There are 13 ways to get from Maastricht to Bulgaria by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
best- Take the train from Maastricht to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane EIN - SOF
6h 58m$69–392Bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
cheapest- Take the bus from Maastricht Meerssenerweg 231 to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CRL - SOF
7h 5m$62–368Train, bus via Leipzig
- Take the train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbftrain S43 / ...
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbftrain 50 / ...
- Take the bus from Leipzig to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
30h 8m$197–396Train
- Take the train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbftrain S43 / ...
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Wien Meidlingtrain 90N
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofiatrain 461
44h 39m$541–864Drive 1,962.1 km
- Drive from Maastricht to Sofiacar 1,962.1 km
17h 27m$405–585Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BRU - SOF
7h 17m$113–323Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbftrain
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CGN - SOF
7h 51m$92–409Bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Take the bus from Maastricht Meerssenerweg 231 to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane CRL - OTP
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
9h 20m$129–433Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Herzogenrath to Hagen Hbftrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DTM - SOF
8h 51mTrain to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Take the train from Maastricht to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane EIN - OTP
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
9h 17m$71–457Bus
- Take the bus from Maastricht to Frankfurt central train stationbus 068 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
35h 27m$131–210Train, bus
- Take the train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbftrain Re9 / ...
- Take the bus from Köln Hbf to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
36h 56m$179–270Drive, car train
- Drive from Maastricht to Fuldacar
- Take the cartrain from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Sofiacar
22h 16m$371–513
Maastricht to Bulgaria by train and tram
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Maastricht to Bulgaria is to bus and fly which costs $60 - $370 and takes 7h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Maastricht to Bulgaria is to train and fly which takes 6h 58m and costs $65 - $400.
No, there is no direct bus from Maastricht to Bulgaria. However, there are services departing from Maastricht and arriving at Sofia Serdica Bus Stop via Frankfurt Central Train Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 27m.
No, there is no direct train from Maastricht to Bulgaria. However, there are services departing from Maastricht and arriving at Централни Хали via Aachen, Hbf, Wien Meidling, Bucuresti Nord and Централна Гара. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 44h 39m.
The distance between Maastricht and Bulgaria is 1796 km. The road distance is 1962.1 km.
The best way to get from Maastricht to Bulgaria without a car is to train and bus via Leipzig which takes 30h 8m and costs $190 - $400.
It takes approximately 6h 58m to get from Maastricht to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Maastricht to Bulgaria bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Maastricht station.
Maastricht to Bulgaria train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), depart from Maastricht station.
The best way to get from Maastricht to Bulgaria is to train which takes 44h 39m and costs $500 - $900. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $130 - $210 and takes 35h 27m.
What companies run services between Maastricht, Netherlands and Bulgaria?
You can take a train from Maastricht to Централни Хали via Aachen, Hbf, Wien Meidling, Bucuresti Nord, Sofia, and Централна Гара in around 44h 39m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Maastricht to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop via Frankfurt Central Train Station in around 35h 27m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–350
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–350
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–350
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–350
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–320
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–260
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–380
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–360
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–360
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–270
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–270
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–360
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–380
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–390
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–380
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–390
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–260
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Maastricht to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–25
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–12
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Maastricht to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $12–25
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- Arriva NL
Train from Maastricht to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- $17–26
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- $10–15
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- $10–15
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- $10–15
Train from Maastricht to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Website
- Arriva NL
- Second Class Single
- $17–26
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–28
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–22
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–22
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Aachen Hbf to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–29
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–29
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $240–360
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $250–440
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $44–48
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Aachen, Hbf to Köln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 221 13 999 444
- Website
- National Express
Train from Herzogenrath to Hagen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Leipzig to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +352 50 55 62 63 10
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flibco
Bus from Maastricht Meerssenerweg 231 to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- Website
- Flibco
Bus from Maastricht Meerssenerweg 231 to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- Website
- Flibco
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Maastricht to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Maastricht to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- [email protected]
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Köln Hbf to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Phone
- +359 2 981 58 56
- [email protected]
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–29
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
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Booking & Getting There
Maastricht to Bulgaria bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Frankfurt central train station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Maastricht. It is currently 1:49 PM in Maastricht and 2:49 PM in Bulgaria.
Maastricht to Bulgaria train services, operated by Belgian Railways (NMBS/SNCB), arrive at Aachen Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Maastricht to Bulgaria is 1962 km. It takes approximately 17h 27m to drive from Maastricht to Bulgaria.
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