There are 11 ways to get from Chios to Bulgaria by plane, ferry, bus, train, car ferry, car, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Varna Airport
best- Fly from Chios Airport (JKH) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane JKH - VAR
5h 35m$166–497Ferry, bus
cheapest- Take the ferry from Chios to Port of Cesmeferry
- Take the bus from Çeşme to Edirnebus
- Take the bus from Edirne to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
13h 16m$66–109Ferry, bus, train
- Take the ferry from Chios to Port of Cesmeferry
- Take the bus from Çeşme to Edirnebus
- Take the train from Kapikule to Sofiatrain
16h 13m$81–125Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Mesta Chios to Kavalacarferry
- Drive from Kavala to Sofiacar
16h 35m$267–655Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Chios Airport (JKH) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane JKH - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
5h 53m$246–557Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Chios Airport (JKH) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane JKH - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Serresbus
- Take the bus from Serres to Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
8h 28m$125–261Fly to Sofia Airport
- Fly from Chios Airport (JKH) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane JKH - SOF
3h 53m$157–328Fly to Kavala International Airport, bus
- Fly from Chios Airport (JKH) to Kavala International Airport (KVA)plane JKH - KVA
- Take the bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
14h 52m$163–496Fly to Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos, bus
- Fly from Chios Airport (JKH) to Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos (AXD)plane JKH - AXD
- Take the bus from Alexandroupoli to Serresbus
- Take the bus from Serres to Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
13h 1m$185–358Ferry, bus via Kavála
- Take the ferry from Chios to Kavalaferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
18h 11m$116–230Car ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Mesta Chios to Kavalacarferry
- Take the bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
20h 24m$239–610
Chios Airport (JKH) to Varna Airport (VAR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chios to Bulgaria is to ferry and bus which costs $65 - $110 and takes 13h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Chios to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 3h 53m and costs $150 - $330.
The distance between Chios and Bulgaria is 611 km.
The best way to get from Chios to Bulgaria without a car is to ferry and bus which takes 13h 16m and costs $65 - $110.
It takes approximately 5h 35m to get from Chios to Bulgaria, including transfers.
There are 2233+ hotels available in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Chios, Greece and Bulgaria?
Aegean Airlines, Wizz Air, and two other airlines fly from Chios Airport (JKH) to Varna Airport (VAR) once daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Chios Airport to Varna Airport via Athens, Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–390
Flights from Chios Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–370
Flights from Chios Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–190
Flights from Chios Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–210
Flights from Chios Airport to Sofia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–300
Flights from Chios Airport to Kavala International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–430
Flights from Chios Airport to Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–360
Flights from Chios Airport to Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos via Athens, Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–440
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Chios Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–210
Flights from Chios Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–210
Flights from Chios Airport to Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–280
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Chios Airport to Varna Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–360
Flights from Chios Airport to Varna Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $90–380
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Chios Airport to Varna Airport via Athens, Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–390
Flights from Chios Airport to Sofia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–300
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Chios Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chios Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Chios Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–190
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- cozum@tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Website
- tcdd.gov.tr
Train from Kapikule to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
- Phone
- 0 286 212 22 22
- info@truvaturizm.com
- Website
- truvaturizm.com
Bus from Çeşme to Edirne
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $32
- Schedules at
- truvaturizm.com
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- info@luksyonca.com.tr
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from Edirne to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Edirne to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $21–30
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +30 23210-22822
- ktelserres@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelserron.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Serres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Book at
- ktelserron.e-ticketing.gr
Bus from Serres to Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $11–15
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Book at
- ktelserron.e-ticketing.gr
Bus from Alexandroupoli to Serres
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $20–28
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Book at
- ktelserron.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Blagoevgrad Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Blagoevgrad Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- +90 533 739 00 00
- info@bodrumexpresslines.com
- Website
- bodrumexpresslines.com
Ferry from Chios to Port of Cesme
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.bodrumexpresslines.com/en
- Phone
- +30 694 415 6070
- info@makritravel.com
- Website
- makritravel.com
Ferry from Chios to Port of Cesme
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–50
- Website
- https://www.makritravel.com/
- Phone
- +90 252 316 22 22
- info@turkishsealines.com.tr
- Website
- turkishsealines.com.tr
Ferry from Chios to Port of Cesme
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- Website
- https://www.turkishsealines.com.tr/
- Phone
- +90 2327121808
- cesme@turyol.com
- Website
- turyolonline.com
Ferry from Chios to Port of Cesme
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–50
- Website
- https://www.turyolonline.com/en
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Mesta Chios to Kavala
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $200–550
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Ferry from Chios to Kavala
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–180
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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