There are 11 ways to get from Utrecht to Bulgaria by train, plane, bus, car, shuttle, night train, or car train
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Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Sofia Airport
best- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane AMS - SOF
5h 50m$100–263Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane EIN - SOF
6h 28m$58–247Bus
- Take the bus from Utrecht to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofiabus
28hDrive 2,071.4 km
- Drive from Utrecht to Sofiacar 2,071.4 km
18h 31m$427–617Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane AMS - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
7h 7m$215–573Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to 's-Hertogenboschtrain
- Take the train from 's-Hertogenbosch to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BRU - SOF
8h 13m$102–265Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane EIN - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
7h 59m$198–597Train, bus via Berlin
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Hengelotrain Ice
- Take the train from Hengelo to Berlin Hbftrain 77
- Take the train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 27 / ...
- Take the bus from Dresden to Sofiabus
28h 53m$200–444Night train, bus
- Take the night train from Utrecht Centraal to Linz Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the bus from Linz to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Stationbus
31h 28m$191–289Train, bus
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Köln Hbf to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
36h 25m$193–403Drive, car train
- Drive from Utrecht to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Sofiacar
17h 20m$338–1,535
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Utrecht to Bulgaria is to train and fly which costs $55 - $250 and takes 6h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Utrecht to Bulgaria is to train and fly which takes 5h 50m and costs $100 - $270.
No, there is no direct bus from Utrecht to Bulgaria. However, there are services departing from Utrecht and arriving at Sofia via Beograd, Autobuska stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h.
The distance between Utrecht and Bulgaria is 1809 km. The road distance is 2071.4 km.
The best way to get from Utrecht to Bulgaria without a car is to bus which takes 28h and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 50m to get from Utrecht to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Utrecht to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Garo Reisen, depart from Utrecht station.
Utrecht to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Garo Reisen, arrive at Beograd, Autobuska stanica station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Utrecht. It is currently 4:27 PM in Utrecht and 5:27 PM in Bulgaria.
Yes, the driving distance between Utrecht to Bulgaria is 2071 km. It takes approximately 18h 31m to drive from Utrecht to Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Utrecht, Netherlands and Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Utrecht to Sofia via Beograd, Autobuska stanica in around 28h.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–360
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–250
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 31m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–380
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–270
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–250
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–160
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–200
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–150
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–24
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to 's-Hertogenbosch
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–14
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from 's-Hertogenbosch to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–28
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Hengelo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $11–13
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $11–13
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $20–23
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $20–23
Train from Utrecht Centraal to 's-Hertogenbosch
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $12–14
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $12–14
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hengelo to Berlin Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–230
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +46 40 669 62 00
- snalltaget@snalltaget.se
- Website
- snalltaget.se
Train from Berlin Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- https://www.snalltaget.se/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Utrecht Centraal to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–170
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $130–170
- Couchette Carriage
- $100–120
- Seating Carriage
- $65–80
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $310–650
- Car Compartment
- $600–1,200
- Phone
- +381 20 333 733
- garoreisen@gmail.com
- Website
- garo-reisen.rs
Bus from Utrecht to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- garo-reisen.rs
- Phone
- +381 11 8728111
- office@trans-jug.com
- Website
- trans-jug.com
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- http://trans-jug.com/
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Dresden to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- tickets@airkona.com
- Website
- airkona.com
Bus from Linz to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $124
- Website
- Air Kona
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Köln Hbf to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–25
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–28
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
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