There are 7 ways to get from Lecce to Bulgaria by car ferry, car, bus, busferry, plane, shuttle, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Car ferry, drive
best- Take the car ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Igoumenitsacarferry
- Drive from Port Of Igoumenitsa to Sofiacar
15h 2m$151–245Train, bus to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Lecce to Bari Centraletrain
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Altamuratrain
- Take the bus from Matera piazza Matteotti to Bari Airportbus
- Fly from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BRI - SOF
10h 54m$65–206Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Lecce to Bari Largo Sorrentinobus
- Take the busferry from Bari Porto to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Sofiabus
20h 4mFly Brindisi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Fly from Brindisi Airport (BDS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BDS - SOF
9h 17m$86–244Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Sofiabus
21h 59mBus and ferry, bus via Skopje
- Take the busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofiabus
23h 8mFly Brindisi Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Brindisi Airport (BDS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BDS - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
7h 33m$171–554
Brindisi Airport (BDS) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lecce to Bulgaria is to train and bus and fly which costs $65 - $210 and takes 10h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Lecce to Bulgaria is to fly and shuttle which takes 7h 33m and costs $170 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Lecce to Bulgaria. However, there are services departing from Lecce and arriving at Sofia via Bari Centrale, Bari Porto and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 4m.
The distance between Lecce and Bulgaria is 895 km.
The best way to get from Lecce to Bulgaria without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 20h 4m and costs .
It takes approximately 15h 2m to get from Lecce to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Lecce to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Elios Autoservizi, depart from Lecce station.
Lecce to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Elios Autoservizi, arrive at Bari Largo Sorrentino station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Lecce. It is currently 1:17 PM in Lecce and 2:17 PM in Bulgaria.
There are 2159+ hotels available in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Lecce, Italy and Bulgaria?
Ryanair, ITA Airways, and three other airlines fly from Brindisi Airport (BDS) to Sofia Airport (SOF) twice daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–260
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Sofia Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–250
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Sofia Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $65–250
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–150
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $55–260
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–300
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–460
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $35–250
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lecce to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lecce to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lecce to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bari Centrale to Altamura
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–5
- Website
- https://ferrovieappulolucane.it/en/
- Phone
- 0832.871016
- elios.trasporti@libero.it
- Website
- eliosautoservizi.com
Bus from Lecce to Bari Largo Sorrentino
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–24
- Schedules at
- eliosautoservizi.com
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Bari Porto to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Tirana to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $53
- Schedules at
- nelatours.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 234 8608
- info@dritatravel.com
- Website
- dritatravel.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- dritatravel.com
- Phone
- +38975468055
- Website
- idotours.com.mk
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–29
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–30
- Schedules at
- traveling.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
- +39 080 5790111
- info@cotrap.it
- Website
- cotrap.it
Bus from Matera piazza Matteotti to Bari Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Schedules at
- biglietteria.cotrap.it
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Car ferry from Porto di Brindisi to Port of Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24–45
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
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