athens Karolou
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Schedules at
- -
Bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- -
Bus from Stara Zagora Central Bus Station to Athens Karolou
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Schedules at
- -
- Phone
- +30 23210-22822
- ktelserres@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelserron.gr
Bus from Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal to Serres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Book at
- ktelserron.e-ticketing.gr
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Veliko Tarnovo to Athens Lagoumitzi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 82 82 81 51
- info@avtogararuse.org
- Website
- avtogararuse.org
Bus from Shumen to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Schedules at
- avtogararuse.org
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- outgoing@tourist-service.com
- Website
- en.tourist-service.com
Bus from Ruse to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €69
- Website
- https://en.tourist-service.com/
- Phone
- +359 2 989000
- support.eu@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Shumen Bus Station to Veliko Tarnovo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Shumen Bus Station to Veliko Tarnovo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Want to know more about travelling around Greece
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Getting around the Cyclades
Read the travel guide
Want to know more about Flixbus?
Read the travel guide























