There are 12 ways to get from Rotterdam to Bulgaria by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Sofia Airport
best- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane AMS - SOF
6h 1m$140–334Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Eindhoven Centraaltrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane EIN - SOF
6h 56m$90–364Bus
- Take the bus from Rotterdam to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
28h 21mDrive 2,101.7 km
- Drive from Rotterdam to Sofiacar 2,101.7 km
19h 12m$434–626Train to Brussels Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BRU - SOF
6h 49m$104–285Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airporttrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane AMS - OTP
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
8h 6m$148–350Train, train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CRL - SOF
8h$95–372Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Burgas Airport
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraaltrain
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane DUS - BOJ
8h 33m$134–381Train, bus via Prague
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to Praha hl.n.train European Sleeper
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
30h 14m$209–381Train, bus
- Take the train from Rotterdam Blaak to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
38h 21m$182–424Bus via Rotterdam
- Take the bus from Rotterdam to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
39h 29m$151–400Drive, car train
- Drive from Rotterdam to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Sofiacar
23h 10m$404–570
Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Rotterdam to Bulgaria is to train and fly which costs $95 - $380 and takes 8h.
The fastest way to get from Rotterdam to Bulgaria is to train and fly which takes 6h 1m and costs $140 - $340.
No, there is no direct bus from Rotterdam to Bulgaria station. However, there are services departing from Rotterdam and arriving at Sofia Serdica Bus Station via Beograd, Autobuska stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 21m.
The distance between Rotterdam and Bulgaria is 1823 km. The road distance is 2101.7 km.
The best way to get from Rotterdam to Bulgaria without a car is to bus which takes 28h 21m and costs .
It takes approximately 6h 1m to get from Rotterdam to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Rotterdam to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Garo Reisen, depart from Rotterdam station.
Rotterdam to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Garo Reisen, arrive at Beograd, Autobuska stanica station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Rotterdam. It is currently 9:31 PM in Rotterdam and 10:31 PM in Bulgaria.
Yes, the driving distance between Rotterdam to Bulgaria is 2102 km. It takes approximately 19h 12m to drive from Rotterdam to Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Rotterdam, Netherlands and Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Rotterdam to Sofia Serdica Bus Station via Beograd, Autobuska stanica in around 28h 21m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–410
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–310
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Burgas Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–300
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–300
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–240
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–240
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–410
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–410
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–210
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $85–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $24–260
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $24–260
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $85–160
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–310
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–55
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–22
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Eindhoven Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Utrecht Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $7–15
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Rotterdam Blaak to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Venlo to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +31302035833
- [email protected]
- Website
- europeansleeper.eu
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to Praha hl.n.
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $150–290
- Website
- https://www.europeansleeper.eu/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +381 20 333 733
- [email protected]
- Website
- garo-reisen.rs
Bus from Rotterdam to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- garo-reisen.rs
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–290
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $26–45
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- [email protected]
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Rotterdam to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Phone
- +381 11 8728111
- [email protected]
- Website
- polazak.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://polazak.rs/ci/prevoznici/trans-jug
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