There are 7 ways to get from Ulm to Plovdiv by train, plane, bus, car, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly, train
best- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wendlingentrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane STR - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdivtrain
9h$79–308Train to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly, train
cheapest- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingen, Bahnhof ZOBtrain
- Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FMM - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdivtrain
8h 45m$43–344Bus
- Take the bus from Ulm Long Distance Bus Station to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stopbus Citylines 64 / ...
25h 55m$100–140Drive 1,611.8 km
- Drive from Ulm to Plovdivcar 1,611.8 km
14h 51m$266–384Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasingtrain
- Take the train from Pasing to Flughafen Münchentrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MUC - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdivtrain
9h 21m$138–398Train, ferry, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhoftrain
- Take the ferry from Friedrichshafen Faehre to Romanshorn Autoquaiferry
- Take the train from Romanshorn to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ZRH - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdivtrain
11h 46m$151–413Train, bus
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 47 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich Hackerbrücke to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus Arda-Tur
26h 53m$248–290
Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ulm to Plovdiv is to bus which costs $100 - $140 and takes 25h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Ulm to Plovdiv is to train and fly which takes 8h 45m and costs $40 - $350.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Ulm Long Distance Bus Station station and arriving at Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop station. Services depart three times a week, and operate Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 25h 55m.
The distance between Ulm and Plovdiv is 1511 km. The road distance is 1611.8 km.
The best way to get from Ulm to Plovdiv without a car is to bus which takes 25h 55m and costs $100 - $140.
It takes approximately 9h to get from Ulm to Plovdiv, including transfers.
Ulm to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Citylines, depart from Ulm Long Distance Bus Station.
Ulm to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Citylines, arrive at Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop.
Plovdiv is 1h ahead of Ulm. It is currently 1:15 PM in Ulm and 2:15 PM in Plovdiv.
Yes, the driving distance between Ulm to Plovdiv is 1612 km. It takes approximately 14h 51m to drive from Ulm to Plovdiv.
What companies run services between Ulm, Germany and Plovdiv, Bulgaria?
Citylines operates a bus from Ulm Long Distance Bus Station to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop 3 times a week. Tickets cost $100–140 and the journey takes 25h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–380
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–330
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–390
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–340
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $90–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–330
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–220
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $19–240
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–370
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–360
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wendlingen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingen, Bahnhof ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Pasing to Flughafen München
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $8–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 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
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 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
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 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
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–5
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingen, Bahnhof ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $28–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Pasing
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–20
- Schedules at
- DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB)
Train from Romanshorn to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Ulm Long Distance Bus Station to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- Arda Tur
Bus from Munich Hackerbrücke to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $230
- Website
- Arda Tur
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 3640-0
- info@bsb.de
- Website
- bsb.de
Ferry from Friedrichshafen Faehre to Romanshorn Autoquai
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Schedules at
- bsb.de
- Phone
- +41 71 466 78 88
- info@sbsag.ch
- Website
- Schweizerische Bodensee-Schifffahrt Ag
Ferry from Friedrichshafen Faehre to Romanshorn Autoquai
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Bodensee-Schifffahrt Ag
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