There are 10 ways to get from Leipzig to Sofia by plane, bus, car, train, or car train
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Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport
best- Fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)LEJ - SOF
9h 21m$139–453Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Leipzig Goethestraße to Sofia Serdica Bus StationRacic Eurobus
21h 30m$65–100Drive 1,479.6 km
- Drive from Leipzig to Sofia1,479.6 km
15h 12m$244–352Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Sofia Airport (SOF)BER - SOF
6h 41m$80–324Train to Dresden Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Fly from Dresden Airport (DRS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)DRS - SOF
9h 47m$139–434Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)FRA - SOF
8h 36m$143–371Train, bus to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Take the bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)PRG - SOF
9h 43m$101–269Train to Nuremberg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)NUE - SOF
7h 14m$117–372Train, bus
- Take the train from Leipzig Hbf to Chemnitz HbfRe
- Take the bus from Chemnitz Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus StationCitylines 17
24h 38m$113–155Drive, car train
- Drive from Leipzig to Fulda
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Sofia
16h 37m$346–1,297
Leipzig to Sofia by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Leipzig to Sofia is to bus which costs $65 - $100 and takes 21h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Leipzig to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 6h 41m and costs $80 - $330.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Leipzig Goethestraße and arriving at Sofia Serdica Bus Station station. Services depart three times a week, and operate Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. The journey takes approximately 21h 30m.
The distance between Leipzig and Sofia is 1321 km. The road distance is 1479.6 km.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Sofia without a car is to bus which takes 21h 30m and costs $65 - $100.
It takes approximately 9h 21m to get from Leipzig to Sofia, including transfers.
Leipzig to Sofia bus services, operated by Racic Eurobus, depart from Leipzig Goethestraße station.
The best way to get from Leipzig to Sofia is to fly which takes 9h 21m and costs $130 - $460. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $65 - $100 and takes 21h 30m.
Leipzig to Sofia bus services, operated by Racic Eurobus, arrive at Sofia Serdica Bus Station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Leipzig. It is currently 6:18 AM in Leipzig and 7:18 AM in Sofia.
What companies run services between Leipzig, Germany and Sofia, Bulgaria?
Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa, and four other airlines fly from Leipzig-Halle Airport (LEJ) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 5 times a day. Alternatively, Racic Eurobus operates a bus from Leipzig Goethestraße to Sofia Serdica Bus Station 3 times a week. Tickets cost $90–120 and the journey takes 21h 30m. Union Ivkoni also services this route once a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–500
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–360
Flights from Dresden Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–220
Flights from Dresden Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–220
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–220
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–220
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–250
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–280
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–360
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–310
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–370
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–180
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–160
Flights from Dresden Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–190
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–160
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–320
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $260–750
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Leipzig-Halle Airport to Sofia Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–390
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $35–140
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–19
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Chemnitz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
Train from Leipzig Hbf to Chemnitz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- mitteldeutsche-regiobahn.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–950
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $460–510
- Car Compartment
- $800–950
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Leipzig Goethestraße to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Leipzig Goethestraße to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Dresden central station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–16
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Chemnitz Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $95–130
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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