There are 14 ways to get from Sofia to Cardiff by plane, train, night train, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Fly to Cardiff Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)SOF - CWL
10h 1m£84–267Train, night train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Take the night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharest
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
32h 47m£60–140Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthun
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiff
24h 47mFly to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bristol Airport (BRS)SOF - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
7h 12m£63–220Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)SOF - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
8h 40m£78–237Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)SOF - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
8h 37m£125–327Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Stansted Airport (STN)SOF - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
9h 27m£94–305Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Luton Airport (LTN)SOF - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
9h 23m£86–267Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)SOF - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Cardiff Central
9h 32m£101–290Fly to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Liverpool (LPL)SOF - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Take the train from Crewe to Cardiff Central
9h 59m£105–298Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Ruse to Buchurest
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University RE507 / ...
42h 1m£148–175Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Antwerp Berchem Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Antwerp to London Victoria814
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
47h 10m£148–326Bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
2d 3h£126–285Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calais
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiff
25h 51m£388–558
Sofia to Cardiff by bus, foot, subway, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Cardiff is to train and night train and bus which costs £60 - £140 and takes 32h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 7h 12m and costs £60 - £220.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at University RE via Ruse, Bucharest and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 42h 1m.
The distance between Sofia and Cardiff is 1414 miles.
The best way to get from Sofia to Cardiff without a car is to train and night train and bus which takes 32h 47m and costs £60 - £140.
It takes approximately 10h 1m to get from Sofia to Cardiff, including transfers.
Sofia to Cardiff bus services, operated by Citylines, depart from Sofia Serdica Bus Station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Cardiff is to fly which takes 10h 1m and costs £80 - £270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £140 - £180 and takes 42h 1m.
Sofia to Cardiff bus services, operated by Citylines, arrive at Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central station.
Cardiff is 2h behind Sofia. It is currently 7:12 PM in Sofia and 5:12 PM in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Cardiff, Wales?
Ryanair, Bulgaria Air, and two other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to University RE via Ruse, Buchurest, Bucharest, and London Victoria in around 42h 1m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £80–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bristol Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
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 London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £24–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Karlsruhe/Baden Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £24–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £24–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £24–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £55–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £60–250
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £90–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–290
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £90–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £100–290
- 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
- klm.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–320
- 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
- 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
- £65–260
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–11
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £6–10
- 1st Class
- £9–11
Night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £5–9
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- £5–8
- 1st Class
- £7–9
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £25–90
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £8–30
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- 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 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–24
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Gatwick Airport to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £8–24
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £9–15
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewe
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £12–15
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Crewe to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–110
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £22–29
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–16
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Antwerp Berchem Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 34h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £70–110
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 2 989000
- support.eu@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £10–13
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Buchurest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £6–9
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–30
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £24–35
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Antwerp to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £29–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GD
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £90–120
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £75–100
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- 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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