There are 12 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 31 min
$92 - $221
Cheapest option
Fly to London Luton, train • 7 h 5 min
$50 - $221
10 alternative options
Fly to London Gatwick • 6 h 25 min
$66 - $326
Fly to London Stansted • 6 h 40 min
$53 - $216
Fly to London City • 8 h 7 min
$114 - $306
Fly to Southend, train • 6 h 59 min
$104 - $457
Bus, train • 37 h 23 min
$231 - $396
Bus • 42 h 31 min
$110 - $160
Bus and ferry • 44 h
$80 - $170
Train, night train • 44 h 56 min
$389 - $707
Drive, train, Eurotunnel • 26 h 6 min
$594 - $783
Drive, car ferry • 25 h 1 min
$345 - $499
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to London is to fly and train which costs $45 - $230 and takes 7 h 5 min.
The quickest way to get from Sofia to London is to fly which costs $65 - $330 and takes 6 h 25 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 Bucuresti Nord Gara A, Wien Hbf, Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf, Köln Hauptbahnhof and Brussel-Zuid/Midi. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44 h 56 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 37 h 23 min and costs $230 - $400.
It takes approximately 6 h 31 min to get from Sofia to London, including transfers.
Sofia to London bus services, operated by BG Razpisanie, depart from Sofia station.
Sofia to London train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Sofia station.
The best way to get from Sofia to London is to fly which takes 6 h 31 min and costs $90 - $230. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $110 - $160 and takes 42 h 31 min.
- Distance: 1259.2 miles
- Duration: 6 h 31 min
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and London, England?
British Airways, Bulgaria Air and 11 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
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia to London Gatwick via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 2 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65 - $260
Flights from Sofia to London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 18 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35 - $280
Flights from Sofia to London Stansted via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 30 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35 - $280
Flights from Sofia to London Stansted via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 55 min
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $35 - $280
Flights from Sofia to London Stansted via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $35 - $280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 53 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $550
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170 - $550
Flights from Sofia to London City via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 37 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150 - $340
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sofia to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 27 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
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia to London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 32 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $470
- Website
- alitalia.com
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180 - $750
Flights from Sofia to London City via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 40 min
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110 - $400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sofia to London City via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 32 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90 - $400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia to London City via Munich, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 55 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240 - $450
Flights from Sofia to London City via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 5 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100 - $390
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 35 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95 - $360
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 55 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150 - $430
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 10 min
- When
- Sunday
- 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
- p.turkishairlines.com
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow via Istanbul Ataturk
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $490
- Website
- aegeanair.com
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 50 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140 - $550
- Website
- iraqiairways.com.iq
Flights from Sofia to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 20 min
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $90 - $470
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras International LL
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 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
- 22 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $14 - $20
- Website
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Advance Single
- $6 - $10
- Off-Peak Single
- $13 - $21
- Anytime Day Single
- $14 - $20
- Anytime Single
- $19 - $28
- 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
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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 Brussel-Zuid/Midi to London St. Pancras International
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 1 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $65 - $200
- Website
- eurostar.com
- Standard
- $65 - $200
- Premier
- $150 - $230
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- Phone
- 0700 10 200
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia to Bucuresti Nord Gara A
- Ave. Duration
- 9 h 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14 - $17
- Website
- bdz.bg
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night 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 Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 42 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120 - $190
- Website
- fahrplan.oebb.at
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
Train from Salzburg Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 2 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30 - $50
- Website
- fahrplan.oebb.at
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
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 Frankfurt(M) Flughafen Fernbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35 - $60
- 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
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
- Phone
- 0033 892 353535
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
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 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 - $220
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
- $90 - $130
- 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
- $171
- Website
- eurotunnel.com
- Phone
- +359 2 8120810
- operations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Sofia Serdika to Paris
- Ave. Duration
- 34 h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $153
- Schedules at
- karat-s.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
- $340 - $440
- 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 - $160
- Schedules at
- online.union-ivkoni.com
- Phone
- +44 74 71405777
- office@balkanhorn.com
- Website
- balkanhorn.com
Bus and ferry from Sofia to London Victoria Station
- Ave. Duration
- 33 h 14 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $165
- Schedules at
- balkanhorn.com
- Phone
- 01304 448866.
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24 - $35
- Schedules at
- poferries.com
- Book at
- directferries.co.uk
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The quickest flight from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport is the direct flight which takes 3 h 30 min.
Sofia to London bus services, operated by BG Razpisanie, arrive at London Victoria station.
London is 2 h behind Sofia. It is currently 10:38 AM in Sofia and 8:38 AM in London.
Sofia to London train services, operated by Eurostar, arrive at London St. Pancras International station.
Bulgaria Air, British Airways, LOT and six other airlines offer flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport.
There are 8986+ hotels available in London. Prices start at $75 USD per night.
The best way to get from Sofia to Sofia Airport is to line 84 shuttle which takes 34 min and costs $1.