There are 11 ways to get from Genoa to Bulgaria by plane, train, bus, car, or shuttle
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Fly Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Sofia Airport
best- Fly from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)GOA - SOF
7h 54m$114–265Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Sofia Airport (SOF)BGY - SOF
7h 25m$46–247Train, bus
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano CentraleIc
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia MestreFr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste CentraleRe
- Take the bus from Trieste to Sofia
22h 35m$150–304Drive 1,517.5 km
- Drive from Genoa to Sofia1,517.5 km
14h 13m$275–397Train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Lingotto
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)TRN - SOF
7h 57m$77–283Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)BGY - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
8h 46m$168–526Train, train to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Ventimiglia
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Saint-Laurent-du-Var
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)NCE - SOF
9h 13m$96–240Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)MXP - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
8h 58m$168–534Train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)BLQ - SOF
8h 14m$110–350Bus
- Take the bus from Genoa to Sofia
23h 58m$106Bus via Genoa Piazza Acquaverde
- Take the bus from Genoa Piazza Acquaverde to Sofia Serdica Bus StopUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3602 / ...
25h 7m$72–102
Genoa to Bulgaria by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Genoa to Bulgaria is to bus via Genoa Piazza Acquaverde which costs $70 - $110 and takes 25h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Genoa to Bulgaria is to train and bus and fly which takes 7h 25m and costs $45 - $250.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Genoa and arriving at Sofia. Services depart once a week, and operate Tuesday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 23h 58m.
The distance between Genoa and Bulgaria is 1214 km. The road distance is 1517.5 km.
The best way to get from Genoa to Bulgaria without a car is to train and bus which takes 22h 35m and costs $150 - $310.
It takes approximately 7h 54m to get from Genoa to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Genoa to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Yubim, depart from Genoa station.
The best way to get from Genoa to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 7h 54m and costs $110 - $270. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $106 and takes 23h 58m.
Genoa to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Yubim, arrive at Sofia station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Genoa. It is currently 8:12 PM in Genoa and 9:12 PM in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Genoa, Italy and Bulgaria?
ITA Airways, Bulgaria Air, and three other airlines fly from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) to Sofia Airport (SOF) twice daily. Alternatively, Yubim operates a bus from Genoa to Sofia 4 times a week. Tickets cost $130–170 and the journey takes 23h 58m. M&M Travel also services this route once a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–200
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $30–200
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $30–200
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $30–200
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $75–190
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–190
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–180
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–180
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $27–190
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $27–190
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–160
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–280
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–280
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–360
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–280
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
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–240
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $26–110
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–180
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–180
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–150
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–170
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–270
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–280
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $70–270
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–230
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Lingotto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Lingotto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–65
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Lingotto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–80
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $28–65
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–70
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $85–130
- 2nd Class
- $65–90
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Ventimiglia to Saint-Laurent-du-Var
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 02-72494949
- Website
- malpensaexpress.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18
- Website
- https://www.malpensaexpress.it/en/
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Trieste to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $102
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Genoa to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $106
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- 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 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
- $120–290
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Genoa to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Genoa Piazza Acquaverde to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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