There are 8 ways to get from Metz to Bulgaria by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Luxembourg, fly
best- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LUX - SOF
8h 19m$97–276Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Metz Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus Union Ivkoni - Unibus 3650 / ...
28h 30m$85–130Train, bus
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Strasbourgtrain Ter
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 62
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Sofiabus
27h 6m$204–464Drive 1,815.2 km
- Drive from Metz to Sofiacar 1,815.2 km
17h 6m$326–470Train, train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Strasbourgtrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to St Louistrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BSL - SOF
8h 35m$107–353Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Forbachtrain
- Take the train from Forbach to Mannheim Hbftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FRA - SOF
9h 26m$137–390Bus via Niš
- Take the bus from Metz to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
35h 22mDrive, car train
- Drive from Metz to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Sofiacar
17h 2m$362–1,320
Metz to Bulgaria by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Metz to Bulgaria is to bus which costs $85 - $130 and takes 28h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Metz to Bulgaria is to train and fly which takes 8h 19m and costs $95 - $280.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Metz Central Bus Station station and arriving at Sofia Serdica Bus Stop. Services depart three times a week, and operate Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. The journey takes approximately 28h 30m.
The distance between Metz and Bulgaria is 1613 km. The road distance is 1815.2 km.
The best way to get from Metz to Bulgaria without a car is to train and bus which takes 27h 6m and costs $200 - $470.
It takes approximately 8h 19m to get from Metz to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Metz to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Metz Central Bus Station.
Metz to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Sofia Serdica Bus Stop station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Metz. It is currently 11:06 AM in Metz and 12:06 PM in Bulgaria.
Yes, the driving distance between Metz to Bulgaria is 1815 km. It takes approximately 17h 6m to drive from Metz to Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Metz, France and Bulgaria?
Union Ivkoni operates a bus from Metz Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop 3 times a week. Tickets cost $85–130 and the journey takes 28h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–380
Flights from Luxembourg to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–380
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–200
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–360
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–240
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–200
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–220
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $39–40
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Strasbourg to St Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $33–34
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Metz Ville to Forbach
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–20
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–100
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Forbach to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- $35–45
- 1st Class
- $55–75
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Forbach to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $65–100
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $15–22
- 1st Class
- $26–45
- 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
- $110–950
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $450–510
- Car Compartment
- $800–950
- 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
- $40–60
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Metz Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +381 35 534 931
- info@unilines.com
- Website
- unilines.com
Bus from Metz to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- unilines.com
- Phone
- +381 65 567 12 19
- resavareisendoo@gmail.com
- Website
- resavareisen.ch
Bus from Metz to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- resavareisen.ch
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- rezervacije@nis-ekspres.rs
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23
- 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
- $22–28
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
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