Linz to Sofia
Rome2Rio compared 7 ways to get from Linz to Sofia. The best route is Train to Vienna International Airport, fly, a distance of 939.666 km.
Train to Vienna International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane VIE - SOF
5h 43m$78–216Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Citylines 28 / ...
20h$70–190Drive 1,129.3 km
- Drive from Linz to Sofiacar 1,129.3 km
12h 18m$213–307Fly from Linz Airport
- Fly from Linz Airport (LNZ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LNZ - SOF
7h 23m$135–425Train to Graz Airport, fly
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Graz Hbftrain
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane GRZ - SOF
10h 33m$189–385Train to Václav Havel Airport Prague, fly
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazitrain
- Fly from Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane PRG - SOF
8h 44m$80–296Train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MUC - SOF
8h$144–391
Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Linz to Sofia is to bus which costs $70 - $190 and takes 20h.
The fastest way to get from Linz to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 5h 43m and costs $75 - $220.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop and arriving at Sofia Serdica Bus Station station. Services depart four times a week, and operate Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 20h.
The distance between Linz and Sofia is 1020 km. The road distance is 1129.3 km.
The best way to get from Linz to Sofia without a car is to bus which takes 20h and costs $70 - $190.
It takes approximately 5h 43m to get from Linz to Sofia, including transfers.
Linz to Sofia bus services, operated by Citylines, depart from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop station.
The best way to get from Linz to Sofia is to bus which takes 20h and costs $70 - $190. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $130 - $430 and takes 7h 23m.
Linz to Sofia bus services, operated by Citylines, arrive at Sofia Serdica Bus Station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Linz. It is currently 10:45 AM in Linz and 11:45 AM in Sofia.
What companies run services between Linz, Austria and Sofia, Bulgaria?
Citylines operates a bus from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Station 4 times a week. Tickets cost $70–100 and the journey takes 20h. Three other operators also service this route. Alternatively, DAT Danish Air Transport, Lufthansa, and four other airlines fly from Linz Airport (LNZ) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 3 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Linz Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–700
Flights from Graz Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Graz Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–650
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–390
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–430
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–160
Flights from Graz Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–500
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–350
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–400
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Linz Airport to Sofia Airport via Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–450
Flights from Graz Airport to Sofia Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–140
- 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
- $45–140
Flights from Linz Airport to Sofia Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–420
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Václav Havel Airport Prague to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–150
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–360
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- 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
- Twice 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
- 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 a week
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- 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
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Linz Hbf to Praha Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- 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
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- 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 50m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- 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
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Linz Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–150
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/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
- 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
- $95–160
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- tickets@airkona.com
- Website
- airkona.com
Bus from Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $123
- Website
- https://airkona.com/
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