There are 13 ways to get from Bulgaria to Western Europe by plane, train, bus, car, or car train
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Fly Sofia Airport to Frankfurt, train
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SOF - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 29m€105–322Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Wien Hbfbus
- Take the train from Wien Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain 90N
27h 35m€237–432Drive 1,799.1 km
- Drive from Sofia to Western Europecar 1,799.1 km
16h 12m€258–372Fly Varna Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane VAR - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 27m€206–535Fly Burgas Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Burgas Airport (BOJ) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BOJ - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 6m€160–382Fly Varna Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane VAR - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 3m€186–537Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Frankfurt, train
- Take the bus from Ruse to Buchurestbus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane OTP - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
9h 56m€112–325Fly Sofia Airport to Dortmund Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dortmund Airport (DTM)plane SOF - DTM
- Take the train from Hagen Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain
10h 15m€109–394Fly Varna Airport to Hahn, bus
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Hahn (HHN)plane VAR - HHN
- Take the bus from Hahn to Bullay Bfbus
8h 52m€164–432Bus, train via Bratislava
- 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 Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain 90N
27h 55m€225–343Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Nuremberg Central Bus Stationbus Arda-Tur
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhoftrain 91 / ...
30h 55m€186–451Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Karlsruhe Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Coblenz central train stationbus N93
31h 30m€114–257Drive, car train
- Drive from Sofia to Kufsteincar
- Take the car train from Kufstein to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhecartrain
- Drive from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Western Europecar
21h 32m€330–465
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Frankfurt (FRA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bulgaria to Western Europe is to fly and train which costs €100 - €330 and takes 8h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Bulgaria to Western Europe is to fly and train which takes 8h 3m and costs €180 - €550.
No, there is no direct bus from Bulgaria to Western Europe. However, there are services departing from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop and arriving at Brodenbach Brißbachtal via Karlsruhe central train station and Koblenz Hauptbahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 30m.
The distance between Bulgaria and Western Europe is 1556 km. The road distance is 1799.1 km.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Western Europe without a car is to bus and train which takes 27h 35m and costs €230 - €440.
It takes approximately 8h 29m to get from Bulgaria to Western Europe, including transfers.
Bulgaria to Western Europe bus services, operated by Karat-S, depart from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop station.
Bulgaria to Western Europe bus services, operated by Karat-S, arrive at Karlsruhe Central Bus Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bulgaria to Western Europe is 1799 km. It takes approximately 16h 12m to drive from Bulgaria to Western Europe.
There are 2039+ hotels available in Western Europe.
What companies run services between Bulgaria and Western Europe, Germany?
You can take a bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Brodenbach Brißbachtal via Karlsruhe central train station, Coblenz central train station, and Koblenz Hauptbahnhof in around 31h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–230
Flights from Varna Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–330
Flights from Varna Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–330
Flights from Varna Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Burgas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Burgas Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Varna Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–360
Flights from Burgas Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Varna Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Friday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–300
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–180
Flights from Varna Airport to Frankfurt via Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–330
Flights from Burgas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–180
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dortmund Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Varna Airport to Hahn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Burgas Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–360
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–300
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–90
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hagen Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Frankfurt to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Frankfurt to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Frankfurt to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Wien Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €180–270
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hauptbahnhof to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €180–270
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49-261-98887070
- [email protected]
- Website
- mittelrheinbahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Koblenz Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–24
- Schedules at
- mittelrheinbahn.de
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Bratislava hl.st. to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Kufstein to Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 11m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- 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
- €75–150
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Karlsruhe Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €130–230
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Karlsruhe Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–130
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Buchurest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- +49 (0) 2672 9362-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- bkr-mobility.de
Bus from Hahn to Bullay Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- bkr-mobility.de
- Phone
- +49 6131 4975 022
- [email protected]
- Website
- dbregiobus-mitte.de
Bus from Hahn to Bullay Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–14
- Schedules at
- dbregiobus-mitte.de
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Nuremberg Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–180
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Coblenz central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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