There are 4 ways to get from Malta to Bulgaria by plane, busferry, bus, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Sofia Airport
best- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MLA - SOF
2h 54m$77–171Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Valletta to Pozzallobusferry
- Take the busferry from Scicli to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofiabus
44h 20mFly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane MLA - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
4h 20m$176–520Fly to Varna Airport
- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane MLA - VAR
6h 47m$196–360
Malta International Airport (MLA) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Malta to Bulgaria is to fly which costs $75 - $180 and takes 2h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Malta to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 2h 54m and costs $75 - $180.
The distance between Malta and Bulgaria is 1100 km.
The best way to get from Malta to Bulgaria without a car is to bus and ferry and bus which takes 44h 20m and costs .
It takes approximately 2h 54m to get from Malta to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Malta. It is currently 7:51 AM in Malta and 8:51 AM in Bulgaria.
There are 2100+ hotels available in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Malta and Bulgaria?
Ryanair flies from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 6 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–140
Flights from Malta International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–190
Flights from Malta International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–190
Flights from Malta International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $50–190
Flights from Malta International Airport to Varna Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $90–320
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–210
Flights from Malta International Airport to Varna Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–290
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–600
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Varna Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–390
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Malta International Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–290
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–320
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Varna Airport via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–320
- Phone
- (+356) 22069022
- res@virtuferries.com
- Website
- virtuferries.com
Busferry from Valletta to Pozzallo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $84
- Website
- https://www.virtuferries.com/
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Scicli to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 37m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 234 8608
- info@dritatravel.com
- Website
- dritatravel.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- dritatravel.com
- Phone
- +38975468055
- Website
- idotours.com.mk
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–29
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- traveling.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–30
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- $120–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
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