There are 8 ways to get from Graz to Bulgaria by plane, bus, car, train, or shuttle
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Fly Graz Airport to Sofia Airport
best- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane GRZ - SOF
7h 31m$243–540Bus via Graz
cheapest- Take the bus from Graz to Sofiabus
17h 7m$101Bus
- Take the bus from Graz P&R Webling to Sofiabus N981
15h 52mDrive 968.7 km
- Drive from Graz to Sofiacar 968.7 km
9h 1m$183–264Fly Graz Airport to Varna Airport
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane GRZ - VAR
10h 17m$314–493Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane VIE - SOF
7h 25mShuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Graz - Hbf Busbahnhof to Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ZAG - SOF
7h 6m$265–719Bus via Niš
- Take the bus from Graz Hauptbahnhof to Nis Logorbus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
17h 15m$113–138
Graz Airport (GRZ) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Graz to Bulgaria is to bus via Graz which costs $101 and takes 17h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Graz to Bulgaria is to shuttle and fly which takes 7h 6m and costs $260 - $750.
The distance between Graz and Bulgaria is 814 km. The road distance is 968.7 km.
The best way to get from Graz to Bulgaria without a car is to bus which takes 15h 52m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 31m to get from Graz to Bulgaria, including transfers.
The best way to get from Graz to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 7h 31m and costs $240 - $550. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 15h 52m.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Graz. It is currently 2:15 PM in Graz and 3:15 PM in Bulgaria.
Yes, the driving distance between Graz to Bulgaria is 969 km. It takes approximately 9h 1m to drive from Graz to Bulgaria.
There are 328+ hotels available in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Graz, Austria and Bulgaria?
Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines, and Air Dolomiti fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Sofia Airport (SOF) every 4 hours. Alternatively, FlixBus-eu operates a bus from Graz P&R Webling to Sofia 5 times a week, and the journey takes 15h 45m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Graz Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Graz Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Graz Airport to Varna Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $240–800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Graz Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $190–750
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–130
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–200
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Varna Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Varna Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $300–900
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Varna Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
- Website
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Schedules at
- westbahn.at
- Website
- slo-zeleznice.si
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Graz P&R Webling to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Graz - Hbf Busbahnhof to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $200–500
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Private
- $327
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- tickets@airkona.com
- Website
- airkona.com
Bus from Graz to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $100
- Website
- https://airkona.com/
- Phone
- +381 637513988
- goran.prevozdoo@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Graz Hauptbahnhof to Nis Logor
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $95–110
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–29
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
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