There are 10 ways to get from Avignon to Sofia by train, plane, bus, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgvtrain
- Fly from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport (LYS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LYS - SOF
5h 59m$122–383Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Avignon Centre to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseilletrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MRS - SOF
7h 47m$79–337Train, bus
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Lyon Part Dieutrain Tgv
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuovatrain Fr
- Take the bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
27h 20m$229–401Drive 1,867.5 km
- Drive from Avignon to Sofiacar 1,867.5 km
19h 39m$335–484Train, train to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Marseille St Charlestrain
- Take the train from Marseille-Saint-Charles to Nice-Saint-Augustintrain
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane NCE - SOF
8h 59m$131–436Train to Fréjorgues Airport, fly
- Take the train from Nimes Pont Du Gard to Montpellier Sud De Francetrain
- Fly from Fréjorgues Airport (MPL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MPL - SOF
11h 13m$152–363Train to Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport, fly
- Take the train from Avignon Centre to Nimestrain
- Fly from Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport (FNI) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FNI - SOF
13h 9m$292–490Train, bus via Ventimiglia
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Nice Villetrain Tgv
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Genova Brignoletrain Re
- Take the bus from Genoa to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
33h 16m$210–288Bus via Belgrade
- Take the bus from Avignon to Beogradbus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
34h 5m$172–419Bus
- Take the bus from Avignon - Le Pontet - Le Lac Stop to Grenoble - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Grenoble to Nisbus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
41h 34m$329–379
Avignon to Sofia by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Avignon to Sofia is to train and fly which costs $75 - $340 and takes 7h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Avignon to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 5h 59m and costs $120 - $390.
No, there is no direct bus from Avignon to Sofia station. However, there are services departing from Avignon and arriving at Sofia Serdica Bus Station via Savski most, Blok 28 and Beograd, Autobuska stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 5m.
The distance between Avignon and Sofia is 1723 km. The road distance is 1867.5 km.
The best way to get from Avignon to Sofia without a car is to train and bus which takes 27h 20m and costs $220 - $410.
It takes approximately 5h 59m to get from Avignon to Sofia, including transfers.
Avignon to Sofia bus services, operated by Lasta, depart from Avignon station.
Avignon to Sofia bus services, operated by Lasta, arrive at Beograd station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Avignon. It is currently 1:32 AM in Avignon and 2:32 AM in Sofia.
Yes, the driving distance between Avignon to Sofia is 1868 km. It takes approximately 19h 39m to drive from Avignon to Sofia.
What companies run services between Avignon, France and Sofia, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Avignon to Sofia Serdica Bus Station via Beograd, Savski most, Beogradska arena /španskih boraca/, Blok 28, Bulevar Crvene Armije, and Beograd, Autobuska stanica in around 34h 5m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Sofia Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–200
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $60–200
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $60–200
Flights from Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport to Sofia Airport via Marrakech
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Flights from Nîmes-Alès-Camargue-Cévennes Airport to Sofia Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–450
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–260
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–210
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–340
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Sofia Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–350
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–410
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lyon–Saint Exupéry Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–430
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–270
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Sofia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–850
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–270
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Fréjorgues Airport to Sofia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $140–650
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Avignon Centre to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Avignon Tgv to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Nimes Pont Du Gard to Montpellier Sud De France
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–21
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Avignon Centre to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lyon-Saint Exupery Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Avignon Tgv to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–22
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ventimiglia to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Avignon Tgv to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Nimes Pont Du Gard to Montpellier Sud De France
- Ave. Duration
- 19 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Avignon Tgv to Nice Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Avignon Tgv to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Nimes Pont Du Gard to Montpellier Sud De France
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $10–22
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- $65–95
- 2nd Class
- $40–60
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Avignon Centre to Vitrolles Aeroport Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–60
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Avignon Tgv to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–55
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Marseille-Saint-Charles to Nice-Saint-Augustin
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Avignon Centre to Nimes
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–29
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Avignon Tgv to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ventimiglia to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $106
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
Bus from Genoa to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $106
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Avignon to Beograd
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- operations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $26–45
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Avignon - Le Pontet - Le Lac Stop to Grenoble - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Avignon - Le Pontet - Le Lac Stop to Grenoble - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +41 76 480 13 51
- info@optoptravel.rs
- Website
- optoptravel.rs
Bus from Grenoble to Nis
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $290–310
- Schedules at
- optoptravel.rs
- Phone
- +359 2 981 58 56
- booking_matpu@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–29
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–29
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
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