Plovdiv to Bratislava bus

Buses from Plovdiv to Bratislava start at €47.48 and take 12h 48m at their fastest.

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The Buses from Plovdiv to Bratislava starts at €47.48 and takes 12h 48m door to door, run by 1 operator over 896 km, with around 6 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 60 days before departure.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 28, 2026One passenger, all fees included

  • 12h 48mDoor to door
  • 12h 4mMoving
  • €47.48From
  • 24.2 kgCO2
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 28, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€40.33
  1. FlixBus FB914406:5013h 15m20:05Plovdiv YugBratislava Mlynske Nivy

Door to door 13h 59mCO2 24.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee

Carriers

Bus operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
FlixBus€40.3312h 23m72 km/hChangeablePower outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi
  • FlixBus

The bus gets you into Bratislava. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

Where to stay in Bratislava

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Plovdiv to Bratislava

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

  1. €41.9890 days
  2. €39.7860 days
  3. €40.3345 days
  4. €40.8830 days
  5. €42.5321 days
  6. €63.9814 days
  7. €72.787 days
  8. €93.133 days
  9. €136.581 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €39.78.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 243 percent. The most expensive point is €136.58, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €67.28Sun
  2. €47.48Mon
  3. €53.53Tue
  4. €63.98Wed
  5. €62.33Thu
  6. €75.53Fri
  7. €68.38Sat
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Plovdiv

Bus
  • Plovdiv Yug
  • Автогара Юг

Bratislava

Bus
  • Bratislava Mlynske Nivy
  • Bratislava Central Bus Station
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

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

Direct or connecting
43% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 57% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 896 km against 896 km in a straight line, a detour of 1 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Timişoara, Budapest XI. kerület, Belgrade, Szeged. The gap between arriving and leaving is 48 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Plovdiv at 06:50 and the last at 14:08, across 6 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
The alternatives

Buses against the other ways to make this journey

The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight4h 46m1h 36m3h 10m€110.47226.8 kg1
Coach12h 48m12h 4m44m€47.4824.2 kg6

Questions about Plovdiv to Bratislava

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 the Coach from Plovdiv to Bratislava take?

The Coach from Plovdiv to Bratislava takes 12h 48m door to door, of which 12h 4m is spent moving. The route runs 896 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.

How much does the Coach from Plovdiv to Bratislava cost?

The Coach from Plovdiv to Bratislava starts at €47.48 for one passenger, checked on September 28, 2026. A typical fare is €52.43. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.

Who runs the Coach from Plovdiv to Bratislava?

1 operators run the Coach from Plovdiv to Bratislava: FlixBus. Between them they file around 6 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.

Which terminal does the Coach from Plovdiv to Bratislava use?

The Coach from Plovdiv to Bratislava leaves from Plovdiv Yug and arrives at Bratislava Mlynske Nivy. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.

Is the Coach the best way from Plovdiv to Bratislava?

Traveling from Plovdiv to Bratislava by Flight costs €110.47 and takes 4h 46m door to door, against 12h 48m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.

When should I book the Coach from Plovdiv to Bratislava?

Fares for the Coach from Plovdiv to Bratislava bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €39.78. The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time across the window is 243 percent, measured on September 28, 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.

How much CO2 does the Coach from Plovdiv to Bratislava produce?

The Coach from Plovdiv to Bratislava produces about 24.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 896 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometer. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveler, not for the vehicle.

What is provided on board the Coach from Plovdiv to Bratislava?

Operators on the Coach from Plovdiv to Bratislava publish Power outlets, Restrooms, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 12h 48m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.

Where these numbers come from

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Plovdiv to Bratislava on September 9, 2026: 896 km of route against 896 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €47.48, and 12h 48m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

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