Transport

Transport in Varna

Reaching the venue with public transport: Tickets are sold on the bus by a conductor who asks you for your destination. You may ask them to alert you when you approach your stop.

If you carry luggage with dimensions exceeding 60/40/40 cm you are obliged to buy an additional ticket for it, as well as for every extra piece of luggage.

Make sure you have some Bulgarian money for tickets. If you don’t, you will be charged in Euro the price in leva, although the conversion rate is Eu:Lv=1:2.

From Varna airport: take bus 409 and get off at the stop Balkan (Балкан), the ticket price is 1 leva; at Balkan transfer to bus 109 or 209b and get off at the stop Zora (Зора), the ticket price is 1.60 leva Here

From the train station: take bus 109 and get off at the stop Zora (Зора) , the ticket price is 3 leva Here

From the bus station: take bus 409 and get off at the stop Balkan (Балкан), the ticket price is 1 leva; at Balkan transfer to bus 109 or 209b and get off at the stop Zora (Зора), the ticket price is 1.60 leva Here

 

Map from the bus stop to the Hotel:

 

Transport in Sofia

From Sofia airport to the central bus and train stations: The price of a ticket for a single trip is 1 leva and it can be purchased from all ticket offices and ticket kiosks of “Sofia Urban Mobility Centre” EAD, from the newspaper kiosks and from other places marked with the sign “Public Transport Tickets and Passes”. Single trip tickets can be purchased also from the ticket vending machines installed in all trolleybuses and trams, as well as at Terminal 1 of Sofia Airport. The metro tickets are issued in the metro entrance halls by ticket vending machines or at the cash-desks and are validated at the turnstile card-reader. Validation should be accomplished within 30 min after ticket issuance.

If you carry luggage with dimensions exceeding 60/40/40 cm you are obliged to buy an additional ticket for it, as well as for every extra piece of luggage.

From Terminal 2: follow the signs to the exit towards the metro station. At Serdika station transfer to line 2 in direction Obelya. The second stop is the Central train station, take the exit to either the train or the bus station Here

From Terminal 1: take bus 84 and get off at the stop Hotel Pliska (Хотел Плиска); transfer to bus 213 or 305 and get off at the stop Central train station (Централна гара). Here

 

Transport from Sofia to Varna

From Sofia to Varna: By airplane: 50 minutes Bulgaria Air 

By bus: about 7 hours, one way ticket is ~32 leva; the websites in English of two of the companies are Biomet and Etap , alternatively there is also Union-Ivkoni 

By train: about 8 hours BDZ

 

Transport in Burgas

A single ticket costs 1 leva and can be bought from the conductor on the bus.

From Burgas airport to Burgas-South bus terminal – bus 15 (timetable)

 

Transport from Burgas to Varna

By bus: From Burgas-South bus terminal to Varna bus terminal (timetable); the price is ~14 leva; contact the Organisers if you need assistance