There are 8 ways to get from Lecce to Bulgaria by car ferry, car, bus, busferry, plane, train, or shuttle
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$177–330Train to Lamezia Terme International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Lecce to Lamezia Terme C.train
- Fly from Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane SUF - SOF
9h 14m$56–331Leonetti Bus, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the bus from Lecce - Autostazione to Baribus
- Take the busferry from Bari Porto to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Sofiabus
18h 55mFly Brindisi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Fly from Brindisi Airport (BDS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BDS - SOF
9h 37m$72–273Bus 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 9mFly 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$176–552Train, bus, bus to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Lecce to Bari Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Bari to Altamurabus
- Take the bus from Altamura Via Matera to Bari Airportbus
- Fly from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BRI - SOF
10h 35m$62–195
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 $60 - $200 and takes 10h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Lecce to Bulgaria is to fly and shuttle which takes 7h 33m and costs $170 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Lecce to Bulgaria. However, there are services departing from Lecce - Autostazione and arriving at Sofia via Bari Porto and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 55m.
The distance between Lecce and Bulgaria is 895 km.
The best way to get from Lecce to Bulgaria without a car is to Leonetti Bus and bus and ferry and bus which takes 18h 55m and costs .
It takes approximately 15h 2m to get from Lecce to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Lecce to Bulgaria bus services, operated by TTI Leonettibus SRL, depart from Lecce - Autostazione station.
Lecce to Bulgaria bus services, operated by TTI Leonettibus SRL, arrive at Bari station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Lecce. It is currently 3:27 PM in Lecce and 4:27 PM in Bulgaria.
There are 2111+ hotels available in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Lecce, Italy and Bulgaria?
Ryanair, ITA Airways, and four other airlines fly from Brindisi Airport (BDS) to Sofia Airport (SOF) once daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–260
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Sofia Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Friday
- 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 Lamezia Terme International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–220
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–180
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–280
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $35–110
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–290
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–450
- 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 Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lecce to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lecce to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–29
- 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
- $14–29
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39081/969167
- servizioclienti@leonettiroma.it
- Website
- leonettiroma.it
Bus from Lecce - Autostazione to Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Website
- https://www.leonettiroma.it/
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Bari Porto to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 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
- $54
- 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
- $30–40
- 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
- $26–40
- 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
- $19–30
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- traveling.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–35
- Schedules at
- facebook.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
- $120–290
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +39 080 5790211
- info@cotrap.it
- Website
- bari.airports.aeroportidipuglia.it
Bus from Bari to Altamura
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–12
- Schedules at
- bari.airports.aeroportidipuglia.it
- 2nd Class
- $9–12
- Phone
- +39 080 5790111
- info@cotrap.it
- Website
- cotrap.it
Bus from Altamura Via Matera to Bari Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7
- 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
- $50–130
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
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