There are 12 ways to get from Mainz to Bulgaria by plane, train, bus, car, shuttle, or car train
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Fly Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
best- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FRA - SOF
5h 32m$94–256Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CGN - SOF
7h 25m$80–381Train, bus via Bratislava
- Take the train from Frankfurt to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Sofiabus
24h 7m$156–510Drive 1,709.2 km
- Drive from Mainz to Sofiacar 1,709.2 km
15h 22m$282–407Fly Frankfurt to Varna Airport
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane FRA - VAR
6h 1m$248–575Fly Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane FRA - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
6h 44m$208–545Bus to Hahn, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the bus from Mainz Short-term parking lot Am Schlag to Frankfurt Hahn Airportbus
- Fly from Hahn (HHN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane HHN - SOF
6h 33m$86–295Train, bus
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Nürnberg Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from Nuernberg Hbf to Regensburg Hbftrain Re
- Take the bus from Regensburg DE Bahnhofstrasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
25h 25m$140–228Bus via Kaiserslautern
- Take the bus from Mainz central train station to Kaiserslautern central train stationbus N90 / ...
- Take the bus from Kaiserslautern Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus Union Ivkoni - Unibus 3650 / ...
28h 20m$87–133Bus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Citylines 64 / ...
30h 31m$112–188Bus via Niš
- Take the bus from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
31h 41m$144–247Drive, car train
- Drive from Mainz to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Sofiacar
15h 14m$333–1,264
Mainz to Bulgaria by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Mainz to Bulgaria is to bus via Kaiserslautern which costs $85 - $140 and takes 28h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Mainz to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 5h 32m and costs $90 - $260.
No, there is no direct bus from Mainz station to Bulgaria. However, there are services departing from Mainz central train station and arriving at Sofia Serdica Bus Stop via Kaiserslautern Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 20m.
The distance between Mainz and Bulgaria is 1440 km. The road distance is 1709.2 km.
The best way to get from Mainz to Bulgaria without a car is to train and bus via Bratislava which takes 24h 7m and costs $150 - $550.
It takes approximately 5h 32m to get from Mainz to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Mainz to Bulgaria bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Mainz central train station.
The best way to get from Mainz to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 5h 32m and costs $90 - $260. Alternatively, you can bus via Kaiserslautern, which costs $85 - $140 and takes 28h 20m.
Mainz to Bulgaria bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Kaiserslautern central train station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Mainz. It is currently 12:46 PM in Mainz and 1:46 PM in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Mainz, Germany and Bulgaria?
Lufthansa, Bulgaria Air, and Austrian Airlines fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Mainz central train station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop via Kaiserslautern central train station and Kaiserslautern Bus Station in around 28h 20m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $120–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–360
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–380
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Hahn to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–270
Flights from Hahn to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $70–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–230
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–230
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–230
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–220
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–380
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–160
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–230
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–350
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nuernberg Hbf to Regensburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–260
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $70–110
- 1st Class
- $150–260
Train from Frankfurt to Siegburg Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $28–90
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $28–45
- 1st Class
- $50–90
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–50
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–45
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–110
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $65–110
- Phone
- +49 800 589 28 40
- Website
- agilis.de
Train from Nuernberg Hbf to Regensburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $38–39
- Schedules at
- agilis.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nuernberg Hbf to Regensburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- $120–950
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $460–520
- Car Compartment
- $850–950
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Bratislava to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Kaiserslautern Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $80–120
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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/
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Mainz Short-term parking lot Am Schlag to Frankfurt Hahn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–24
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Regensburg DE Bahnhofstrasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85–110
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
Bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Mainz central train station to Kaiserslautern central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–170
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–26
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–29
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
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