There are 7 ways to get from Ulm to Varna by train, plane, bus, night train, or car
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 Stuttgart Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wendlingentrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane STR - VAR
6h 3m$193–571Train to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingen, Bahnhof ZOBtrain
- Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane FMM - VAR
5h 53m$111–1,236Train, bus via Bratislava
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 62 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Re
- Take the bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Varnabus
24h 29m$186–429Train, night train
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 62 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsanighttrain
- Take the train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Varnatrain Ic
31h 56m$349–675Drive 1,830.2 km
- Drive from Ulm to Varnacar 1,830.2 km
19h 3m$302–436Bus
- Take the bus from Ulm Long Distance Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Stationbus Citylines 64 / ...
32h 55m$130–180Train, bus
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Augsburg Hbftrain 11 / ...
- Take the bus from Augsburg to Varnabus
35h 3m$111–196
Ulm to Varna by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ulm to Varna is to bus which costs $130 - $180 and takes 32h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Ulm to Varna is to train and fly which takes 5h 53m and costs $110 - $1,300.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Ulm Long Distance Bus Station station and arriving at Varna Central Bus Station station. Services depart three times a week, and operate Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 32h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Ulm to Varna. However, there are services departing from Ulm Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Varna via Salzburg Hbf, Wien Hbf, Bucharest and Gorna Oryahovitsa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 56m.
The distance between Ulm and Varna is 1643 km. The road distance is 1830.2 km.
The best way to get from Ulm to Varna without a car is to train and bus via Bratislava which takes 24h 29m and costs $180 - $430.
It takes approximately 6h 3m to get from Ulm to Varna, including transfers.
Ulm to Varna bus services, operated by Citylines, depart from Ulm Long Distance Bus Station.
Ulm to Varna train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Ulm Hauptbahnhof station.
Ulm to Varna bus services, operated by Citylines, arrive at Varna Central Bus Station.
What companies run services between Ulm, Germany and Varna, Bulgaria?
Citylines operates a bus from Ulm Long Distance Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Station 3 times a week. Tickets cost $130–180 and the journey takes 32h 55m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–400
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–490
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wendlingen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingen, Bahnhof ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–45
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–130
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingen, Bahnhof ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–22
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- *
- $50–75
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- *
- $17–26
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- *
- $50–75
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–95
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–19
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–95
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–24
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $250–410
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $4–6
- 1st Class
- $4–6
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–21
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Augsburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–29
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Bratislava, Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Ulm Long Distance Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–180
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Augsburg to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
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Booking & Getting There
Varna is 1h ahead of Ulm. It is currently 3:19 AM in Ulm and 4:19 AM in Varna.
Ulm to Varna train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Salzburg Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ulm to Varna is 1830 km. It takes approximately 19h 3m to drive from Ulm to Varna.
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