There are 10 ways to get from Linz to Bulgaria by train, plane, bus, car, or shuttle
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Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
best- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)VIE - SOF
6h 18m$59–230Bus via Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop
cheapest- Take the bus from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus StationCitylines 28 / ...
20h 7m$14–94Bus via Serdika
- Take the bus from Linz to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station
16h 45m$128Drive 1,129.3 km
- Drive from Linz to Sofia1,129.3 km
12h 11m$213–307Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)VIE - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
7h 30m$188–519Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Varna Airport
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Varna Airport (VAR)VIE - VAR
6h 47m$208–429Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sofia Airport (SOF)MUC - SOF
7h 59m$126–368Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)PRG - SOF
9h 5m$93–251Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)MUC - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
9h 15m$230–657Bus
- Take the bus from Linz Wissensturm to Sofia Serdica Bus StopUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3632 / ...
17h 45m$50–80
Linz to Bulgaria by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Linz to Bulgaria is to bus which costs $50 - $80 and takes 17h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Linz to Bulgaria is to train and fly which takes 6h 18m and costs $55 - $230.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Linz Wissensturm and arriving at Sofia Serdica Bus Stop. Services depart twice a week, and operate Monday and Friday. The journey takes approximately 17h 45m.
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 via Serdika which takes 16h 45m and costs $129.
It takes approximately 6h 18m to get from Linz to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Linz to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Linz Wissensturm station.
Linz to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Sofia Serdica Bus Stop station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Linz. It is currently 12:48 PM in Linz and 1:48 PM in Bulgaria.
Yes, the driving distance between Linz to Bulgaria is 1129 km. It takes approximately 12h 11m 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 $128 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
- $70–200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–130
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–230
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–360
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–310
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–360
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–150
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–160
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–230
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–340
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $35–140
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–230
Train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $35–60
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $45–70
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $50–75
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–60
- 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 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- 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 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–100
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–110
- 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 Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–16
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–90
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- $19–27
- 1st Class
- $29–40
- Business
- $32–35
- 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
- $128
- Website
- Air Kona
- 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
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Linz Wissensturm to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75–100
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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