There are 8 ways to get from Chur 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 Zurich Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Chur to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ZRH - SOF
6h 12m$136–342Train to Basel, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Chur to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BSL - SOF
7h 29m$55–376Train, bus via Bratislava
- Take the train from Sargans to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
23h 12m$155–247Drive 1,498.8 km
- Drive from Chur to Sofiacar 1,498.8 km
15h 21m$303–437Train, train to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly
- Take the train from Chur to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to Memmingen, Bahnhof ZOBtrain
- Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FMM - SOF
8h 10m$84–400Bus, train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Chur, Postautostation to Bellinzona, Stazionebus
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BGY - SOF
10h 7m$75–283Bus
- Take the bus from Chur train station to Munich central bus stationbus FlixBus N76 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Sofiabus N981
26h 5m$112–240Train, bus
- Take the train from Chur to St. Margrethen SGtrain Ir13
- Take the bus from St. Margarethen to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
28h 1m$153–207
Chur to Sofia by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Chur to Sofia is to bus and train and fly which costs $70 - $290 and takes 10h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Chur to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 6h 12m and costs $130 - $350.
No, there is no direct bus from Chur station to Sofia. However, there are services departing from Chur train station and arriving at Sofia via Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 5m.
The distance between Chur and Sofia is 1413 km. The road distance is 1498.8 km.
The best way to get from Chur to Sofia without a car is to train and bus via Bratislava which takes 23h 12m and costs $150 - $250.
It takes approximately 6h 12m to get from Chur to Sofia, including transfers.
Chur to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Chur train station.
Chur to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Chur. It is currently 4:03 PM in Chur and 5:03 PM in Sofia.
Yes, the driving distance between Chur to Sofia is 1499 km. It takes approximately 15h 21m to drive from Chur to Sofia.
What companies run services between Chur, Grisons, Switzerland and Sofia, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Chur train station to Sofia via Munich central bus station in around 26h 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–360
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $25–260
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $25–260
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–210
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $19–240
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $19–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–340
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–310
Train from Chur to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Chur to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Chur to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Chur to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
Train from Chur to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- Schweizerische Südostbahn AG
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- SBB GmbH
Train from Chur to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–24
- Schedules at
- SBB GmbH
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to Memmingen, Bahnhof ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–40
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to Memmingen, Bahnhof ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- Arverio Bayern GmbH
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Bratislava to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +41 (0)848 818 818
- info@postauto.ch
- Website
- PostAuto AG
Bus from Chur, Postautostation to Bellinzona, Stazione
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- PostAuto AG
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–26
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- ticket@orioshuttle.com
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–16
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Chur train station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Munich central bus station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–200
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Munich central bus station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- Arda Tur
Bus from Munich central bus station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $195
- Website
- Arda Tur
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from St. Margarethen to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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