Plymouth To Bulgaria
 

Planning To Drive To Bulgaria Want To Go By Ferry As Much As Possible What Ferrys Do I Get And From Where What Is The Nearest I Can Get To Sofia

You must be a ferry lover, big time!
OK. first ferry: Plymouth - Santander, second one: Marseille - Calvi, third one: Bastia - Livorno, fourth one: Ancona - Durres or Bari - Bar, Kotor or Dubrovnik.

All that messing about on ferries will take you days and days, and cost you a considerable amount.
The car journey from UK to Bulgaria is not too bad, and can be done in 3 days without too much hassle. It's about 1600 miles.
Get a night ferry with Norfolk Line, preferably on a friday night, from Dover to Dunkirk. The reason for going on a friday night is that you've then got all of saturday and sunday, reasonably quiet days, to get through Germany, where they sometimes have huge traffic jams.
The route we use is Ostende,Brussels,Koln,Frankfurt,Wurzburg,Regensbur g, Vienna. Motorway all the way and no tolls, as it is across Hungary too. Once you pass Vienna the traffic dies away and the journey becomes more pleasant.
If you cross the Danube via the car ferry at Calafat-Vidin, you are well placed for Sofia.
There are several motels along the route, charging about 40 euros per night.
The only bad bit is through Romania, where the roads are poor, but the scenery is interesting.
If I can be of any more help, for example routes through Romania, and overnight stopping places, contact me through our website.Camping Bulgaria at Sakar Hills
Cheers,
Martin T Jeffes
Sakar Hills Camping
Biser, Nr. Harmanli
Bulgaria.

Have to second the overland route. Ferries will cost and are not quick!

Dover to Dunkirk is an option to get across the channel, I recently did Harwich to Hook of Holland as thats an overnighter, not crazy expensive, and puts you nicely on your way to the likes of Czech and then Bulgaria.

We went from there to Leipzig and on to Prague, no tolls fees for motorbikes so all free! Hook of Holland to Leipzig was a comfortable if somewhat dull day on the motorways.

From there you could strike out to Bulgaria whichever you choose - its all good riding and you will see more, pay less and take less time to do it.