There are 13 ways to get from Sofia to Cardiff by plane, bus, train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly to Cardiff Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cardiff Airport (CWL)plane SOF - CWL
11h 15m£74–239Fly to Bristol Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane SOF - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Centraltrain
7h 40m£63–232Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Birminghambus
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
31h 52m£107–146Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Cardiffcar
24h 47mFly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane SOF - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 59m£106–267Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane SOF - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 37m£146–314Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SOF - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
9h 11m£108–369Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane SOF - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
8h 52m£120–438Fly to Liverpool, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Liverpool (LPL)plane SOF - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Crewetrain
- Take the train from Crewe to Cardiff Centraltrain
10h 28m£111–293Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to University REbus 507 / ...
41h 4m£174–216Bus via Munich
- Take the bus from Sofia to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GRbus 509 / ...
2d 1h£187–333Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Sofia to Vidintrain
- Take the train from Vidin to Craiovatrain
- Take the busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to London Barkingbusferry
- Take the train from London Paddington to Cardiff Centraltrain
2d 5h£142–328Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Cardiffcar
25h 56m£362–556
Sofia to Cardiff by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Cardiff is to fly and train which costs £60 - £240 and takes 7h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Cardiff is to fly and train which takes 7h 40m and costs £60 - £240.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia to Cardiff. However, there are services departing from Sofia and arriving at University RE via Bucharest and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 4m.
The distance between Sofia and Cardiff is 1416 miles.
The best way to get from Sofia to Cardiff without a car is to bus and train which takes 31h 52m and costs £100 - £150.
It takes approximately 11h 15m to get from Sofia to Cardiff, including transfers.
Sofia to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Sofia station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Cardiff is to fly which takes 11h 15m and costs £70 - £240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £170 - £220 and takes 41h 4m.
Sofia to Cardiff bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Cardiff is 2h behind Sofia. It is currently 3:21 AM in Sofia and 1:21 AM in Cardiff.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Cardiff, Wales?
Bulgaria Air, KLM, and three other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cardiff Airport (CWL) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia to University RE via Bucharest and London Victoria in around 41h 4m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £27–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £27–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £27–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £27–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Liverpool via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–370
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Budapest, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £95–460
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Nuremberg, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Vienna, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–410
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cardiff Airport via Zagreb, Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £95–460
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–280
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £35–100
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bristol Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–230
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–130
Train from Birmingham New Street to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £55–85
- 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
- £20–29
- 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
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from London Paddington to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–120
- 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
- £15–29
- 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
- £10–26
- 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
- £10–17
- 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
- £50–95
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
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
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £10–11
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- callcenter@likebus.ua
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Sofia to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £26
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £26–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to University RE
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £28–70
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £80–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–140
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway GR
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £14–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–90
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Sofia to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £80–130
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £95–130
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to London Barking
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £7–18
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- 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
- £5–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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