There are 13 ways to get from Sofia to London by plane, train, bus, bus and ferry, night train, car, car train 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.
Recommended option
Fly to London Heathrow • 6 h 30 min
$93 - $221
Cheapest option
Fly to London Luton, train • 6 h 52 min
$47 - $225
11 alternative options
Fly to London Stansted • 6 h 38 min
$54 - $217
Fly to London City • 8 h 14 min
$114 - $306
Fly to London Gatwick • 6 h 24 min
$67 - $331
Fly to Southend, train • 6 h 58 min
$104 - $457
Bus, train • 31 h 34 min
$389 - $614
Bus and ferry, train • 42 h 3 min
$207 - $227
Bus • 42 h 31 min
$110 - $160
Bus and ferry • 44 h
$80 - $170
Train, night train • 45 h 50 min
$394 - $706
Drive, train, Eurotunnel • 26 h 12 min
$603 - $791
Drive, car ferry • 25 h 1 min
$346 - $499
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to London is to fly and train which costs $45 - $230 and takes 6 h 52 min.
The quickest way to get from Sofia to London is to fly which costs $65 - $340 and takes 6 h 24 min.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Sofia and arriving at London Victoria. Services depart four times a week, and operate Tuesday, Friday and Saturday. The journey takes approximately 42 h 31 min.
No, there is no direct train from Sofia to London. However, there are services departing from Sofia and arriving at London St. Pancras International via Ruse, Bucuresti Nord Gara A, Wien Hbf, Köln Hauptbahnhof and Brussels - Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45 h 50 min.
The distance between Sofia and London is 2015 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to London without a car is to bus and train which takes 31 h 34 min and costs $380 - $650.
It takes approximately 6 h 30 min to get from Sofia to London, including transfers.
Sofia to London bus services, operated by BG Razpisanie, depart from Sofia station.
- Distance: 1259.2 miles
- Duration: 6 h 30 min
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and London, England?
British Airways, Bulgaria Air and 10 other airlines fly from Sofia to London hourly. Alternatively, BG Razpisanie operates a bus from Sofia to London twice a week. Tickets cost $120 - $160 and the journey takes 42 h 31 min. Two other operators also service this route.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 13 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $550
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 21 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $550
Flights from Sofia to London City via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 7 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150 - $340
Flights from Sofia to London City via Munich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 50 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $240 - $450
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia to London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 12 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35 - $280
Flights from Sofia to London Stansted via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 40 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $35 - $280
Flights from Sofia to London Stansted via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 15 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $35 - $280
Flights from Sofia to London Stansted via Berlin Schoenefeld
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35 - $280
Flights from Sofia to London Stansted via Cologne/Bonn Apt
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 5 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $35 - $280
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia to London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $300
Flights from Sofia to London Luton via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 15 min
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $50 - $300
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow via Warsaw
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150 - $430
- Website
- alitalia.com
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $750
Flights from Sofia to London City via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 15 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110 - $400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sofia to London City via Amsterdam
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h 50 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90 - $400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sofia to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55 - $500
Flights from Sofia to Southend
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 10 min
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85 - $430
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $470
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 30 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95 - $360
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $600
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 15 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230 - $600
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $450
- Website
- p.turkishairlines.com
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 35 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180 - $490
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia to London City via Munich, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240 - $450
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras International LL
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14 - $20
- Schedules at
- thameslinkrailway.com
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- getintouch@eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Website
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras International
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14 - $21
- Website
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Advance Single
- $6 - $10
- Off-Peak Single
- $13 - $21
- Anytime Day Single
- $14 - $21
- Anytime Single
- $19 - $28
- Phone
- 0151 330 1000
- Website
- merseyrail.org
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras International
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $8 - $12
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
- Schedules at
- merseyrail.org
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- Website
- abelliogreateranglia.co.uk
Train from Southend Airport to London Liverpool Street
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18 - $26
- Website
- abelliogreateranglia.co.uk
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
- Phone
- 0033 892 353535
- Website
- sncf.com
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 11 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $130
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $110 - $130
- 1st Class
- $150 - $230
Train from München Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 16 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $50 - $60
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $50 - $60
- 1st Class
- $75 - $95
Train from Paris Nord to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $65 - $75
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $65 - $75
- 1st Class
- $95 - $130
Deutsche Bahn is the German railway company, and the largest railway operator and infrastructure owner in Europe. Based in Berlin, Deutsche Bahn was founded in 1994, and offers many different types of rail transportation including ICE or Intercity-Express for high-speed services between major cities and regions, IC (InterCity) for long-distance trains, RE (Regional Express) trains that connect regions and cities, and the S-Bahn rapid transit service. There are two main tickets on offer: the Flexpreis that has full flexibility, and the Sparpreis which is the cheaper, advanced fare.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Paris Est
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 11 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $170
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hauptbahnhof to Brussels Midi-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45 - $70
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 17 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50 - $75
- Website
- bahn.de
Rome2rio's guide to Eurostar
Contact Details
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Paris Nord Eurostar to London St. Pancras International
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75 - $240
- Website
- eurostar.com
- Standard
- $75 - $240
- Premier
- $180 - $280
Train from Brussels - Midi to London St. Pancras International
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 52 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65 - $200
- Website
- eurostar.com
- Standard
- $65 - $200
- Premier
- $160 - $230
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- Phone
- +44 345 322 7021
- Website
- southeasternrailway.co.uk
Train from Dover Priory to London Charing Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35 - $55
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
- Schedules at
- southeasternrailway.co.uk
- Off-Peak Day Single
- $35 - $55
- Anytime Day Single
- $35 - $55
- Phone
- 0700 10 200
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 5 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10 - $12
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Ruse to Gara Bucureşti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3 - $4
- Website
- bdz.bg
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord Gara A to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 19 h 21 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110 - $170
- Website
- cfrcaltori.ro
The national railway system of Austria, the OBB carried 209 million passengers on local and regional trains, and 35 million on long-distance trains in 2016 alone. The OBB’s 4865 km network covers 570 trains simultaneously at peak times, with one train leaving every 12 seconds, making it a supremely efficient way to travel around the country and surrounding region. The company’s extensive network connects cities in Austria, and adjacent European countries including Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Slovenia.
Contact Details
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 8 h 50 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $160 - $250
- Website
- fahrplan.oebb.at
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
Train from Kufstein to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 16 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25 - $40
- Website
- fahrplan.oebb.at
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- eurotunnel.com
Car train from Calais to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $173
- Website
- eurotunnel.com
- Phone
- +359 2 8120810
- operations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Sofia Serdika to Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 24 h 15 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $201
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Website
- balkanhorn.com
Bus and ferry from Sofia to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 38 h 18 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $168
- Schedules at
- balkanhorn.com
Bus and ferry from Sofia to London Victoria Station
- Ave. Duration
- 40 h 32 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $168
- Schedules at
- balkanhorn.com
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sofia to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 42 h 31 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $120 - $160
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- + 359/38/66 34 04
- georg_ltd@abv.bg
- Website
- georg-bg.com
Bus from Sofia to London
- Ave. Duration
- 38 h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $350 - $450
- Schedules at
- georg-bg.com
- Phone
- +359 879 321 588
- radinavip@gmail.com
- Website
- radinavip.com
Bus from Sofia to London - Victoria Station
- Ave. Duration
- 44 h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110 - $150
- Schedules at
- radinavip.com
- Phone
- 02/989 0000
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus and ferry from Sofia to London
- Ave. Duration
- 44 h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80 - $170
- Schedules at
- online.union-ivkoni.com
- Phone
- 01304 448866.
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25 - $35
- Schedules at
- poferries.com
- Book at
- directferries.co.uk
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