There are 11 ways to get from Como to Sofia by train, bus, plane, 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, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BGY - SOF
6h 33m$59–269Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Como Lago to Saronnotrain
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MXP - SOF
6h 10m$58–200Train, bus via Verona
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain Ec
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuovatrain Fr
- Take the bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Sofiabus
21h 30m$156–256Drive 1,403.9 km
- Drive from Como to Sofiacar 1,403.9 km
13h 40m$254–367Fly from Milan Linate Airport
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LIN - SOF
8h 41m$98–281Train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ZRH - SOF
7h 54m$171–342Train, train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane TRN - SOF
7h 35m$103–299Train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BLQ - SOF
7h 20m$114–382Train, bus
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain Re 80 / ...
- Take the bus from Milano, Stazione Centrale to Sofiabus
22h 41m$113–114Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Centraletrain Re 80 / ...
- Take the bus from Stazione Centrale - Piazza Duca d'Aosta to Sofiabus
23h 11m$135–176Bus
- Take the bus from Como to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus N1308 / ...
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus Union Ivkoni - Unibus 3602 / ...
23h 45m$70–105
Como to Sofia by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Como to Sofia is to bus which costs $70 - $110 and takes 23h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Como to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 6h 10m and costs $55 - $200.
No, there is no direct bus from Como to Sofia. However, there are services departing from Como and arriving at Sofia Serdica Bus Stop via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 45m.
The distance between Como and Sofia is 1253 km. The road distance is 1403.9 km.
The best way to get from Como to Sofia without a car is to train and bus via Verona which takes 21h 30m and costs $150 - $260.
It takes approximately 6h 33m to get from Como to Sofia, including transfers.
Como to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Como station.
The best way to get from Como to Sofia is to fly which takes 8h 41m and costs $95 - $290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $70 - $110 and takes 23h 45m.
Como to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Como. It is currently 6:58 PM in Como and 7:58 PM in Sofia.
What companies run services between Como, Italy and Sofia, Bulgaria?
ITA Airways, Lufthansa, and five other airlines fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Como to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 23h 45m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $28–190
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $28–190
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–240
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $55–230
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–230
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $28–190
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $28–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–380
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–340
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–270
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–370
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–210
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–270
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–280
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–330
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–210
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–170
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $26–130
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–240
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–340
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–170
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Como S. Giovanni to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–160
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–100
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $70–100
- 2nd Class
- $45–60
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Como Lago to Saronno
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Como S.Giovanni to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–70
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–20
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- $15–20
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $108
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Milano, Stazione Centrale to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $108
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Stazione Centrale - Piazza Duca d'Aosta to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Como to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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