There are 6 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$89–237Shuttle 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$78–673Bus
- Take the bus from Trieste to Sofiabus
15h 30m$103–104Drive 1,023 km
- Drive from Koper to Sofiacar 1,023 km
9h 24m$162–233Train, 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 36m$96–263Bus via Ljubljana
- Take the bus from Avtobusna postaja Koper to Avtobusna postaja Ljubljanabus Lucija Tpc - Portorož - Piran - Škofja Loka / ...
- Take the bus from Ljubljana to Sofiabus
16h 15m$139–185
Koper to Sofia by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Koper to Sofia is to bus which costs $102 - $104 and takes 15h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Koper to Sofia is to shuttle and fly which takes 7h 54m and costs $75 - $700.
No, there is no direct bus from Koper to Sofia. However, there are services departing from Koper Banka and arriving at Sofia 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 $102 - $104.
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 station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Koper. It is currently 12:11 PM in Koper and 1:11 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 twice a week. Tickets cost $101 and the journey takes 14h.
- 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
- $50–230
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
- $55–240
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- 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
- 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 Treviso Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–190
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–140
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–260
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–250
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–260
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–280
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–340
- 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 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- 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
- $21–40
- 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
- $17–40
- 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
- $21–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- 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
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Trieste to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $101
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Portorož to Treviso, Aeroporto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $32–480
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $32
- Private
- $179
- Phone
- +386 090 74 11
- info@arriva.si
- Website
- arriva.si
Bus from Avtobusna postaja Koper to Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–12
- Website
- https://arriva.si/en/
- Phone
- +386 2 530 16 00
- vozni.redi@apms.si
- Website
- apms.si
Bus from Avtobusna postaja Koper to Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- apms.si
- Phone
- +386 3 425 34 00
- marko.caks@izletnik.si
- Website
- nomago.si
Bus from Avtobusna postaja Koper to Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–16
- Schedules at
- nomago.si
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Ljubljana to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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