Bus schedule 409 Varna airport. Varna International Airport
Direct flight: 3 hours
Minimum travel time with 1 transfer 8 hours
Time difference with Moscow: +2 hours (if in Moscow it is 12:00, then in Varna it is 14:00)
Varna Airport (VAR)
international Airport is located 7 km from Varna. This is not a large airport, where you can find a fairly modest Duty Free, a bank hotel and an ATM, restaurants, a mother and child room and other services.
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Airport taxi in Varna
The official taxi in Varna is yellow. The parking lot is located in front of the Terminal. The cost of a trip from the airport to Varna will be about 12 levs (240 rubles), to the resorts of Bulgaria “Golden Sands”: 27 levs (540 rubles), “Albena”: 33 levs (660 rubles), “Balchik”: 45 levs (900 rubles ).
“Nessebar” and “Saint Vlas”: 75 leva (1500 rubles)
Airport bus routes in Varna
Bus number 409
Varna Airport - Mall Varna - Bus Station - Center ( Cathedral) - Golden Sands
The bus stop is located in front of Terminal 1. The ticket price ranges from 1 leva (20 rubles) to 3 leva (60 rubles) depending on the direction.
Varna Airport, located just 8 kilometers from the second largest city in Bulgaria on the Black Sea, is most convenient if you plan to relax in the resorts of the northern coast (Albena, Balchik, Golden Sands, St. Constantine and Helena, Kranevo, Riviera, Sunny Day) and in Varna itself.
Previously, before the global reconstruction carried out by the German management company Fraport, this airport was a rather pitiful sight - a small and cramped provincial airport, with eternal queues during the high summer season of tourists flying on charter for holidays to Bulgaria from different countries. However, after 2013, with the opening of the new modern Terminal 2, the situation improved significantly.
Varna Airport receives regular flights (Sofia, Moscow, Vienna, London and Istanbul) and charter flights from different countries (mainly in the summer). During the high tourist season, this is approximately 147 airlines connecting Varna with 160 cities in 58 countries.
There is free Wi-Fi in Terminal 2 of Varna Airport. In addition to the traditional Duty Free, in the departure area there is a Bulgarian souvenir shop and several coffee shops, as well as a McDonald's. There is also a VIP terminal at Varna Airport with a lounge and a view of the runway.
In the arrivals area of Varna Airport there are offices of the following car rental companies: Avis, Budget, Choice, Hertz, Europcar, Top, Sixt.
You can choose and rent a car for traveling around Bulgaria here:
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Public transport
Getting from Varna Airport to most of the seaside resorts on the northern coast is so easy and very cheap on city buses that if you are not burdened with large luggage, you can easily save on a taxi (although it is not expensive in Bulgaria) and go by public transport.
After leaving Terminal 2, you need to go right to Terminal 1, where there is a stop for regular city buses. Ticket prices range from 1 to 3 Bulgarian levs, buses run from 5:45 to 23:00 at intervals of approximately 15 minutes. The ticket is sold from the conductor.
To Golden Sands => bus number 409(Varna Airport – Varna Mall – Varna Bus Station – Center (Cathedral) – Golden Sands)
The rest of the resorts of the Bulgarian Riviera can be reached with a transfer in the center of Varna:
Saint Constantine and Helena => bus no. 8 (Varna – St. Constantine and Helena Resort – Varna)
Sunny day and Riviera => bus number 9(Varna – Evksinograd – Sunny day – Golden Sands – Riviera – Varna)
Bus number 109 goes on the route Varna - Evksinograd - Sunny Day - Golden Sands - Varna
However, with children and luggage, in order to get to/from Varna Airport to your hotel or apartment in just a few minutes, it is more convenient to order a taxi transfer online in advance ( Pros: large reliable company, international taxi service at local prices, you can order Additional services, for example, a child car seat; confirmation is sent to your email, and the driver waits at the exit from the arrivals area with a sign with your name written on it; there is no need to look for anyone and negotiate, since the amount is known in advance; full payment only upon arrival at destination)
Varna Airport is located on the Black Sea coast, 8 kilometers from the city center. Flight information, useful information for passengers, news is posted on the official website. Data is available in Bulgarian, Russian, German, English.
How to get to Varna Airport by public transport
In front of the 2nd terminal there is a stop where bus number 409 stops, going through the city center to Golden Sands. The road from the Cathedral (the center of Varna) to the airport will take 20-25 minutes. This bus stops at the following attractions:
- Archaeological Museum;
- dolphinarium;
- Botanical Garden;
- water park;
- "Grand Varna Mall".
On number 409 you can also get to the Varna bus station.
It is impossible to take a direct flight to the airport from the sea and railway stations. You should drive up to the points mentioned above, and from there transfer to bus number 409.
To Varna airport public transport runs from 05:00 to 23:00. The price of a bus ticket is 1 lev. You need to buy them from the conductor.
Car parking at Varna Airport
You can get to Varna Airport by your own car. The A2 road, connecting the cities of Varna and Shumen, leads to it. Parking is possible next to the building. One hour costs 2 leva, but 15 minutes of parking are free. For losing a ticket there is a fine of about 100 leva. The airport administration will help speed up the resolution of the parking issue if their passenger purchases the “VIP” package.
3 kilometers from the airport the company “Rent A Car” also offers parking places. Tourists and local residents can leave their vehicle for both long-term and short term. The parking lot has lighting, a high iron fence, a barrier, and 24/7 video surveillance. Before each driver’s visit, employees check the tires, fluid levels, and battery. In addition, clients are offered a free transfer to the airport. A week of keeping a car costs 25 euros, a year - 300. Today, Rent A Car offers clients the use of closed parking in a monolithic frame.
Taxi services to Varna airport
Varna taxis stand out from other cars by their yellow color and the presence of checkers. There is a counter installed in the salon. On the side of the glass vehicle The company's tariffs are attached:
- night;
- day;
- taxi delivery.
Taxi driver services are inexpensive. For 1 km, passengers will be asked to pay about 0.5-0.9 leva. An urgent call costs up to 1.5 leva.
Additional information about Varna Airport
The airport has 5 terminals: for arriving flights - 1.4, for departing flights - 2.3. The fifth is used during peak season. For visitors there are currency exchange points (near the arrivals, departures, baggage claim), bank branches, and ATMs. Free Wi-Fi is available in Terminal 2. A children's playground has been built for young passengers.
Companies "Avis", "Budget", "Europcar", "Sixt" and others offer tourists to rent a car.
Varna Airport provides VIP services that allow you to speed up check-in for a flight, reduce the time of baggage check-in, and wait for your plane in the best conditions - a special hall overlooking the runway, an open terrace. Passengers have access to television, drinks, food, and correspondence. The hall is equipped with air conditioning and separate toilets. You must apply for a VIP departure/arrival one day in advance.
Economy class travelers can use the comfortable waiting rooms only for an additional fee or by confirming their membership in any existing program.
Varna Airport (IATA code – VAR) is an air terminal used by tourists flying to Bulgaria by beach holiday. The distance from the airport to the city center is about 8 kilometers, to the Golden Sands resort - about twenty. As of 2016, the passenger traffic at the airport was 1.7 million people, so top-trips decided to devote a separate article to how to get from Varna airport to the city and to the main resort in Bulgaria.
Varna is the third airport in Bulgaria in terms of passenger traffic after Burgas. It includes three terminals. The main one is the colorful Terminal 2 - it serves the majority of regular flights. Terminal 1, built in the last century, is barely used, while Terminal 3 serves charter flights during the tourist season.
Colorful Terminal 2 serves most scheduled flights
Terminal 2 has everything travelers need: free WI-FI, cafes and restaurants, fast food, Duty Free shops and souvenir shops, as well as mother and child rooms, currency exchange offices and bank branches.
At the beginning of 2017, the airport served regular flights to 102 destinations, but this number tends to increase from year to year due to an increase in tourist flow to Bulgarian resorts.
Varna is the third busiest airport in Bulgaria
If you would like to be close to the airport during your stay, or in case of a late arrival or early departure, you can check into one of the hotels near the airport. A selection of accommodation near Varna Airport with a map, photos of rooms and guest reviews can be found at this link.
Cheap flights to Varna
The calendar below reflects the best prices for flights to Varna, found by users of the popular search engine Aviasales:
Please note that if you are planning a trip to the resort " Sunny Beach", then it is better to look for tickets before.
Airport map
The diagram below shows detailed diagram Varna Airport with all main areas:
Airport on the Map
Transport from the airport
There are several ways to get from Varna Airport to your hotel in the city or at the Resort: buses, taxis or rented cars.
Buses to the center and resorts
There are several departures from Varna Airport bus routes in different directions, this is the most economical way to travel.
The bus stop is located next to Terminal 2 (to the right of the exit). Every half hour - from 5:30 to 23:00 - bus No. 409 departs from here towards the city. The ticket can be purchased upon boarding.
The fare is 3 Bulgarian levs, which roughly corresponds to 1.5 euros (2017). The travel time to the Varna Cathedral will take no more than twenty minutes, and to the Golden Sands resort it will take about an hour.
Bus No. 409 from the airport to the city leaves every half hour - from 5:30 to 23:00
Bus route No. 409 runs through the city center to Golden Sands. If your hotel is located within Varna, you can get to the center (stop “Cathedral”) and transfer to the desired minibus or bus. You will also need to make a transfer if you plan to go not to Golden Sands, but to another resort.
Most common routes:
- Bus number 8: from the Cathedral to the resort of Saints Constantine and Helena. In this case you will need bus number 8;
- Buses No. 9 and No. 109: from the Cathedral to the resorts of Sunny Day, Golden Sands and Riviera. Also, bus number 9 is suitable for those who live near train station or intends to continue traveling by train. The railway station stop is called “Zh/P Gara”.
Taxi from Varna airport
By taxi from Varna Airport you can get to both the city and any resort in the surrounding area. This option is especially suitable for those who arrive in a large group, have large luggage with them, or go on vacation with children. It’s easy to find a car in a specialized parking lot near the Terminal or order it in advance for your arrival online.
You can order a taxi to Varna Airport in advance for your arrival online
The latter option is often preferable, since at the resort there are still frequent cases of driving in circles and “increasing tariffs” by taxi drivers. When traveling long distances - for example, from the airport to the Golden Sands resort - the “surcharge” can be quite significant.
When ordering online, the possibility of such fraud is eliminated. The service calculates the tariff in seconds, which is known to the traveler even before the actual completion of the order. In addition, at the booking stage, you can indicate the need for child seats or a car with a large trunk.
When ordering through the website, a meeting with a driver is most often planned when leaving the baggage claim area - you can easily identify your taxi driver among those meeting you by a sign with the names of passengers. Just in case, all details of the upcoming trip are also sent by email to both parties.
Ordering a transfer online is also convenient because it allows you not to worry about flight delays or rescheduling. The transfer service independently monitors the airport terminal board and sends the car on time.
Book a taxi online from Varna Airport to your hotel or calculate the current transfer costs depending on your destination.
Car rental at Varna airport
In the building of Terminal 2 of Varna Airport there are several large car rental companies, but renting a car on site - upon arrival - is usually more expensive than when ordering online. This is especially true for summer months, when the demand for cars increases sharply, and the most economical options turn out to be booked several months in advance.
Several large car rental stores are located in the building of Terminal No. 2
In addition, the traditional tricks of car rentals are not always obvious on the spot: shifting part of the price to insurance, obligations for additional equipment of the car, etc.
To protect yourself from these difficulties and save significant money, it is better to book a car through a large price comparison service - for example, Rentalcars, popular among Europeans. The system, which stores current data from hundreds of car rental companies, instantly evaluates thousands of offers in the surrounding area, forming a price rating for the desired dates.
In this case, all car rental conditions are based on general appearance, making it easy to compare offers and avoid hidden fees. In the vast majority of situations, this approach will significantly reduce costs.
You can carry out a test calculation of the conditions for renting a car from Varna Airport and view the current prices on this page.
Airport terminal video
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But in a dozen trips to Varna, I have never managed to change money at the bank. It's their day off. That's the turn. stand and wait to see if this bank will exchange the photocopy from your passport - there was no extra time.
In Varna, I also never had enough time and patience for this :)
But on the road from St.K and E to Varna there is a nice small shopping mall Piccadilly Park, my husband and I periodically visited there for alcohol, fruit, and all sorts of goodies. There is a Raiffeisen Bank on the second floor with a very good exchange rate. That's where we usually exchanged. If there’s a line, we’ll go downstairs, buy some wine and go back up to Raiffeisen :) Only this Raiffeisen didn’t manage to feed the photocopier of passports. As long as the driver's license was intact, they were satisfied with it :)
If you come from Varna, then it will be on the side in the direction of travel of the bus, that is, on the right, on the sea side. If you go from the resort to Varna, then the supermarket will be on the left as the bus moves.
Now what to ride.
U Irina Bai(many thanks to her!) This site recently had a great guide to the St.K. resort. and E. Out of some fear, this user is now blocked and this link has disappeared. I think that I still have all the saved bus routes on my home computer, I’ll definitely look in the evening and if I find it, I’ll send it to you in a PM or by mail, if you want (your address?, can I PM you).
In the meantime, from memory: from Varna Highway (do you know how to get there?) buses 109, 209, 409. From bus stop At the resort (very close to Estrea) there are 2 buses (8 and 31, it seems), but only one gets to the supermarket, the second turns right. Which one - let me tell you this evening, based on the saved materials.
How long to go: approximately 15 minutes, no more. If I find bus traffic diagrams at home, I can even calculate them by stops :)
Swordfish, on-site guide:
https://www.otzyv.ru/read.php?id=120860
Only it is from 2010, and some of the information is no longer relevant. And some links do not work, including those for buses.
I will copy here a piece with already corrected links:
Bus
The bus service to Varna is quite well developed, although the buses serving the routes are quite old, having already served someone well in Germany :)
In the center of the resort, near the Romance Hotel, there is a final stop for buses number 8 and 31A. Some buses on route number 8 are double-decker, like in London :)
Bus route 8:
KZ - 8th December - Macedonian House - Tsentar - Sevastopol - Akademiyata - Sports Hall - Akatsiite - Dolphinarium - Recreation and culture - Pochivka - Studentska - Raicho Daskalov - Trakata - Stamboliyski - Evksinovgrad - Marek - Brezite - St.St. Konstantin and Elena.
http://www.transtriumf.com/line.php?id=7 - schedule
http://www.transtriumf.com/content/000102_2.JPG - bus route 8 on the map (within Varna)
http://www.transtriumf.com/content/000106_2.JPG - bus route 8 on the map (within the St.Kie resort)
http://www.transtriumf.com/card.php?id=7 - fare
Bus route 31A:
ZhP Gara - Printing - Tsentar - Museum - pl. Connection - Chataldzha - Pametnika - Yavor - Sportsist - Stadium - Srednoshkolsk - Pochivka - Raiko Daskalov - Trakata - Evksinovgrad - Marek - Greedy and gladen - Zhreto - Avtobaza - Gribishcha - St.St. Konstantin and Elena- Center - Black Sea - House "Mike and Children".
http://www.transtriumf.com/line.php?id=53 - schedule
http://www.transtriumf.com/content/000103_2.JPG - bus route 31A on the map (within Varna)
http://www.transtriumf.com/content/000106_2.JPG - bus route 31A on the map (within the St.Kie resort)
http://www.transtriumf.com/card.php?id=38 - fare
Along the Varna Highway within the resort there are bus routes 9, 109, 209, 409, which go to Golden Sands.
Bus route 9:
ZhP Gara - Macedonian House - Center - Community - Academy - Sports Hall - Acacia - Dolphinarium - Recreation and culture - Pochivka - Studenska - Trakata - Al. Stamboliyski - Evsinovgrad - Marek - Brezite - St. Constantine and Helena (Mignor) - Slanchev den- Durven Bridge - Izgrev - Maystor Manol (Space) - Chaika - Garazhite - Perla - Tsiganski Tabor - Riviera (Republic).
http://www.gtvarna.com/timetable-184.html
Bus route 109:
ZhP Gara - Macedonian House - Center - Community - Academy - Sports Hall - Acacia - Dolphinarium - Recreation and culture - Pochivka - Studenska - Al. Stamboliyski - Evsinovgrad - St. Constantine and Helena (Marek) - Sunshine Day- General Zaimov - Writer - Horizon - Journalist - Armed Forces of Ukraine - Alen Mak - Maistor Manol (Space) - Chaika - Directorate - Zora - Kukeri - Panorama.
http://www.gtvarna.com/timetable-182.html - timetable and fare
Bus route 209:
Bl. 407 - Captain Petko - Khimik - Devnya - Murgash - Armeyska - TIS Sever - G. Georgiev - Khemus - Vazrazhdane - Gas Station - Pobeda - ViK - Spartak - KHEI - Dubrovnik - Mir - Asen Halachev - Military Hospital - Therapeutic Block - Sotira - Stadium - Srednoshkolskaya - Studentska - Trakata - Stamboliyski - Evksinograd - Marek - Brezite - Mignor- Strandzha - Darvenia Bridge - Izgrev - Maystor Manol - Chaika - Direction - Zora - Kukeri - Panorama.
http://www.transtriumf.com/line.php?id=41 - schedule
http://www.transtriumf.com/content/000170_2.jpg - bus route 209 on the map (within Varna)
http://www.transtriumf.com/content/000105_2.JPG - bus route 209 on the map (within the Golden Sands resort)
http://www.transtriumf.com/card.php?id=42 - fare
Bus route 409:
Sladkarsky workshop (Aksakovo) - Pazara - Tsentar - Poscha - DZS - Samoleta - Lozarska - Letishche - Elprom - VAMO - Borsata - Ivan Rilski - Avtogara - Trakia - Tsentar - Sevastopol - Akademiyata - Sports hall - Akatsiite - Dolphinarium - St. Nikola - Pochiwka - Studentska - Trakata - Stamboliyski - Evksinograd - Marek - Brezite - Mignor- Strandzha - General Zaimov - Writer - Horizon - Journalist - Ukrainian Armed Forces - Alen Mak - Majstor Manol - Chaika - Travel - Madara - Waterpark - Republic (Riviera).
http://www.transtriumf.com/line.php?id=43 - schedule
http://www.transtriumf.com/content/000059_2.JPG - bus route 409 on the map (within Varna)
http://www.transtriumf.com/content/000105_2.JPG - bus route 409 on the map (within the Golden Sands resort)
http://www.transtriumf.com/card.php?id=43 - fare
http://www.transtriumf.com/card.php?id=44 - fare
Route 409 is perhaps the most convenient: in one direction it takes you to the water park and the Riviera, and in the other - to all the most remarkable (in terms of leisure activities for the unpretentious tourist) points of Varna, such as: Sea Garden(Seaside Park) with an amusement park, dolphinarium, aquarium, etc.; Cathedral with starting from it pedestrian street with shops (there is also a market nearby); Vladislav Varnenchik Boulevard is the main shopping street of Varna, there is the Varna Mall, the airport, etc.
You need to get off at Piccadilly at the Pochivka stop:
https://maps.google.com/maps?q=&hl=ru&ie=UTF8&ll=43.216188,27.956024&spn=0.00065..."
(on the right is the stop from SvKiE, on the left is Piccadilly; to go to Piccadilly you need to walk a little forward from the stop)
/off, of course, but I ask the moderators not to delete it right away - let people copy it for themselves
The gypsies on the Varna buses have become completely insolent, the conductors are their guides:) Yesterday I didn’t let three girls rob my husband, and an almost empty 409. They got off at the next stop, showing me an indecent gesture:) And what hatred was in the eyes of the conductor the rest of the way to the Riviera.
Fekla Ivanovna
Thanks a lot! For some reason I couldn’t immediately find a link to this guide, I remember that the bus traffic diagram helped me a lot at one time.
I apologize for the OFF: do you know for what offenses such a respected member of society, Irina Bai, was blocked? At the same time, she and I lived on the same floor of the Palace :)