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Varna to Bucharest

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Varna to Bucharest. From £51.68, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

One passenger pays £51.68, every fee included. Services cover 359 km and are run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 6 October 2026Priced for 27 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

Every operator we hold on this corridor starts at £51.68, so there is no spread to show.

Typical fares · Priced for 27 October 2026

£51.68

  • 110%Moves across the booking window

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about £76.95Wed7
  2. about £105.76Thu8
  3. about £92.62Fri9
  4. about £66.34Sat10
  5. about £76.95Sun11
  6. about £71.39Mon12
  7. about £58.25Tue13
  8. about £57.74Wed14
  9. about £71.90Thu15
  10. about £58.25Fri16
  11. about £69.87Sat17
  12. about £55.22Sun18
  13. about £58.75Mon19
  14. about £55.22Tue20
  15. about £56.74Wed21
  16. about £64.82Thu22
  17. about £60.78Fri23
  18. about £54.20Sat24
  19. about £59.77Sun25
  20. about £57.23Mon26
  21. about £51.68Tue27

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Bucharest. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

A hotel room

A room in Bucharest for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Bucuresti Nord and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Varna to Bucharest

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. £44.1090 days
  2. £63.8160 days
  3. £55.2245 days
  4. £49.1630 days
  5. £51.6821 days
  6. £55.2214 days
  7. £58.257 days
  8. £92.623 days
  9. £76.951 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 90 days ahead, at £44.10.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 110 percent. The dearest point is £92.62, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 90 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
£92.62£44.10137142130456090

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 90 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Varna to Bucharest and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

359 km

198 km as the crow flies, 81% further by the route services take. The bearing runs north-west.

Who lives at each end

318,737 → 1,877,155

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

The route

RomaniaBulgariaBlack SeaSofiaSofiaConstanțaConstanțaCraiovaCraiovaBurgasBurgasPloieştiPloieştiPiteştiPiteştiStara ZagoraStara ZagoraRousseRousseBuzăuBuzăuRâmnicu VâlceaRâmnicu VâlceaPlevenPlevenDrobeta-Turnu SeverinDrobeta-Turnu SeverinTârgu JiuTârgu JiuShumenShumenTulceaTulceaSlatinaSlatinaVarnaVarnaBucharestBucharestMap data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)Map data: Natural Earth, GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
The journey

What the journey looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
0% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 100% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 359 km against 198 km in a straight line, a detour of 81 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Constanţa. The gap between arriving and leaving is 80 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 12 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

Bucharest is large, and the road in from OTP can take longer than the last hour of the flight. Cars are not our business.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Bucharest

Settled in advance, so the ride into Bucharest costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

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Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Bucuresti Nord

Most of the points near Bucuresti Nord open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Varna to Bucharest

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Varna to Bucharest?

Varna to Bucharest covers 359 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Varna to Bucharest?

The cheapest fare from Varna to Bucharest is £51.68, as of 6 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £59.77. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Varna to Bucharest?

The cheapest way from Varna to Bucharest is by flight, at £51.68 for one passenger on 27 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Varna to Bucharest?

Fares from Varna to Bucharest bottom out around 90 days before departure, at £44.10. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 110 percent, measured on 6 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Varna to Bucharest?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Varna to Bucharest, at £55.22. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 6 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Varna to Bucharest?

November is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Varna to Bucharest, at £46.62 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Varna to Bucharest?

2 operators sell services from Varna to Bucharest across 1 mode: CFR Călători, Turkish Airlines. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Varna to Bucharest?

0 percent of the services we sell from Varna to Bucharest are direct. The rest connect at Constanţa, with about 80 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Varna to Bucharest use?

Services from Varna to Bucharest by flight leave from Varna Airport VAR and arrive at Bucuresti Nord. Allow about 1h 57m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Varna to Bucharest?

1 of the 2 operators we sell from Varna to Bucharest allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record names this operator on this pair, carried through unchanged.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Bucharest is somebody else's catalogue.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Bucharest and across Romania

Day trips that leave Bucharest in the morning and cover a good part of Romania by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Varna reaches 17 places in 10 countries on services we hold, over distances from 87 to 2,315 km. Bucharest reaches 46 places in 9 countries, from 58 to 1,715 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Varna

  • 17Places you can leave for
  • 10Countries
  • 10Operators

Arriving in Bucharest

Leaving Bucharest

  • 46Places you can leave for
  • 9Countries
  • 17Operators

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