There are 10 ways to get from Stuttgart to Plovdiv by plane, train, bus, night train, or car
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Fly from Stuttgart Airport, train
best- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane STR - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdivtrain
8h 2m$87–252Train, bus
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 11 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Plovdiv Train stationbus N981
27h 29m$126–439Train, night train
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Wien Westbahnhoftrain 963 / ...
- Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Dimitrovgradnighttrain
- Take the train from Dimitrovgrad to Plovdivtrain Re / ...
32h 16m$426–776Drive 1,697.1 km
- Drive from Stuttgart to Plovdivcar 1,697.1 km
15h 31m$280–404Train to Frankfurt, fly, train
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FRA - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdivtrain
8h 47m$126–407Train to Munich International Airport, fly, train
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MUC - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdivtrain
10h 6m$142–448Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausentrain
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ZRH - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdivtrain
11h 9m$158–447Train, train to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingentrain
- Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FMM - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdivtrain
9h 55m$91–377Train, bus via Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 11 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich Hackerbrücke to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus Arda-Tur
27h 38m$161–409Bus
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stopbus Citylines 64 / ...
28h 52m$113–164
Stuttgart to Plovdiv by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Stuttgart to Plovdiv is to fly and train which costs $85 - $260 and takes 8h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Stuttgart to Plovdiv is to fly and train which takes 8h 2m and costs $85 - $260.
No, there is no direct bus from Stuttgart to Plovdiv station. However, there are services departing from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal and arriving at Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop via . The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 52m.
No, there is no direct train from Stuttgart to Plovdiv. However, there are services departing from Stuttgart Hbf and arriving at Plovdiv via Wien Westbahnhof, Bucharest and Dimitrovgrad. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 16m.
The distance between Stuttgart and Plovdiv is 1454 km. The road distance is 1697.1 km.
The best way to get from Stuttgart to Plovdiv without a car is to train and bus which takes 27h 29m and costs $120 - $440.
It takes approximately 8h 2m to get from Stuttgart to Plovdiv, including transfers.
Stuttgart to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Citylines, depart from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal station.
Stuttgart to Plovdiv train services, operated by WESTbahn Gmbh, depart from Stuttgart Hbf station.
Stuttgart to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Citylines, arrive at Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop.
What companies run services between Stuttgart, Germany and Plovdiv, Bulgaria?
Citylines operates a bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop 3 times a week. Tickets cost $110–160 and the journey takes 27h 15m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–280
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–400
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–220
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–400
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–220
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–300
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–250
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Night train from Bucharest to Dimitrovgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $6–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $6–9
- 1st Class
- $7–10
Train from Dimitrovgrad to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $1–3
- 1st Class
- $2–3
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–5
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–200
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–23
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $140–260
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $270–490
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–24
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-bw.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Schedules at
- arverio-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $18–22
- 1st Class Ticket
- $23–35
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $14–18
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to Plovdiv Train station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $140–240
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Munich central bus station to Plovdiv Train station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $95–130
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Munich Hackerbrücke to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–210
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Plovdiv is 1h ahead of Stuttgart. It is currently 10:58 PM in Stuttgart and 11:58 PM in Plovdiv.
Stuttgart to Plovdiv train services, operated by WESTbahn Gmbh, arrive at Wien Westbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Stuttgart to Plovdiv is 1697 km. It takes approximately 15h 31m to drive from Stuttgart to Plovdiv.
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