There are 14 ways to get from Sofia to Blackpool by plane, train, bus, night train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Manchester Airport, train
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Manchester Airport (MAN)SOF - MAN
- Take the train from Manchester Airport to Blackpool North
8h 1m£71–155Bus, night train, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Veliko Tarnovo
- Take the night train from Veliko Tŭrnovo to Bucharest
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Station
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Blackpool North
32h 20m£45–79Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Blackpool
26h 19mFly to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Liverpool (LPL)SOF - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool Lime Street to Blackpool North
8h 23m£74–245Fly to Leeds Bradford International Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Leeds Bradford International Airport (LBA)SOF - LBA
- Take the train from Bradford Interchange to Blackpool North
11h 40m£98–190Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)SOF - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Preston
9h 9m£70–236Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)SOF - LHR
- Take the train from London Euston to Preston
9h 47m£141–404Fly to Edinburgh Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Edinburgh Airport (EDI)SOF - EDI
- Take the train from Haymarket to Preston
9h 58m£90–311Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Stansted Airport (STN)SOF - STN
- Take the train from London Euston to Preston
9h 46m£95–392Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Luton Airport (LTN)SOF - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Take the train from London Euston to Preston
9h 55m£86–350Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia to București, Autogara Militari
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Manchester, Coach Station
- Take the bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to National Express Coach Facility121 / ...
39h 22m£53–110Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Sofia to Vidin
- Take the train from Vidin to Craiova
- Take the busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to Manchester Piccadilly
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Blackpool North
2d 9h£80–200Bus, night train, bus and ferry, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Băile Herculane
- Take the night train from Baile Herculane to AradIrn
- Take the busferry from Arad, Autogara Transdara to Manchester, Coach Station
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Blackpool North
2d 11h£71–178Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Blackpool
27h 20m£406–594
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Manchester Airport (MAN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Blackpool is to bus and night train and train which costs £45 - £80 and takes 32h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Blackpool is to fly and train which takes 8h 1m and costs £70 - £160.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia to Blackpool. However, there are services departing from Sofia and arriving at National Express Coach Facility via București, Autogara Militari, Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest and Manchester Central Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 22m.
The distance between Sofia and Blackpool is 1459 miles.
The best way to get from Sofia to Blackpool without a car is to bus and night train and train which takes 32h 20m and costs £45 - £80.
It takes approximately 8h 1m to get from Sofia to Blackpool, including transfers.
Sofia to Blackpool bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Sofia station.
Sofia to Blackpool bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at București, Autogara Militari station.
Blackpool is 2h behind Sofia. It is currently 9:04 AM in Sofia and 7:04 AM in Blackpool.
There are 1756+ hotels available in Blackpool.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Blackpool, England?
You can take a bus from Sofia to National Express Coach Facility via București, Autogara Militari, Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest, and Manchester Central Coach Station in around 39h 22m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Manchester Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Manchester Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £60–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Edinburgh Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 33m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £23–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £23–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Karlsruhe/Baden Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £23–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £23–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £23–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–150
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–270
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £65–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £70–280
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–70
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Manchester Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Leeds Bradford International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £100–240
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–270
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–150
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–250
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Manchester Airport to Blackpool North
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–35
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Blackpool North
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £8–27
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Liverpool Lime Street to Blackpool North
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–27
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Bradford Interchange to Blackpool North
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–60
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Veliko Tŭrnovo to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £5–9
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £5–8
- 1st Class
- £7–9
Train from Sofia to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £7–12
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £7–10
- 1st Class
- £10–12
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Birmingham International to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £17–85
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from London Euston to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Haymarket to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £29–55
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Birmingham International to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £240–280
Train from London Euston to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Sleeper Berth Classic
- £210–230
- Sleeper Seat
- £60–80
- Sleeper Berth Club Solo
- £270–310
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £27–150
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £7–24
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £10–11
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Night train from Baile Herculane to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £16–18
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +359 2 989000
- support.eu@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Veliko Tarnovo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–10
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 (2) 86 88 892
- office@biomet.bg
- Website
- biomet.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Veliko Tarnovo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–11
- Website
- https://biomet.bg/en/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Veliko Tarnovo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £8–12
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £23–30
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £21–27
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £14–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £16–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Sofia to Băile Herculane
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £27–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4-0364.101.110
- Website
- fany.ro
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £13–19
- Schedules at
- fany.autogari.ro
- Phone
- (0250) 747-41
- secretariat@dacos.com.ro
- Website
- dacos.com.ro
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £17–26
- Schedules at
- dacos.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Manchester Central Coach Station to National Express Coach Facility
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £5–15
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +40 239 629 822
- office@transmarian.ro
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Busferry from Arad, Autogara Transdara to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £19–95
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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