There are 12 ways to get from Sofia to London by plane, train, bus, bus and ferry, 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 28 min
$93 - $221
Cheapest option
Fly to London Luton, train • 6 h 50 min
$47 - $225
10 alternative options
Fly to London Stansted • 6 h 38 min
$54 - $217
Fly to London City • 8 h 14 min
$115 - $306
Fly to London Gatwick • 6 h 24 min
$67 - $331
Bus, train • 30 h 58 min
$184 - $553
Bus and ferry, bus • 41 h 16 min
$176 - $181
Bus • 42 h 31 min
$110 - $160
Bus and ferry • 44 h 55 min
$85 - $170
Train • 45 h 15 min
$370 - $689
Drive, train, Eurotunnel • 26 h 8 min
$606 - $795
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 50 min.
The quickest way to get from Sofia to London is to fly which takes 6 h 24 min and costs $65 - $340.
The distance between Sofia and London is 2015 km.
It takes approximately 6 h 28 min to get from Sofia to London, including transfers.
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(BG), Bucuresti Nord Gara A, Wien Hbf, Frankfurt(Main)Hbf and Bruxelles-Midi Eurostar. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45 h 15 min.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and London, England?
British Airways, Bulgaria Air and nine 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 20 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 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
- 6 h 5 min
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $50 - $300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 30 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $470
Flights from Sofia to London City via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 40 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110 - $400
- 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
- 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
- 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
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia to London Heathrow via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 45 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $450
- 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
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sofia to London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55 - $500
- 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
- 22 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
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $8 - $12
- Schedules at
- ojp.nationalrail.co.uk
- Schedules at
- merseyrail.org
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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(Main)Hbf to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 6 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $60 - $90
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Wien to Frankfurt Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 25 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $140 - $210
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 17 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- 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
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Bruxelles-Midi Eurostar to London St. Pancras International
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 7 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $65 - $200
- Website
- eurostar.com
- Standard
- $65 - $200
- Premier
- $160 - $230
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- 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
Train from Ruse(BG) to Bucuresti Nord Gara A
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4 - $7
- 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 Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6 h 46 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120 - $180
- Website
- fahrplan.oebb.at
- Purchase an
- eurail.com
Train from Kufstein to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 13 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25 - $40
- Website
- fahrplan.oebb.at
- Purchase an
- eurail.com
- Phone
- 0033 892 353535
- Website
- tgv.com
Train from München Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 16 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- 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
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $110 - $130
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $110 - $130
- 1st Class
- $150 - $230
Train from Paris Nord to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $65 - $75
- Website
- en.oui.sncf
- 2nd Class
- $65 - $75
- 1st Class
- $95 - $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
- $174
- Website
- eurotunnel.com
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sofia to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 23 h 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70 - $150
- Schedules at
- 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
- 02/989 0000
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 24 h 30 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55 - $150
- Schedules at
- online.union-ivkoni.com
Bus and ferry from Sofia to London
- Ave. Duration
- 44 h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85 - $160
- Schedules at
- online.union-ivkoni.com
- Phone
- + 359/38/66 34 04
- georg_ltd@abv.bg
- Website
- georg-bg.com
Bus from Sofia to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 26 h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130 - $270
- Schedules at
- 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
- Website
- rta.government.bg
Bus from Sofia to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 23 h 50 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $70 - $100
- Schedules at
- rta.government.bg
Bus and ferry from Sofia to London
- Ave. Duration
- 44 h 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100 - $150
- Schedules at
- rta.government.bg
- Website
- balkanhorn.com
Bus and ferry from Sofia to Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 38 h 18 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $167
- 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
- $167
- Schedules at
- balkanhorn.com
National Express Coaches are a quick and convenient way of travelling around the UK. Over 550 National Express coaches run on Britain's roads every day, serving over 900 destinations across the UK. National Express Coaches carry around 19 million passenger journeys every year. For added convenience, National Express operate coach services to all major UK airports 24 hours per day, and is on its way to being 100% wheelchair accessible. The company also has a 24-hour control centre that receives a GPS signal to update on location, speed and the temperature inside coaches, ensuring the smoothest journey possible.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 08717 818178
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Dover, Eastern Docks (Ferry Port) to Elephant & Castle New Kent Rd
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10 - $15
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
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- 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
- 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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