There are 9 ways to get from Sliven to Budapest by train, plane, bus, car, shuttle, or night train
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Train to Burgas Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Sliven to Burgas
- Fly from Burgas Airport (BOJ) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)BOJ - BUD
5h 56mFt 37,435–105,010Bus, night train to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Sliven to Veliko Tarnovo
- Take the night train from Veliko Tŭrnovo to Bucharest
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)BBU - BUD
10h 6mFt 15,727–56,268Bus
- Take the bus from Sliven Central Bus Station to Budapest Nepliget Bus StationCitylines 57 / ...
17h 43mFt 23,828–31,082Drive 1,058.2 km
- Drive from Sliven to Budapest1,058.2 km
10h 6mFt 61,000–88,110Train to Sofia Airport, fly
- Take the train from Sliven to Iskarsko Shose
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)SOF - BUD
8h 57mFt 18,800–62,356Train to Varna Airport, fly
- Take the train from Zimnitsa to Varna
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)VAR - BUD
10h 56mFt 66,711–132,522Bus, shuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly
- Take the bus from Sliven to Kotel
- Take the bus from Kotel to Razgrad
- Take a shuttle bus from Razgrad to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)OTP - BUD
9h 43mBus, bus to Istanbul, fly
- Take the bus from Sliven Central Bus Station to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Take the bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)IST - BUD
12h 54mFt 28,336–84,388Train, bus
- Take the train from Sliven to Sofia3620 / ...
- Take the bus from Sofia to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-PályaudvarN982
20h 7mFt 27,085–38,009
Sliven to Budapest by bus and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sliven to Budapest is to bus which costs 23 000 Ft - 32 000 Ft and takes 17h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Sliven to Budapest is to train and fly which takes 5h 56m and costs 37 000 Ft - 110 000 Ft.
The distance between Sliven and Budapest is 988 km. The road distance is 1058.2 km.
The best way to get from Sliven to Budapest without a car is to bus which takes 17h 43m and costs 23 000 Ft - 32 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 5h 56m to get from Sliven to Budapest, including transfers.
Budapest is 1h behind Sliven. It is currently 10:57 PM in Sliven and 9:57 PM in Budapest.
Yes, the driving distance between Sliven to Budapest is 1058 km. It takes approximately 10h 6m to drive from Sliven to Budapest.
There are 7175+ hotels available in Budapest.
What companies run services between Sliven, Bulgaria and Budapest, Hungary?
Citylines operates a bus from Sliven Central Bus Station to Budapest Nepliget Bus Station 3 times a week. Tickets cost Ft 23,000–31,000 and the journey takes 17h 30m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Burgas Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 42,000–180,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–95,000
Flights from Varna Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 32,000–140,000
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–100,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Burgas Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–120,000
Flights from Istanbul to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–48,000
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–41,000
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 75,000–180,000
Flights from Istanbul to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 55,000–120,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–95,000
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–55,000
Flights from Istanbul to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 55,000–120,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Burgas Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 40,000–85,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–44,000
Flights from Varna Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 41,000–100,000
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–55,000
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sliven to Burgas
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 1,400–2,200
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- Ft 1,400–2,000
- 1st Class
- Ft 1,900–2,200
Train from Sliven to Iskarsko Shose
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,000–4,900
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- Ft 3,000–4,200
- 1st Class
- Ft 4,200–4,900
Train from Zimnitsa to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 1,700–3,200
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- Ft 1,700–2,500
- 1st Class
- Ft 2,200–3,200
Night train from Veliko Tŭrnovo to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,400–3,900
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- Ft 2,400–3,400
- 1st Class
- Ft 3,400–3,900
Train from Sliven to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,000–5,000
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- Ft 3,000–4,300
- 1st Class
- Ft 4,300–5,000
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sliven Central Bus Station to Budapest Nepliget Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–31,000
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Sliven Central Bus Station to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,000–11,000
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- 0700 1 2222
- Website
- doris-bg.com
Bus from Sliven to Kotel
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- doris-bg.com
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Razgrad to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- Ft 50,000–95,000
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +90 212 658 00 61
- info@huntur.com.tr
- Website
- huntur.com.tr
Bus from Sliven Central Bus Station to Istanbul Büyük Otogari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–10,000
- Website
- https://www.huntur.com.tr/?l=EN
- Phone
- 0850 888 33 34
- info@hava.ist
- Website
- hava.ist
Bus from Istanbul Otogari to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 1,000–2,200
- Website
- https://hava.ist/?lang=en
- Phone
- +359 62 60 22 60
- info@alexok.com
- Website
- alexok.com
Bus from Sliven to Veliko Tarnovo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,000–3,400
- Schedules at
- alexok.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–33,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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