Plovdiv Transportation

Well, when you get on from a bus stop you just sit down. Then a man or a woman comes to you and let you pay the ticket and then they give it to you. Right now it cost 1 leva to travel all over Plovdiv, and if you shall change bus some where, you have to pay again. Try to have not to bills when you pay, more perfect is to use the left over coins.

I just discover a web site where you can find buses' routes in Plovdiv. It's not that good as in other countries but it's OK and you could find it useful in some ways. This is completely new for here and it made me happy.
And here you can download the bus map: http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uwarf/home/pic/Plovdiv.jpg

There are three bus stations in Plovdiv, servicing the North, South and East-West directions, with some exceptions. Their Bulgarian-language departure lists are here:

Plovdiv Yug (confusingly named South) station next to the train station services the East-West directions, such as Sofia, Stara Zagora, Burgas, etc.:

http://guide.plovdiv24.bg/270.html

Plovdiv Rodopi station, behind the train station services southern destinations in the Rhodopes:

http://guide.plovdiv24.bg/272.html

Plovdiv Sever (North) station, located here:

http://www.bgmaps.com/map.aspx?sid=64213c19605cf01233b0c09d1209e19f&tip=1

services destinations north of the city:

http://guide.plovdiv24.bg/271.html

Plovdiv airport opened its 2-d terminal in 2009. But unfortunately it is not used much. There is a regular line to Moscow and also it services different charters in wintertime because of the close location to the winter resorts.
The airport is located on 12 km south of the city on the route Plovdiv – Assenovgrad. You can go by taxi(around 15 EUR) and the other option is train or bus but the station is around 1 km far from the airport

Buses go to some north cities like Pleven, Ruse, Koprivshtitsa. It is a small station next to the other train station Filipovo.
It is located in the north part of the city
Here is a map of the station:
http://www.bgmaps.com/map.aspx?sid=f814a1cdad15a9a28ccb9a3185374c60&tip=1

The Central Bus Station in Plovdiv is called South. It is not big but there are many buses going to other cities and abroad. Several companies sell thickets. Also there are cafes and a restaurant. Luggage lockers cost 1lev per 24 hours.
It stands close to the train station on bul. Hristo Botev 47

The train station in Plovdiv is big and there are connections to the whole country. Unfortunately there is not much information in English but you can see the departures and arrivals on the screens. There is a luggage office, just inside the station left of the information desk. It is open 24 hours and the fee is 2Lv per item for 24 hours.

The station is just ten minutes’ walk south-west of the center on bul. Hristo Botev 42-44

The taxi in Plovdiv are much cheaper compared with those in Sofia, Varna and Burgas. The starting rate is 0.90 lv (0.45 EUR) and the rate per km is 0.65 lv for daytime and 0.75 for nighttime.All taxis are yellow and have stickers on the windscreen with the phone number, company name and rates in BGN. In case you catch a taxi from the street always look at the rates, especially in front of the railway station. There are drivers who don’t work with any companies and they can charge you too much although they’re also yellow and look like the others a lot. Some of the most popular are: Violet: 032/6160, Elma: 032/6665, VIP: 032/6103 and so on.