There are 11 ways to get from London to Varna by plane, train, taxi, shuttle, bus, night bus, bus and ferry, night 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.
Recommended option
Fly London Heathrow to Varna • 7h 21m
Cheapest option
Bus and ferry, night bus • 47h 14m
9 alternative options
Fly London Stansted to Varna • 8h 14m
Train to London Luton, fly to Varna • 6h 29m
Bus, night bus • 35h 41m
Train, night train • 44h 14m
Drive, Eurotunnel • 27h 42m
Drive, car ferry • 28h 54m
London to Varna by train and night train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from London to Varna is to bus and ferry and night bus which costs £85 - £120 and takes 47h 14m.
The fastest way to get from London to Varna is to train and fly which takes 6h 29m and costs £100 - £600.
No, there is no direct train from London to Varna. However, there are services departing from London St Pancras Intl and arriving at Varna via Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Koeln Hbf, Wien Hbf, Bucureşti Nord Gr.A and Ruse - Tovarna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44h 14m.
The distance between London and Varna is 2333 km.
The best way to get from London to Varna without a car is to bus and night bus which takes 35h 41m and costs £144 - £149.
It takes approximately 7h 21m to get from London to Varna, including transfers.
London to Varna train services, operated by Eurostar, depart from London St Pancras Intl station.
Varna is 2h ahead of London. It is currently 6:28 AM in London and 8:28 AM in Varna.
London to Varna train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Varna station.
There are 1574+ hotels available in Varna. Prices start at $30 USD per night.
- Distance: 2332.5 km
- Duration: 7h 21m
What companies run services between London, England and Varna, Bulgaria?
Bulgaria Air, Austrian Airlines and six other airlines fly from London Paddington to Varna 4 times a day.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted to Varna via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80 - $430
Flights from London Stansted to Varna via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $80 - $420
Flights from London Luton to Varna via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85 - $460
Flights from London Luton to Burgas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110 - $650
Flights from London Stansted to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30 - $700
Flights from London Stansted to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $30 - $700
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Varna via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260 - $850
Flights from London Stansted to Varna via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $140 - $400
Flights from London Heathrow to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250 - $850
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Varna via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $200 - $600
Flights from London Heathrow to Varna via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170 - $700
Flights from London Stansted to Varna via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $140 - $400
Flights from London Heathrow to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $850
Flights from London Heathrow to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220 - $850
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from London Heathrow to Varna via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200 - $750
Flights from London Stansted to Varna via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $310 - $800
Flights from London Stansted to Varna via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80 - $430
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Varna via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $85 - $400
Flights from London Luton to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85 - $700
Flights from London Luton to Burgas via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60 - $550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100 - $550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Varna via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $170 - $600
Flights from London Heathrow to Bucharest Otopeni via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130 - $550
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100 - $900
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from London Stansted to Varna via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $240 - $550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from London Luton to Burgas
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45 - $330
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from London Heathrow to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130 - $700
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $19 - $40
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- $19 - $27
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- $28 - $40
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 24 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12 - $27
- Website
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Schedules at
- https://www.eastmidlandsrailway.co.uk/timetables
- 1st Class
- $19 - $27
- Standard
- $12 - $18
Rome2Rio's guide to Eurostar
Contact Details
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120 - $350
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Business Premier
- $335 - $345
- Standard
- $120 - $135
- Standard Premier
- $160 - $210
- Phone
- +49 0180 6 99 66 33
- Website
- bahn.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $48 - $54
- Website
- https://www.bahn.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to SNCF
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf.com
Train from Bruxelles Midi to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40 - $90
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en/
- 2nd Class
- $40 - $60
- Rail 1st Class
- $60 - $90
- Phone
- +32 70 66 77 88
- Website
- thalys.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60 - $130
- Website
- https://www.thalys.com/fr/en
- Standard
- $60 - $85
- Comfort
- $70 - $95
- Premium
- $95 - $130
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Koeln Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65 - $190
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $140 - $190
- Seating Carriage
- $65 - $120
- Couchette Carriage
- $130 - $170
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95 - $110
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Bucureşti Nord Gr.A to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12 - $15
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Ruse - Tovarna to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5 - $10
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $5 - $8
- 1st Class
- $8 - $10
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- eurotunnel.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.eurotunnel.com/uk/
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $210 - $300
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $152
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- +359 (0) 877 34 47 47
- pegasus@pegasusbg.com
- Website
- pegasusbg.com
Night bus from Bucharest Horoscop Hotel to Varna Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30 - $35
- Website
- https://pegasusbg.com/
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Bus and ferry from London Barking to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75 - $110
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 01304 448866.
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55 - $75
- Website
- P&O Ferries
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35 - $50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $85 - $200
- On Foot
- $35 - $50
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Estimated price
- $80 - $100
Taxi Company
- Phone
- +359 700 11 223
- Website
- taxiburgas.com
Orion Taxi
- Phone
- +359 899 800 800
- Website
- oriontaxi.com
Capital Taxi
- Phone
- +359 899 841234
- Website
- gotoburgas.com
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