There are 9 ways to get from Zurich to Sliven by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or shuttle
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Fly to Burgas Airport, train
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane ZRH - BOJ
- Take the train from Burgas to Sliventrain
9h 2m$93–339Train, bus via Bratislava
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Sofiabus
- Take the train from Sofia to Sliventrain
27h 53m$185–275Bus
- Take the bus from Zurich Limmatstrasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus Union Ivkoni - Unibus 3636
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Sliven Central Bus Stationbus Union Ivkoni
28h 50m$95–133Drive, car train
- Drive from Zurich to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Slivencar
17h 49m$412–579Fly to Sofia Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ZRH - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Sliventrain
10h 6m$98–205Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane ZRH - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Razgrad
- Take the bus from Razgrad to Kotelbus
- Take the bus from Kotel to Slivenbus
10h 49mBus via Sliven
- Take the bus from Zurich to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Slivenbus
33h 30m$149–184Train, bus
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Innsbruck Ice Stadium to Sliven Central Bus Stationbus Citylines 28 / ...
35h 33m$219–350Drive 1,846.2 km
- Drive from Zurich to Slivencar 1,846.2 km
19h 13m$373–538
Zurich to Sliven by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Sliven is to bus which costs $90 - $140 and takes 28h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Sliven is to fly and train which takes 9h 2m and costs $90 - $340.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich to Sliven station. However, there are services departing from Zurich Limmatstrasse and arriving at Sliven Central Bus Station via Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 50m.
The distance between Zurich and Sliven is 1731 km. The road distance is 1846.2 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Sliven without a car is to train and bus via Bratislava which takes 27h 53m and costs $180 - $280.
It takes approximately 9h 2m to get from Zurich to Sliven, including transfers.
Zurich to Sliven bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Zurich Limmatstrasse station.
Zurich to Sliven bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Sofia Serdica Bus Stop station.
Sliven is 1h ahead of Zurich. It is currently 8:44 AM in Zurich and 9:44 AM in Sliven.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Sliven is 1846 km. It takes approximately 19h 13m to drive from Zurich to Sliven.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Sliven, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Zurich Limmatstrasse to Sliven Central Bus Station via Sofia Serdica Bus Stop and Sofia Central Bus Station in around 28h 50m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Burgas Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–330
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Burgas Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–320
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Zurich Airport to Burgas Airport via Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–360
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–170
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Burgas Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–320
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Burgas Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–390
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Burgas to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $4–6
- 1st Class
- $6–7
Train from Sofia to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $9–13
- 1st Class
- $13–15
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $9–13
- 1st Class
- $12–15
Train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–200
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $130–200
Train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $45–75
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Bratislava to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Zurich Limmatstrasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Sliven Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 044/62 48 83
- globuses@abv.bg
- Website
- globuses.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Sliven Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18
- Website
- https://www.globuses.com/index.html
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Sliven Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–27
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Innsbruck Ice Stadium to Sliven Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Razgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $160–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- 0700 1 2222
- Website
- doris-bg.com
Bus from Kotel to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- doris-bg.com
Bus from Sofia to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18
- Schedules at
- doris-bg.com
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Zurich to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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