There are 9 ways to get from Zurich to Sliven by plane, train, bus, car, shuttle, or night train
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Fly Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport, train
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ZRH - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Sliventrain
10h 9m$110–271Train to Basel, fly to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, night train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)plane BSL - BBU
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Veliko Tŭrnovonighttrain
- Take the bus from Veliko Tarnovo to Slivenbus
12h 41m$86–367Train, 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 1m$184–274Train, bus
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Sliven Central Bus Stationbus Citylines 28 / ...
30h 7m$202–289Drive 1,846.1 km
- Drive from Zurich to Slivencar 1,846.1 km
19h 9m$373–538Fly Zurich Airport to Varna Airport, train
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane ZRH - VAR
- Take the train from Varna to Zimnitsatrain
9h 41m$197–432Fly Zurich Airport 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 47mBus
- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus stationbus FlixBus X06 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich Central Bus Station to Sliven Central Bus Stationbus Citylines 64 / ...
31h 35m$134–190Bus via Sofia
- Take the bus from Zurich to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Slivenbus
33h 30m$149–183
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Sliven is to bus via Sofia which costs $140 - $190 and takes 33h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Sliven is to fly and train which takes 9h 41m and costs $190 - $440.
No, there is no direct bus from Zurich station to Sliven station. However, there are services departing from Zurich Bus Station 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 1578 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 1m and costs $180 - $280.
It takes approximately 10h 9m to get from Zurich to Sliven, including transfers.
Zurich to Sliven bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zurich Bus Station.
Zurich to Sliven bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Sliven is 1h ahead of Zurich. It is currently 2:14 PM in Zurich and 3:14 PM in Sliven.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Sliven is 1846 km. It takes approximately 19h 9m to drive from Zurich to Sliven.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Sliven, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Zurich Bus Station to Sliven Central Bus Station via Munich Central Bus Station in around 31h 35m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–440
Flights from Zurich Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–440
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–440
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–470
Flights from Zurich Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–750
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–470
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–480
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–450
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–230
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Basel to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–220
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–750
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- 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 Sofia to Sliven
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $9–13
- 1st Class
- $13–16
Train from Varna to Zimnitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $6–9
- 1st Class
- $9–10
Night train from Bucharest to Veliko Tŭrnovo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $7–12
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $7–10
- 1st Class
- $10–12
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 Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $120–180
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Bratislava to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz to Sliven Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Munich Central Bus Station to Sliven Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–150
- 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
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- 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 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
- $6–11
- Schedules at
- alexok.com
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- 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
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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