There are 7 ways to get from Koper to Sofia by bus, plane, car, shuttle, or train
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Bus to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly
best- Take the bus from Koper Banka to Trieste Airportbus
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane TRS - SOF
8h 18m$90–218Shuttle to Treviso Airport, fly
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Portorož to Treviso, Aeroporto
- Fly from Treviso Airport (TSF) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane TSF - SOF
7h 54m$83–663Bus
- Take the bus from Trieste to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
15h 30m$105–106Drive 1,023 km
- Drive from Koper to Sofiacar 1,023 km
9h 24m$162–233Bus, shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Koper to Ljubljana APbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ZAG - SOF
7h 12m$94–596Train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BLQ - SOF
8h 42m$92–243Bus via Ljubljana
- Take the bus from Koper to Ljubljana APbus Pr A22 8426 11 / ...
- Take the bus from Ljubljana bus station to Sofiabus N981
17h 39m$84–146
Koper to Sofia by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Koper to Sofia is to bus via Ljubljana which costs $80 - $150 and takes 17h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Koper to Sofia is to bus and shuttle and fly which takes 7h 12m and costs $90 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Koper to Sofia station. However, there are services departing from Koper Banka and arriving at Sofia Central Bus Station via Trieste. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 30m.
The distance between Koper and Sofia is 929 km. The road distance is 1023 km.
The best way to get from Koper to Sofia without a car is to bus which takes 15h 30m and costs $104 - $106.
It takes approximately 8h 18m to get from Koper to Sofia, including transfers.
Koper to Sofia bus services, operated by M&M Travel, depart from Trieste station.
Koper to Sofia bus services, operated by M&M Travel, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Koper. It is currently 9:39 PM in Koper and 10:39 PM in Sofia.
Yes, the driving distance between Koper to Sofia is 1023 km. It takes approximately 9h 24m to drive from Koper to Sofia.
What companies run services between Koper, Slovenia and Sofia, Bulgaria?
M&M Travel operates a bus from Trieste to Sofia Central Bus Station twice a week. Tickets cost $103 and the journey takes 14h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–200
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $45–190
Flights from Treviso Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–170
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–140
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–220
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–220
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–230
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–200
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $45–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–250
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–250
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–270
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–380
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Koper Banka to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Trieste to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $103
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +386 090 74 11
- info@arriva.si
- Website
- arriva.si
Bus from Koper to Ljubljana AP
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–13
- Website
- https://arriva.si/en/
- Phone
- +386 2 530 16 00
- vozni.redi@apms.si
- Website
- apms.si
Bus from Koper to Ljubljana AP
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–12
- Schedules at
- apms.si
- Phone
- +386 3 425 34 00
- marko.caks@izletnik.si
- Website
- nomago.si
Bus from Koper to Ljubljana AP
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–16
- Schedules at
- nomago.si
- Phone
- +386 40 121 900
- mamut.slovenija@gmail.com
- Website
- slovenija.eu.com
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $150–260
- Schedules at
- slovenija.eu.com
- 1 -3 persons
- $200
- 4-8 persons
- $258
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $38–370
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $38
- Private
- $176
Shuttle from Portorož to Treviso, Aeroporto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $32–450
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $32
- Private
- $182
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