There are 13 ways to get from Bulgaria to Bristol by bus, plane, night train, train, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Bristol Airport
best- Take the bus from Ruse to Buchurestbus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane OTP - BRS
8h 26m£59–196Fly Sofia Airport to Bristol Airport
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane SOF - BRS
6h 58m£47–174Bus, night train, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Wien Hbfbus
- Take the nighttrain from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
37h 26m£247–554Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bus Stationbus 040 / ...
39h 46m£157–200Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Bristolcar
24h 5m£463–616Fly Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane SOF - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
8h 44m£145–375Fly Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SOF - STN
- Take the train from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
9h 13m£100–456Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Take the bus from Ruse to Buchurestbus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane OTP - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
9h 52m£114–349Fly Sofia Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane SOF - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
9h 1m£132–360Fly Burgas Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Burgas Airport (BOJ) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane BOJ - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
9h 3m£118–391Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Luton Airport, train
- Take the bus from Ruse to Buchurestbus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane OTP - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdontrain
- Take the train from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
10h 29m£149–532Bus via Munich
- Take the bus from Sofia to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bus Stationbus 040 / ...
2d 1h£152–335Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Bristolcar
25h 9m£353–554
Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Bristol Airport (BRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bulgaria to Bristol is to fly which costs £45 - £180 and takes 6h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Bulgaria to Bristol is to fly which takes 6h 58m and costs £45 - £180.
No, there is no direct bus from Bulgaria station to Bristol station. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at Bus Station via Bucharest and London Victoria. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 46m.
The distance between Bulgaria and Bristol is 1480 miles.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Bristol without a car is to bus and night train and train which takes 37h 26m and costs £240 - £600.
It takes approximately 8h 26m to get from Bulgaria to Bristol, including transfers.
Bulgaria to Bristol bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Bristol is to bus which takes 39h 46m and costs £150 - £200. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs £45 - £180 and takes 6h 58m.
Bulgaria to Bristol bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, arrive at Bucharest station.
Bristol is 2h behind Bulgaria. It is currently 8:34 AM in Bulgaria and 6:34 AM in Bristol.
What companies run services between Bulgaria and Bristol, England?
You can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bus Station via Bucharest and London Victoria in around 39h 46m. Alternatively, Ryanair flies from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bristol Airport (BRS) twice a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £30–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £30–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £45–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–150
Flights from Burgas Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £65–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £130–250
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–270
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–270
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–330
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–200
Flights from Burgas Airport to Luton Airport via Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £60–260
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–340
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–140
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £90–470
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Burgas Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–240
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–200
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 46m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–140
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- £100–140
- Couchette Carriage
- £75–95
- Seating Carriage
- £55–65
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from London Paddington to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £50–100
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Birmingham New Street to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £45–70
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–30
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–30
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to Farringdon
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £15–30
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Buchurest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £6–9
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Buchurest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £6–9
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Buchurest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £6–9
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Sofia to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £65–130
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £65–90
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- [email protected]
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £25
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £22–55
- Website
- National Express
Bus from London Victoria to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £22–55
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Sofia to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £85–140
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £12–20
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- Arda Tur
Bus from Sofia to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £150
- Website
- Arda Tur
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £8–50
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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