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How to get fromHeilbronn to Bulgariaby train, plane, bus, or car

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There are 10 ways to get from Heilbronn to Bulgaria by train, plane, bus, or car

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  1. Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Sofia Airport

    best
    1. Take the train from Heilbronn Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain train
    2. Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane plane STR - SOF
    6h 26m
    $90–328

  2. Train, train to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly to Sofia Airport

    cheapest
    1. Take the train from Heilbronn Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain train
    2. Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhoftrain train
    3. Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingen, Bahnhof ZOBtrain train
    4. Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane plane FMM - SOF
    8h 5m
    $61–453

  3. Train, bus via Bratislava

    1. Take the train from Heilbronn Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain train Re / ...
    2. Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain train 11 / ...
    3. Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain train 90 / ...
    4. Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain train Rjx
    5. Take the bus from Bratislava to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus bus
    23h 27m
    $166–357

  4. Drive  1,575.8 km

    1. Drive from Heilbronn to Sofiacar car 1,575.8 km
    15h 22m
    $331–478

  5. Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Sofia Airport

    1. Take the train from Heilbronn Hauptbahnhof to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain train
    2. Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain train
    3. Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane plane FRA - SOF
    7h 36m
    $140–401

  6. Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, train

    1. Take the train from Heilbronn Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain train
    2. Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane plane STR - OTP
    3. Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain train
    9h 48m
    $113–397

  7. Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport

    1. Take the train from Heilbronn Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain train
    2. Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Pasingtrain train
    3. Take the train from Pasing to Flughafen Münchentrain train
    4. Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane plane MUC - SOF
    8h 42m
    $161–497

  8. Train, bus

    1. Take the train from Heilbronn Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain train Re / ...
    2. Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain train 11 / ...
    3. Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain train 90 / ...
    4. Take the bus from Salzburg to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Stationbus bus
    24h 43m
    $186–327

  9. Bus

    1. Take the bus from Heilbronn central train station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminalbus bus N3205 / ...
    2. Take the bus from Stuttgart Airport Busterminal to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus bus Citylines 64 / ...
    26h 40m
    $107–150

  10. Train, bus #2

    1. Take the train from Heilbronn Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain train Re45 / ...
    2. Take the bus from Karlsruhe Hbf to Sofiabus bus
    29h 56m
    $118–228

Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights

Calendar18Weekly Planes
Duration4h 25mAverage Duration
Ticket$55Cheapest Price
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  • Distance: 1,374 km
  • Duration: 6h 26m

What companies run services between Heilbronn, Germany and Bulgaria?

You can take a bus from Heilbronn central train station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station via Stuttgart Airport Busterminal in around 26h 40m.

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