There are 11 ways to get from Inverness to Sofia by plane, train, bus, night train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport
best- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane INV - SOF
8h 58m$86–332Train, bus, night train
- Take the train from Inverness to Haymarkettrain
- Take the train from Haymarket to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsanighttrain
- Take the train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia Severtrain 461 / ...
39h 40m$239–464Train, night train
- Take the train from Inverness to King's Crosstrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsanighttrain
- Take the train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia Severtrain 461 / ...
2d 5h$695–1,224Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Inverness to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Sofiacar
31h 32mTrain to Aberdeen Airport, fly
- Take the train from Inverness to Aberdeentrain
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ABZ - SOF
11h 58m$154–402Train, train to Glasgow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the train from Perth to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane GLA - SOF
12h 6m$140–434Train, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly
- Take the train from Inverness to Perthtrain
- Take the bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airportbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane EDI - SOF
10h 25m$105–346Bus
- Take the bus from Inverness Union Street to Buchanan Bus Stnbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Newhall Stbus
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofiabus
2d 3h$188–371Train, bus
- Take the train from Inverness to Finsbury Parktrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Munich to Sofiabus
2d 11h$375–574Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverleytrain
- Take the train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nordbusferry
- Take the train from Craiova to Vidintrain
- Take the train from Vidin to Sofia Severtrain
2d 16h$250–603Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Inverness to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Sofiacar
32h 44m$604–908
Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Inverness to Sofia is to train and bus and fly which costs $100 - $350 and takes 10h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Inverness to Sofia is to fly which takes 8h 58m and costs $85 - $340.
No, there is no direct bus from Inverness to Sofia. However, there are services departing from Inverness Union Street and arriving at Sofia via Buchanan Bus Station, Birmingham and Praha, ÚAN Florenc. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 3h.
No, there is no direct train from Inverness to Sofia. However, there are services departing from Inverness and arriving at Sofia Sever via London St Pancras Intl, Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Hbf, Bucharest and Gorna Oryahovitsa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 5h.
The distance between Inverness and Sofia is 2556 km.
The best way to get from Inverness to Sofia without a car is to train and bus and night train which takes 39h 40m and costs $230 - $470.
It takes approximately 8h 58m to get from Inverness to Sofia, including transfers.
Inverness to Sofia bus services, operated by Ember, depart from Inverness Union Street station.
Inverness to Sofia train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), depart from Inverness station.
The best way to get from Inverness to Sofia is to fly which takes 8h 58m and costs $85 - $340. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $180 - $380 and takes 2 days 3h.
What companies run services between Inverness, Scotland and Sofia, Bulgaria?
KLM, Bulgaria Air, and three other airlines fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Sofia Airport (SOF) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Inverness Union Street to Sofia via Buchanan Bus Station, Newhall St, Birmingham, and Praha, ÚAN Florenc in around 2d 3h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Sofia Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sofia Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sofia Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $80–280
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sofia Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–290
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sofia Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–240
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–170
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–480
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–450
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–370
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sofia Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–480
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sofia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Sofia Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $110–320
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Sofia Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–320
- Phone
- +44 344 811 0141
- Website
- scotrail.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Aberdeen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Perth to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Website
- https://www.scotrail.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 722 5333
- customers@lner.co.uk
- Website
- lner.co.uk
Train from Inverness to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to King's Cross
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $220–340
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.lner.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Haymarket to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Edinburgh Waverley to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $6–11
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $6–10
- 1st Class
- $9–11
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia Sever
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $9–13
- 1st Class
- $12–15
Train from Vidin to Sofia Sever
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–14
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $8–12
- 1st Class
- $11–14
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia Sever
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–30
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Craiova to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–180
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $130–180
- Couchette Carriage
- $100–130
- Seating Carriage
- $70–90
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $250–460
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Inverness to Perth
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Inverness to Finsbury Park
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $150–240
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
Train from Inverness to Edinburgh Waverley
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- ride@ember.to
- Website
- ember.to
Bus from Perth station to Edinburgh Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Bus from Inverness Union Street to Buchanan Bus Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://www.ember.to/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75–190
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Munich to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $80–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–23
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–18
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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More Questions & Answers
Inverness to Sofia bus services, operated by Ember, arrive at Buchanan Bus Stn station.
Sofia is 2h ahead of Inverness. It is currently 9:32 PM in Inverness and 11:32 PM in Sofia.
Inverness to Sofia train services, operated by London North Eastern Railway Limited (LNER), arrive at King's Cross station.
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