There are 10 ways to get from Hopa to Sofia by shuttle, plane, bus, car ferry, train, or car
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Shuttle to Rize–Artvin, fly
best- Take a shuttle bus from Hopa to Rize-Artvin Havalimanı
- Fly from Rize–Artvin (RZV) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane RZV - SOF
7h 58m$201–808Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Hopa to Istanbul Samandira Tesisbus
- Take the bus from Istanbul Samandira Tesis to Sofiabus
27h 55m$43–79Bus via Haskovo
- Take the bus from Hopa to Gebzebus
- Take the bus from Gebze to Haskovobus
- Take the bus from Haskovo Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
26h 21m$75–93Bus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Hopa to Batumi Centralbus
- Take the car ferry from Batumi to Burgascarferry
- Take the train from Vladimir Pavlov to Sofiatrain
2d 19h$254–296Drive 1,768.2 km
- Drive from Hopa to Sofiacar 1,768.2 km
20h 31m$279–403Bus to Batumi International Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Hopa to Batumi Centralbus
- Fly from Batumi International Airport (BUS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BUS - SOF
9h 13m$220–491Bus, shuttle to Trabzon Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Hopa to Derepazarıbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Derepazari to Trabzon Airport
- Fly from Trabzon Airport (TZX) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane TZX - SOF
10h 45m$74–398Bus to Erzurum Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Hopa Artvin to Erzurumbus
- Fly from Erzurum Airport (ERZ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ERZ - SOF
12h 5m$179–727Bus to Kars Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Hopa Artvin to Karsbus
- Fly from Kars Airport (KSY) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane KSY - SOF
17h 11m$237–922Bus #2
- Take the bus from Hopa bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus FlixBus KK5503
- Take the bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Citylines 19 / ...
32h 10m$63–79
Hopa to Sofia by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Hopa to Sofia is to bus which costs $60 - $80 and takes 32h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Hopa to Sofia is to shuttle and fly which takes 7h 58m and costs $200 - $850.
No, there is no direct bus from Hopa to Sofia station. However, there are services departing from Hopa and arriving at Sofia Central Bus Station via Gebze and Haskovo Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 21m.
The distance between Hopa and Sofia is 1526 km. The road distance is 1768.2 km.
The best way to get from Hopa to Sofia without a car is to bus via Haskovo which takes 26h 21m and costs $70 - $95.
It takes approximately 7h 58m to get from Hopa to Sofia, including transfers.
Hopa to Sofia bus services, operated by Kamil Koc, depart from Hopa bus station.
Hopa to Sofia bus services, operated by Kamil Koc, arrive at İstanbul Esenler bus station.
Yes, the driving distance between Hopa to Sofia is 1768 km. It takes approximately 20h 31m to drive from Hopa to Sofia.
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What companies run services between Hopa, Turkey and Sofia, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Hopa to Sofia Central Bus Station via Gebze and Haskovo Central Bus Station in around 26h 21m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Rize–Artvin to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
Flights from Batumi International Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–550
Flights from Trabzon Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Erzurum Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Kars Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- bluedartaviation.com
Flights from Batumi International Airport to Sofia Airport via Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–400
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Trabzon Airport to Sofia Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $70–380
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Vladimir Pavlov to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–21
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $12–18
- 1st Class
- $17–21
- Phone
- 444 0 487
- info@havas.net
- Website
- havas.net
Shuttle from Hopa to Rize-Artvin Havalimanı
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1–9
- Website
- https://havas.net/en
Shuttle from Derepazari to Trabzon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–7
- Website
- https://havas.net/en
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Hopa to Gebze
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–34
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $25–31
Bus from Hopa to Batumi Central
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $8–11
Bus from Hopa to Derepazarı
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $9–12
Bus from Hopa to Istanbul Samandira Tesis
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–34
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $26–31
Bus from Istanbul Samandira Tesis to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–43
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $17–21
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- info@luksyonca.com.tr
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from Gebze to Haskovo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $32
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- +359 2 989000
- support.eu@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Haskovo Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–27
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- info@bgrazpisanie.com
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Haskovo Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
- Phone
- +90 850 532 8888
- info@aliosmanulusoy.com
- Website
- aliosmanulusoy.com
Bus from Hopa to Derepazarı
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–4
- Schedules at
- aliosmanulusoy.com
Bus from Hopa Artvin to Erzurum
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $1–17
- Schedules at
- obilet.com
Bus from Hopa Artvin to Kars
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $1–16
- Schedules at
- obilet.com
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- kamilkoc@kamilkoc.com.tr
- Website
- flixbus.com.tr
Bus from Hopa bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.tr
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +90 212 658 00 61
- info@huntur.com.tr
- Website
- huntur.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Büyük Otogari to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–32
- Website
- https://www.huntur.com.tr/?l=EN
- Phone
- +359 56 871 628
- booking@portbulgariawest.com
- Website
- pbm.bg
Car ferry from Batumi to Burgas
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $230–260
- Website
- http://www.pbm.bg/
- Motorcycle
- $40–290
- Child ticket
- $90–120
- Adult passenger
- $230–260
- Personal Car
- $634–635
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