There are 10 ways to get from Zurich to Sliven by plane, train, bus, car, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
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
10h 4m$169–334Fly to Sofia Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ZRH - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Sliventrain
10h$100–285Train, bus via Sofia
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Sliventrain Ic
28h 12m$171–252Train, bus
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Vienna Main train station to Sliven Central Bus Stationbus Citylines 28 / ...
31h 15m$202–289Drive 1,846.1 km
- Drive from Zurich to Slivencar 1,846.1 km
19h 6m$373–538Fly to Varna Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane ZRH - VAR
- Take the train from Varna to Karnobattrain
- Take the train from Karnobat to Sliventrain
10h 32m$188–444Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, night train, bus
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane ZRH - OTP
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Veliko Tŭrnovonighttrain
- Take the bus from Veliko Tarnovo to Slivenbus
11h 21m$110–298Bus
- Take the bus from Zürich to Munich - Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Munich Central Bus Station to Sliven Central Bus Stationbus Citylines 64 / ...
31h 35m$124–190Bus via Sofia
- Take the bus from Zurich to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Slivenbus
33h 30m$144–177Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Innsbruck Ice Stadium to Sliven Central Bus Stationbus
36h 48m$152–336
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Burgas Airport (BOJ) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Sliven is to bus via Sofia which costs $140 - $180 and takes 33h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Sliven is to fly and train which takes 10h and costs $100 - $290.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich to Sliven station. However, there are services departing from Zürich and arriving at Sliven Central Bus Station via Munich Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 35m.
The distance between Zurich and Sliven is 1731 km. The road distance is 1846.1 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Sliven without a car is to train and bus via Sofia which takes 28h 12m and costs $170 - $260.
It takes approximately 10h 4m to get from Zurich to Sliven, including transfers.
Zurich to Sliven bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Zürich station.
Zurich to Sliven bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Munich - Bus Station.
Sliven is 1h ahead of Zurich. It is currently 3:26 AM in Zurich and 4:26 AM in Sliven.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Sliven is 1846 km. It takes approximately 19h 6m to drive from Zurich to Sliven.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Sliven, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Zürich to Sliven Central Bus Station via Munich Central Bus Station in around 31h 35m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Burgas Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Burgas Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $100–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- 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
- $65–350
- Website
- swiss.com
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
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–470
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–250
- 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
Flights from Zurich Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–420
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Burgas Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $75–300
Flights from Zurich Airport to Burgas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–310
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Burgas Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–360
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–470
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Burgas to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $2–3
- 1st Class
- $2–4
Train from Sofia to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $4–7
- 1st Class
- $5–7
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $4–7
- 1st Class
- $5–7
Train from Varna to Karnobat
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Train from Karnobat to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $1–2
- 1st Class
- $1–2
Night train from Bucharest to Veliko Tŭrnovo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Zuerich Hb to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- *
- $120–190
Train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Hbf
- *
- $120–180
Train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- *
- $50–80
Train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Bratislava to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Vienna Main train station to Sliven Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Munich Central Bus Station to Sliven Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Innsbruck Ice Stadium to Sliven Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–150
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +359 62 60 22 60
- info@alexok.com
- Website
- alexok.com
Bus from Veliko Tarnovo to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Schedules at
- alexok.com
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Zürich to Munich - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Zurich to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- 0700 1 2222
- Website
- doris-bg.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18
- Schedules at
- doris-bg.com
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- operations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Innsbruck Ice Stadium to Sliven Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
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