There are 8 ways to get from Athens to Gabrovo by plane, bus, train, car, or night train
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Fly to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ATH - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Gabrovo Bus Stationbus
8h 52m$81–196Bus via Sofia
cheapest- Take the bus from Athens Karolou to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Citylines 80 / ...
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Gabrovo Bus Stationbus Union Ivkoni
15h 45m$61–82Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki train station to Sofiabus 983
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Gabrovo Bus Stationbus
14h 52m$64–112Drive 957.1 km
- Drive from Athens to Gabrovocar 957.1 km
11h 17m$201–290Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, night train, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane ATH - OTP
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Veliko Tŭrnovonighttrain
- Take the bus from Veliko Tarnovo to Gabrovobus
10h 22m$71–185Fly to Istanbul, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Istanbul (IST)plane ATH - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Gabrovobus
13h$96–268Bus
- Take the bus from Athens Chiou to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stopbus Citylines 42 / ...
- Take the bus from Plovdiv to Gabrovobus
17h 50mBus via Thessaloníki
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastirioubus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki, KTEL to Plovdivbus
- Take the bus from Plovdiv to Gabrovobus
17h 54m
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Gabrovo is to bus via Sofia which costs $60 - $85 and takes 15h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Gabrovo is to fly and bus which takes 8h 52m and costs $80 - $200.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Gabrovo station. However, there are services departing from Athens Karolou and arriving at Gabrovo Bus Station via Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 45m.
The distance between Athens and Gabrovo is 784 km. The road distance is 957.1 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Gabrovo without a car is to train and bus which takes 14h 52m and costs $60 - $120.
It takes approximately 8h 52m to get from Athens to Gabrovo, including transfers.
Athens to Gabrovo bus services, operated by Citylines, depart from Athens Karolou station.
Athens to Gabrovo bus services, operated by Citylines, arrive at Sofia Serdica Bus Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Athens to Gabrovo is 957 km. It takes approximately 11h 17m to drive from Athens to Gabrovo.
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What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Gabrovo, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Athens Karolou to Gabrovo Bus Station via Sofia Serdica Bus Station and Sofia Central Bus Station in around 15h 45m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Istanbul via Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $60–210
Flights from Athens International Airport to Istanbul via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Istanbul via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–210
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–240
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Athens International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–180
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $70–250
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–200
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–180
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
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
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Gabrovo Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Gabrovo Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Gabrovo Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Thessaloniki train station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Thessaloniki train station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–25
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Athens Karolou to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–70
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Athens Chiou to Plovdiv Central Train Station Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- Citylines
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Veliko Tarnovo to Gabrovo
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- 0888 211 781
- [email protected]
- Website
- plovdivexpres-2000.com
Bus from Veliko Tarnovo to Gabrovo
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- starazagora.bg
- Phone
- +359 82 82 81 51
- [email protected]
- Website
- avtogararuse.org
Bus from Veliko Tarnovo to Gabrovo
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- avtogararuse.org
- Phone
- +90 212 658 00 61
- [email protected]
- Website
- Huntur
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Gabrovo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $23–45
- Website
- Huntur
- Phone
- +359 66 80 55 66
- [email protected]
- Website
- optgabrovo.eu
Bus from Plovdiv to Gabrovo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- optgabrovo.eu
Bus from Plovdiv to Gabrovo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- optgabrovo.eu
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- [email protected]
- Website
- KTEL Thessalonikis S.A.
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–60
- Website
- KTEL Thessalonikis S.A.
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- Arda Tur
Bus from Thessaloniki, KTEL to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65
- Website
- Arda Tur
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