There are 12 ways to get from Belfast to Plovdiv by plane, train, car ferry, bus, night train, or busferry
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Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Sofia Airport, train
best- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BHD - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdivtrain
11h 10m$116–319Fly Belfast International Airport to Sofia Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BFS - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdivtrain
12h 50m$80–212Car ferry, bus, night train, train
- Take the carferry from Belfast to Liverpoolcarferry
- Take the bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One 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$250–381Bus 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$129–566Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, train
- 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 20m$106–516Fly Belfast International Airport to Plovdiv Airport
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)plane BFS - PDV
13h 30m$148–572Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Burgas Airport, train
- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane DUB - BOJ
- Take the train from Burgas to Plovdivtrain
13h 20m$124–371Fly George Best Belfast City Airport to Plovdiv Airport
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)plane BHD - PDV
10h 35m$209–709Bus to Dublin Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, night train, train
- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane DUB - OTP
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Dimitrovgradnighttrain
- Take the train from Dimitrovgrad to Plovdivtrain
14h 58m$101–437Bus 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 10hBus 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 15hCar 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 12h$158–383
George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Belfast to Plovdiv is to fly and train which costs $80 - $220 and takes 12h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Belfast to Plovdiv is to fly which takes 10h 35m and costs $200 - $750.
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 2652 km.
The best way to get from Belfast to Plovdiv without a car is to car ferry and bus and night train and train which takes 2 days 6h and costs $250 - $390.
It takes approximately 11h 10m 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 3:39 PM in Belfast and 5:39 PM in Plovdiv.
Book your Belfast to Plovdiv bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Belfast, Northern Ireland and Plovdiv, Bulgaria?
Ryanair UK, Ryanair, and two other airlines fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV) 4 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $100–390
Flights from Dublin Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $100–390
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–370
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–370
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from Dublin Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–210
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 48m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $200–700
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–240
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Sofia Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–230
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–210
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–210
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Sofia Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $75–300
Flights from Dublin Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–390
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Sofia Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Sunday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $60–240
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Sofia Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–270
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Sofia Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–360
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–360
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–430
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Sofia Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–750
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Sofia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $75–270
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–320
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–320
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Sofia Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $95–340
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–550
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–250
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–290
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–230
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Night train from Bucharest to Dimitrovgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $6–28
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $6–9
- 1st Class
- $7–10
Train from Dimitrovgrad to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Train from Burgas to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $4–7
- 1st Class
- $5–8
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Night train from Bucharest to Dimitrovgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $6–28
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $6–9
- 1st Class
- $7–10
Train from Dimitrovgrad to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $1–3
- 1st Class
- $2–3
Night train from Bucharest to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $5–24
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $5–8
- 1st Class
- $6–9
Train from Stara Zagora to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $2–3
- 1st Class
- $2–4
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Liverpool, Liverpool One to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $60–100
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $60–100
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Plovdiv Train station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $130–230
- Website
- Flixbus
- 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
- $164
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Translink
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Translink
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Translink
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- Translink
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- Translink
- 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
- $23–160
- Website
- Dublin Express
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–160
- Website
- Dublin Express
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–160
- Website
- Dublin Express
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–160
- 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
- $110–160
- 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
- $120–200
- 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
- $85–200
- 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
- $49–140
- Website
- Stena Line
- Passenger
- $49
- Car Passenger
- $189
Car ferry from Belfast to Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $49–140
- Website
- Stena Line
- Passenger
- $49
- Car Passenger
- $189
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