There are 11 ways to get from Italy to Balkans by plane, shuttle, bus, train, ferry, 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.
Fly Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Sofia Airport, shuttle, bus
best- Fly from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BRI - SOF
- Take a shuttle bus from Sofia Airport to Niš
- Take the bus from Niteks to Zaječar, Autobuska Stanica Zaječar/Bulevar Dr Zorana Dindicabus
8h 12mTrain, ferry, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Roma Termini to Bari Centraletrain Fr / ...
- Take the ferry from Bari to Dubrovnikferry 54
- Take the bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Herceg Novi, Jova Bijelića 1bus
- Take the bus from Herceg Novi, Jova Bijelića 1 to Borbus
23h 14mRSD 24,387–38,205Train, bus
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Padovatrain
- Take the bus from Padova to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Šarbanovacbus
18h 53mDrive 1,490.3 km
- Drive from Rome to Balkanscar 1,490.3 km
14h 33mRSD 28,376–40,987Fly Fiumicino International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, bus
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)plane FCO - BEG
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Šarbanovacbus
9h 6mFly Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Sofia Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CTA - SOF
- Take a shuttle bus from Sofia Airport to Niš
- Take the bus from Niteks to Zaječar, Autobuska Stanica Zaječar/Bulevar Dr Zorana Dindicabus
10h 24mFly Naples Airport to Sofia Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Naples Airport (NAP) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane NAP - SOF
- Take a shuttle bus from Sofia Airport to Niš
- Take the bus from Niteks to Zaječar, Autobuska Stanica Zaječar/Bulevar Dr Zorana Dindicabus
10h 22mFly Fiumicino International Airport to Sofia Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FCO - SOF
- Take a shuttle bus from Sofia Airport to Niš
- Take the bus from Niteks to Zaječar, Autobuska Stanica Zaječar/Bulevar Dr Zorana Dindicabus
11h 4mFly Roma Ciampino Airport to Sofia Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CIA - SOF
- Take a shuttle bus from Sofia Airport to Niš
- Take the bus from Niteks to Zaječar, Autobuska Stanica Zaječar/Bulevar Dr Zorana Dindicabus
10h 52mBus
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus 510 / ...
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Šarbanovacbus
25h 6mBus via Kumanovo
- Take the bus from ROMA | Stazione Nomentana FS to RIETI | Piazza Cavour # f1068bus
- Take the bus from Rieti Station to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Šarbanovacbus
32h 20m
Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Italy to Balkans is to train and ferry and bus which costs RSD 24000 - RSD 39000 and takes 23h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Italy to Balkans is to drive which takes 14h 33m and costs RSD 28000 - RSD 41000.
No, there is no direct bus from Italy to Balkans. However, there are services departing from Termini and arriving at Šarbanovac via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina, Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station and Beograd, Autobuska stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 6m.
The distance between Italy and Balkans is 880 km. The road distance is 1490.3 km.
The best way to get from Italy to Balkans without a car is to train and bus which takes 18h 53m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 12m to get from Italy to Balkans, including transfers.
Italy to Balkans bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina station.
Italy to Balkans bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Italy to Balkans is 1490 km. It takes approximately 14h 33m to drive from Italy to Balkans.
There are 94+ hotels available in Balkans.
What companies run services between Italy and Balkans, Serbia?
You can take a bus from Termini to Balkans via Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina, Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station, Beograd, Autobuska stanica, and Šarbanovac in around 25h 6m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- RSD 4,700–21,000
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RSD 4,700–16,000
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Sofia Airport via Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RSD 4,700–16,000
Flights from Naples Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RSD 4,700–34,000
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RSD 5,000–26,000
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RSD 9,000–28,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RSD 1,900–19,000
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RSD 4,100–15,000
Flights from Naples Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- RSD 2,100–27,000
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RSD 2,000–17,000
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RSD 8,000–25,000
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- RSD 9,500–19,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- RSD 8,000–25,000
- Website
- interjet.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport via Podgorica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- RSD 10,000–26,000
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Roma Termini to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- RSD 6,500–11,000
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Roma Termini to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- RSD 7,500–13,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 6,000–11,000
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +381 63 456515
- kontakt@flix.rs
- Website
- Flix
Shuttle from Sofia Airport to Niš
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Website
- Flix
Shuttle from Sofia Airport to Niš
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Website
- Flix
Shuttle from Sofia Airport to Niš
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Website
- Flix
Shuttle from Sofia Airport to Niš
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Website
- Flix
Shuttle from Sofia Airport to Niš
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Website
- Flix
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
Bus from Niteks to Zaječar, Autobuska Stanica Zaječar/Bulevar Dr Zorana Dindica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 1,100–1,700
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
Bus from Niteks to Zaječar, Autobuska Stanica Zaječar/Bulevar Dr Zorana Dindica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 1,100–1,700
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
Bus from Niteks to Zaječar, Autobuska Stanica Zaječar/Bulevar Dr Zorana Dindica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 1,100–1,700
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
Bus from Niteks to Zaječar, Autobuska Stanica Zaječar/Bulevar Dr Zorana Dindica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 1,100–1,700
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
Bus from Niteks to Zaječar, Autobuska Stanica Zaječar/Bulevar Dr Zorana Dindica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 1,100–1,700
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
Bus from Kumanovo to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- RSD 1,800–2,700
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
- Phone
- + 381 31 510 060
- zlatanprevoz@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Padova to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- RSD 3,300–4,800
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +38130 444 760
- office@bortravel.net
- Website
- bortravel.net
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Šarbanovac
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- bortravel.net
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Šarbanovac
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- bortravel.net
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Šarbanovac
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- bortravel.net
- Phone
- +382 20 633 807
- bozur.cg@gmail.com
- Website
- bozur.net
Bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Herceg Novi, Jova Bijelića 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 2,300–2,800
- Schedules at
- bozur.net
- Phone
- +382 31 33 60 06
- office1@blueline-mne.com
- Website
- blueline-mne.com
Bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Herceg Novi, Jova Bijelića 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 2,657
- Schedules at
- blueline-mne.com
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- info@croatiabus.hr
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Herceg Novi, Jova Bijelića 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 1,400–2,100
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- Phone
- +381 (12) 538 400
- office@litas.rs
- Website
- litas.rs
Bus from Herceg Novi, Jova Bijelića 1 to Bor
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- RSD 4,073
- Schedules at
- polazak.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RSD 2,600–4,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 2,100–3,500
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 1,700–3,000
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +39 0972 24590
- booking@autolineemoretti.it
- Website
- autolineemoretti.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- RSD 2,300–2,600
- Schedules at
- autolineemoretti.it
- Phone
- +381 11 7620255
- office@fudeks.rs
- Website
- Fudeks
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- RSD 9,900–10,000
- Website
- Fudeks
- Phone
- 800 174 471
- Website
- Cotral S.p.A.
Bus from ROMA | Stazione Nomentana FS to RIETI | Piazza Cavour # f1068
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- RSD 500–650
- Schedules at
- Cotral S.p.A.
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- Hak Bus
Bus from Rieti Station to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- RSD 12,918
- Website
- Hak Bus
- Phone
- (389) 46 251-882
- info@galeb.mk
- Website
- galeb.mk
Bus from Kumanovo to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- RSD 1,500–2,300
- Schedules at
- galeb.mk
- Phone
- +381 19 542 888
- motoboemtrans@hotmail.com
- Website
- polazak.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Šarbanovac
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- polazak.rs
Rome2Rio's guide to Jadrolinija
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Bari to Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- RSD 11,000–16,000
- Website
- Jadrolinija
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