There are 11 ways to get from Plovdiv to Switzerland by train, plane, bus, night train, or car
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Train to Sofia Airport, fly to Zurich Airport
best- Take the train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shosetrain
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SOF - ZRH
7h 45mCHF 82–211Train to Sofia Airport, fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Take the train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shosetrain
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane SOF - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Luganotrain
9h 50mCHF 32–172Bus, train
- Take the bus from Plovdiv to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
25h 41mCHF 175–271Train, night train
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Dimitrovgradtrain Re / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Dimitrovgrad to Videlenighttrain
- Take the train from Videle to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Zuerich Hbtrain Rjx
33h 46mCHF 179–270Drive 1,691.4 km
- Drive from Plovdiv to Zurichcar 1,691.4 km
17h 46mCHF 283–408Train to Sofia Airport, fly to Basel
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shosetrain
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Basel (BSL)plane SOF - BSL
7h 41mCHF 35–208Train to Sofia Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shosetrain
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane SOF - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
9h 21mCHF 53–171Fly Plovdiv Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Plovdiv Airport (PDV) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane PDV - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Luganotrain
7h 5mCHF 120–492Train to Sofia Airport, fly to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, train
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shosetrain
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM)plane SOF - FMM
- Take the train from Memmingen, Bahnhof ZOB to St. Margrethen SGtrain
10h 1mCHF 48–259Bus via Munich
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Munich Hackerbrückebus Arda-Tur
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Stationbus FlixBus 183 / ...
30h 28mCHF 205–224Bus
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Sofiabus N1999
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Zurichbus
31h 48mCHF 114–161
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Zurich Airport (ZRH) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Plovdiv to Switzerland is to train and fly and bus which costs SFr 30 - SFr 180 and takes 9h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Plovdiv to Switzerland is to fly and train which takes 7h 5m and costs SFr 120 - SFr 500.
No, there is no direct bus from Plovdiv station to Switzerland station. However, there are services departing from Plovdiv Bus Station South and arriving at Zurich Bus Station via Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 28m.
No, there is no direct train from Plovdiv to Switzerland. However, there are services departing from Plovdiv and arriving at Zürich Stadelhofen via Dimitrovgrad, Videle, Budapest-Keleti and Zürich HB. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 46m.
The distance between Plovdiv and Switzerland is 1439 km. The road distance is 1691.4 km.
The best way to get from Plovdiv to Switzerland without a car is to bus and train which takes 25h 41m and costs SFr 170 - SFr 280.
It takes approximately 7h 45m to get from Plovdiv to Switzerland, including transfers.
Plovdiv to Switzerland bus services, operated by Arda Tur, depart from Plovdiv Bus Station South.
Plovdiv to Switzerland train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Plovdiv station.
Plovdiv to Switzerland bus services, operated by Arda Tur, arrive at Munich Hackerbrücke station.
What companies run services between Plovdiv, Bulgaria and Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Zürich Stadelhofen via Munich Hackerbrücke, Munich central bus station, Zurich Bus Station, and Zürich HB in around 30h 28m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–200
Flights from Plovdiv Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–480
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 21–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 95–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–370
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–400
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–300
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–200
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 28–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–340
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 110–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 85–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–310
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shose
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- CHF 2–3
- 1st Class
- CHF 2–4
Train from Plovdiv to Dimitrovgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 1–3
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- CHF 1–2
- 1st Class
- CHF 1–3
Night train from Dimitrovgrad to Videle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–20
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- CHF 4–7
- 1st Class
- CHF 5–7
Train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shose
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- CHF 2–3
- 1st Class
- CHF 2–4
Train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shose
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- CHF 2–3
- 1st Class
- CHF 2–4
Train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shose
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- CHF 2–3
- 1st Class
- CHF 2–4
Train from Plovdiv to Iskarsko Shose
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- CHF 2–3
- 1st Class
- CHF 2–4
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zuerich Hb
- *
- CHF 120–190
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Zuerich Hb
- *
- CHF 120–190
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Videle to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 53–57
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Centrale to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Memmingen, Bahnhof ZOB to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Plovdiv to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–80
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- [email protected]
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–21
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- [email protected]
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 10–13
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- Arda Tur
Bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Munich Hackerbrücke
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 189
- Website
- Arda Tur
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 23–35
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Plovdiv Bus Station South to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–18
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Munich central bus station to Zurich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–27
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- [email protected]
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–140
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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Switzerland is 1h behind Plovdiv. It is currently 5:47 AM in Plovdiv and 4:47 AM in Switzerland.
Plovdiv to Switzerland train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Dimitrovgrad station.
Yes, the driving distance between Plovdiv to Switzerland is 1691 km. It takes approximately 17h 46m to drive from Plovdiv to Switzerland.
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