There are 9 ways to get from Linz to Bulgaria by train, plane, bus, 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.
Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
best- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane VIE - SOF
6h$74–218Bus
- Take the bus from Linz to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Stationbus
16h 30m$124Drive 1,129.3 km
- Drive from Linz to Sofiacar 1,129.3 km
12h 18m$213–307Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Burgas Airport
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane VIE - BOJ
5h 54m$104–370Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Varna Airport
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane VIE - VAR
6h 32m$193–417Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane PRG - SOF
9h 3m$87–288Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MUC - SOF
8h 22m$146–389Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane VIE - OTP
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
8h 20m$87–213Bus via Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Citylines 28 / ...
20h 7m$75–189
Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Linz to Bulgaria is to train and fly which costs $70 - $220 and takes 6h.
The fastest way to get from Linz to Bulgaria is to train and fly which takes 5h 54m and costs $100 - $370.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Linz and arriving at Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station station. Services depart twice a week, and operate Friday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 16h 30m.
The distance between Linz and Bulgaria is 1025 km. The road distance is 1129.3 km.
The best way to get from Linz to Bulgaria without a car is to bus which takes 16h 30m and costs $124.
It takes approximately 6h to get from Linz to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Linz to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Air Kona, depart from Linz station.
Linz to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Air Kona, arrive at Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Linz. It is currently 11:14 PM in Linz and 12:14 AM in Bulgaria.
Yes, the driving distance between Linz to Bulgaria is 1129 km. It takes approximately 12h 18m to drive from Linz to Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Linz, Austria and Bulgaria?
Air Kona operates a bus from Linz to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station twice a week. Tickets cost $124 and the journey takes 16h 30m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–160
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–500
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–240
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–140
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–240
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–140
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–320
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–130
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–130
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–380
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- $35–55
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- $45–75
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- $45–70
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–80
- 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
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–18
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- tickets@airkona.com
- Website
- airkona.com
Bus from Linz to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $124
- Website
- https://airkona.com/
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–100
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- operations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $130–190
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $95–150
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
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