There are 15 ways to get from Bulgaria to London by plane, bus, train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane SOF - LHR
6h 47m£95–245Fly Sofia Airport to Luton Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane SOF - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intltrain
6h 46m£44–174Bus, train via Munich
- Take the bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Linzbus
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10train Rjx
- Take the train from München Hbf to Köln Hbftrain 42 / ...
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
32h 13m£351–938Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislavabus
- Take the train from Bratislava hl.st. to Wien Hbftrain
- Take the train from Wien Hauptbahnhof to Aachen, Hbftrain 90N
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
35h 3m£325–590Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Londoncar
22h 28m£432–573Fly Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SOF - STN
6h 58m£47–295Fly 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 London St Pancras Intltrain
6h 48m£85–245Fly Varna Airport to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane VAR - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intltrain
6h 39m£140–343Bus 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 London St Pancras Intltrain
8h 14m£86–326Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Take the bus from Ruse to Buchurestbus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane OTP - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoriatrain
8h 6m£90–252Fly Plovdiv Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Fly from Plovdiv Airport (PDV) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane PDV - STN
7h 57m£142–330Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharestbus Sofia-Bucharest
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
36h 50m£145Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Frankfurt Central Train Stationbus
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Miditrain 79
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
37h 3m£235–650Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Sofia to Drobeta-Turnu Severinbus
- Take the bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Motrubus
- Take the busferry from Motru to London Barkingbusferry
2d 1hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Londoncar
23h 31m£323–504
Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bulgaria to London is to fly and train which costs £40 - £180 and takes 6h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Bulgaria to London is to fly and train which takes 6h 39m and costs £140 - £350.
No, there is no direct bus from Bulgaria station to London. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at London Victoria via Bucharest. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 50m.
The distance between Bulgaria and London is 1300 miles.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to London without a car is to bus and train via Munich which takes 32h 13m and costs £350 - £950.
It takes approximately 6h 47m to get from Bulgaria to London, including transfers.
Bulgaria to London bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to London is to fly which takes 6h 47m and costs £95 - £250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £145 and takes 36h 50m.
Bulgaria to London bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, arrive at Bucharest station.
London is 2h behind Bulgaria. It is currently 11:52 PM in Bulgaria and 9:52 PM in London.
What companies run services between Bulgaria and London, England?
British Airways, Bulgaria Air, and two other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to London Victoria via Bucharest in around 36h 50m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–250
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £30–250
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £30–250
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–250
Flights from Burgas Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Plovdiv Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £120–370
Flights from Plovdiv Airport to London Stansted Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £120–370
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £30–280
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £25–140
Flights from Burgas Airport to Luton Airport via Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–210
Flights from Varna Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–310
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £85–300
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–150
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Burgas Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–180
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–13
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–90
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- £35–140
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- £40–190
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £90–400
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Aachen Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £23–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £60–280
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £28–60
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Koeln Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £50–95
- 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
Train from Aachen Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- 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
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £90–160
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
Train from Bratislava hl.st. to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £2–5
- Website
- Railways of Slovak Republic (ZSSK)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Wien Hauptbahnhof to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £180–270
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- 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 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–29
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–29
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–29
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–29
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £13–27
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +44 345 850 1530
- Website
- Gatwick Express
Train from Gatwick Airport to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £18–30
- Website
- Gatwick Express
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Air Kona
Bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Linz
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £93
- Website
- Air Kona
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £30–45
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- 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
- 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
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Frankfurt Central Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £110–210
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Frankfurt Central Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £85–120
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Sofia to Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £23–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +4-0745-779.908
- Website
- dikeltour.autogari.ro
Bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Motru
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- dikeltour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Motru to London Barking
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- 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
- £7–45
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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