There are 9 ways to get from Belfast to Plovdiv by plane, busferry, bus, night train, train, or car ferry
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Fly Belfast International Airport to Plovdiv Airport
best- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)plane BFS - PDV
11h 55m$118–452Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DUB - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdivtrain
11h 36m$72–384Bus and ferry, bus, night train, train
- Take the busferry from Belfast Stena Line Terminus to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharestbus
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Dimitrovgradnighttrain
- Take the train from Dimitrovgrad to Plovdivtrain Re / ...
2d 6h$242–350Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Plovdiv Airport
- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)plane DUB - PDV
11h 15m$90–534Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Sofia Airport, train
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BHD - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdivtrain
11h 41m$86–289Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Plovdiv Airport
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)plane BHD - PDV
19h 5m$129–559Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Bus Station Southbus
2d 10h$370–515Bus and ferry, bus via Munich
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Plovdiv Train stationbus
2d 16h$284–554Car ferry, bus and ferry, night train, train
- Take the carferry from Belfast to Liverpoolcarferry
- Take the busferry from Liverpool Elmway close to Bucharestbusferry
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Stara Zagoranighttrain
- Take the train from Stara Zagora to Plovdivtrain Re / ...
3d 13h$167–395
Belfast to Plovdiv by busferry and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Belfast to Plovdiv is to fly and train which costs $85 - $290 and takes 11h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Belfast to Plovdiv is to bus and fly which takes 11h 15m and costs $90 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Belfast to Plovdiv station. However, there are services departing from Belfast, Europa Buscentre and arriving at Plovdiv Bus Station South via Buchanan Bus Station, London Victoria Green Line Station and Prague Florenc Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 10h.
The distance between Belfast and Plovdiv is 2700 km.
The best way to get from Belfast to Plovdiv without a car is to bus and ferry and bus and night train and train which takes 2 days 6h and costs $240 - $350.
It takes approximately 11h 55m to get from Belfast to Plovdiv, including transfers.
Belfast to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Translink, depart from Belfast, Europa Buscentre station.
Belfast to Plovdiv bus services, operated by Translink, arrive at Glasgow Buchanan station.
Plovdiv is 2h ahead of Belfast. It is currently 10:43 AM in Belfast and 12:43 PM in Plovdiv.
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What companies run services between Belfast, Northern Ireland and Plovdiv, Bulgaria?
Ryanair UK, easyJet, and two other airlines fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV) 4 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–450
Flights from Dublin Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–420
Flights from Dublin Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–420
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Sofia Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–280
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $65–200
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Edinburgh, Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Bristol, Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–370
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–400
Flights from Dublin Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $110–370
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Glasgow, London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 20m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Sofia Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–490
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–370
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Bucharest to Dimitrovgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $6–27
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $6–9
- 1st Class
- $7–9
Train from Dimitrovgrad to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $1–3
- 1st Class
- $2–3
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Night train from Bucharest to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $5–23
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $5–8
- 1st Class
- $6–8
Train from Stara Zagora to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $1–3
- 1st Class
- $2–4
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Belfast Stena Line Terminus to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- $5
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- $5
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- $5
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- $5
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5
- Website
- Translink
- Belfast urban network
- $5
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Plovdiv Train station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $161
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +353 1 903 9508
- [email protected]
- Website
- Dublin Express
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–140
- Website
- Dublin Express
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–140
- Website
- Dublin Express
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Prague Florenc Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- Arda Tur
Bus from Prague Florenc Central Bus Station to Plovdiv Bus Station South
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $211
- Website
- Arda Tur
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Munich central bus station to Plovdiv Train station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $95–130
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Liverpool Elmway close to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 18h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80–190
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- [email protected]
- Website
- Stena Line
Car ferry from Belfast to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $48–130
- Website
- Stena Line
- Passenger
- $48
- Car Passenger
- $186
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