There are 11 ways to get from Weimar to Plovdiv by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Leipzig-Halle Airport, fly, bus
best- Take the train from Weimar to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)LEJ - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
12h 40m$181–446Bus, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Weimar central train station to Dresden central station082
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Sofia
- Take the train from Sofia to PlovdivRe / ...
32h 28m$90–166Train, bus
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf29 / ...
- Take the bus from Nuremberg Central Bus Station Willy-Brandt-Platz to Plovdiv Bus Station SouthRacic Eurobus
25h 55m$135–251Drive 1,668.3 km
- Drive from Weimar to Plovdiv1,668.3 km
17h 5m$275–397Train to Nuremberg Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)NUE - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
9h 7m$130–444Train to Frankfurt, fly, bus
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)FRA - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
10h 48m$143–390Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly, bus
- Take the train from Weimar to Glauchau, Bahnhof
- Take the bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)PRG - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
12h 31m$136–361Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Sofia Airport (SOF)BER - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
11h 15m$97–420Train to Munich International Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to München Hbf
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sofia Airport (SOF)MUC - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
11h 25m$147–531Bus
- Take the bus from Weimar Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus StationCitylines 17
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Sever Bus and Coach StationUnion Ivkoni
27h 15m$116–154Drive, car train
- Drive from Weimar to Fulda
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Plovdiv
16h 52m$358–1,310
Weimar to Plovdiv by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Weimar to Plovdiv is to bus and train which costs $90 - $170 and takes 32h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Weimar to Plovdiv is to train and fly and bus which takes 9h 7m and costs $130 - $450.
No, there is no direct bus from Weimar station to Plovdiv station. However, there are services departing from Weimar Bus Station and arriving at Plovdiv Sever Bus and Coach Station via Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 15m.
The distance between Weimar and Plovdiv is 1536 km. The road distance is 1668.3 km.
The best way to get from Weimar to Plovdiv without a car is to train and bus which takes 25h 55m and costs $130 - $260.
It takes approximately 12h 40m to get from Weimar to Plovdiv, including transfers.
Weimar to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Citylines, depart from Weimar Bus Station.
Weimar to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Citylines, arrive at Sofia Serdica Bus Station.
Plovdiv is 1h ahead of Weimar. It is currently 12:33 AM in Weimar and 1:33 AM in Plovdiv.
Yes, the driving distance between Weimar to Plovdiv is 1668 km. It takes approximately 17h 5m to drive from Weimar to Plovdiv.
What companies run services between Weimar, Germany and Plovdiv, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Weimar Bus Station to Plovdiv Sever Bus and Coach Station via Sofia Serdica Bus Station and Sofia Central Bus Station in around 27h 15m.
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- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–250
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–320
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–340
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–340
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–300
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–330
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–340
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $100–180
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–200
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–180
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–290
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–190
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–330
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–800
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sofia Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–360
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $35–140
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–320
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Weimar to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–26
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Weimar to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- ABELLIO Rail Mitteldeutschland GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Weimar to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Weimar to Glauchau, Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–45
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Berlin Suedkreuz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $5–8
- 1st Class
- $7–8
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–950
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $450–500
- Car Compartment
- $800–950
- Phone
- +359 2 493 0191
- info@traventuria.com
- Website
- traventuria.com
Bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Nuremberg Central Bus Station Willy-Brandt-Platz to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–130
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Chemnitz central bus station to Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $23–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Weimar central train station to Dresden central station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Dresden central station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Weimar Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Sever Bus and Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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