There are 9 ways to get from Kos to Bulgaria by plane, ferry, bus, train, car ferry, shuttle, 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 to Sofia Airport
best- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane KGS - SOF
9h 8m$74–284Ferry, bus, train
cheapest- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to D-Marin Turgutreis Marinaferry
- Take the bus from Turgutreis Garaj to Bodrum Torba Otogarbus
- Take the bus from Bodrum Torba Otogar to Çerkezköybus
- Take the train from Çerkezköy to Sofiatrain
27h 44m$65–159Ferry, bus via İzmir
- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to D-Marin Turgutreis Marinaferry
- Take the bus from Turgutreis Garaj to Bodrum Torba Otogarbus
- Take the bus from Bodrum bus station to Izmir bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Izmir Otogar to Edirnebus
- Take the bus from Edirne to Sofiabus
17h 10m$74–98Car ferry, ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Kos to Agios Kirikoscarferry
- Take the ferry from Ag. Kirykos to Kavalaferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Sofiabus
28h 30m$131–258Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane KGS - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
8h 15m$233–633Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane KGS - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
10h 40m$91–343Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to D-Marin Turgutreis Marinaferry
- Take the bus from Turgutreis Garaj to Bodrum Torba Otogarbus
- Take the bus from Bodrum Torba Otogar to Edirnebus
- Take the bus from Edirne to Sofiabus
23h 15m$65–85Car ferry, ferry, bus via Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Take the car ferry from Port of Kos to Agios Kirikoscarferry
- Take the ferry from Ag. Kirykos to Kavalaferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
29h 46m$111–226Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Bodrumcarferry
- Drive from Port of Bodrum to Sofiacar
12h 51m$175–279
Kos (KGS) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kos to Bulgaria is to ferry and bus which costs $65 - $85 and takes 23h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Kos to Bulgaria is to fly and shuttle which takes 8h 15m and costs $230 - $650.
The distance between Kos and Bulgaria is 770 km.
The best way to get from Kos to Bulgaria without a car is to ferry and bus via İzmir which takes 17h 10m and costs $70 - $100.
It takes approximately 9h 8m to get from Kos to Bulgaria, including transfers.
There are 2100+ hotels available in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Kos, Greece and Bulgaria?
Aegean Airlines, Sky Express, and three other airlines fly from Kos (KGS) to Sofia Airport (SOF) twice daily.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Kos to Sofia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–320
Flights from Kos to Bucharest Otopeni via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–210
Flights from Kos to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–300
Flights from Kos to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–300
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Kos to Sofia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–280
Flights from Kos to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $90–270
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Kos to Bucharest Otopeni via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–340
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Kos to Sofia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Kos to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $90–340
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- cozum@tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Website
- tcdd.gov.tr
Train from Çerkezköy to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–79
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
- Double Room
- $44
- Single Room
- $79
- Four Person Room
- $39
- Phone
- 4444801
- info@muttas.com.tr
- Website
- ulasim.muttas.com.tr
Bus from Turgutreis Garaj to Bodrum Torba Otogar
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2
- Schedules at
- ulasim.muttas.com.tr
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- kamilkoc@kamilkoc.com.tr
- Website
- flixbus.com.tr
Bus from Bodrum bus station to Izmir bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 202 22 22
- iletisim@uludagturizm.com.tr
- Website
- balikesiruludag.com.tr
Bus from Bodrum bus station to Izmir bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- balikesiruludag.com.tr
- Phone
- 444 50 33
- bilgi@villaseyahat.com
- Website
- villaseyahat.com
Bus from Bodrum bus station to Izmir bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- villaseyahat.com
Bus from Bodrum Torba Otogar to Çerkezköy
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $36
- Schedules at
- villaseyahat.com
Bus from Bodrum Torba Otogar to Edirne
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $36
- Schedules at
- villaseyahat.com
- Phone
- 0(850) 309 22 16
- bilgi@istanbulkalesi.com.tr
- Website
- istanbulkalesi.com.tr
Bus from Bodrum bus station to Izmir bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- istanbulkalesi.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 811 5959
- website@kaleseyahat.com.tr
- Website
- kaleseyahat.com.tr
Bus from Bodrum bus station to Izmir bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- kaleseyahat.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 600 00 10
- info@efetur.com.tr
- Website
- efetur.com.tr
Bus from Bodrum bus station to Izmir bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- efetur.com.tr
- Phone
- 0(850) 244 33 33
- info@mersinnurturizm.com
- Website
- mersinnurturizm.com
Bus from Bodrum bus station to Izmir bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- mersinnurturizm.com
- Phone
- 0 286 212 22 22
- info@truvaturizm.com
- Website
- truvaturizm.com
Bus from Bodrum bus station to Izmir bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- truvaturizm.com
Bus from Izmir Otogar to Edirne
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 48m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $34
- Schedules at
- truvaturizm.com
Bus from Bodrum Torba Otogar to Çerkezköy
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $42
- Schedules at
- truvaturizm.com
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- info@luksyonca.com.tr
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from Edirne to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Edirne to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–16
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $13–16
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $19–26
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +90 533 739 00 00
- info@bodrumexpresslines.com
- Website
- bodrumexpresslines.com
Ferry from Port of Kos to D-Marin Turgutreis Marina
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–31
- Website
- https://www.bodrumexpresslines.com/en
- Website
- bodrumferryboat.com
Ferry from Port of Kos to D-Marin Turgutreis Marina
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–24
- Schedules at
- bodrumferibot.com
Car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–29
- Schedules at
- bodrumferibot.com
- Phone
- +30 22410 70590
- info@12ne.gr
- Website
- 12ne.gr
Car ferry from Port of Kos to Agios Kirikos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–55
- Website
- https://www.12ne.gr/en
Ferry from Ag. Kirykos to Kavala
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55–150
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- $55–85
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- $95–120
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- $95–120
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- $120–150
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