There are 10 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 Luxembourg
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Sofia Airport (SOF)LUX - SOF
8h 19m$92–276Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to Charleroi Airport
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)CRL - SOF
9h 56m$65–276Train, bus
- Take the train from Metz Ville to StrasbourgTer
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart HbfIce / ...
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Salzburg Hbf969 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna StanicaRjx
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Sofia
27h 14m$204–480Drive 1,815.1 km
- Drive from Metz to Sofia1,815.1 km
16h 59m$326–470Train, train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Forbach
- Take the train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)FRA - SOF
9h 13m$158–395Train to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, fly
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Fly from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB) to Sofia Airport (SOF)FKB - SOF
8h 43m$124–355Train, bus to Hahn, fly
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Take the train from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Take the bus from Trier central train station to Frankfurt-Hahn Airport
- Fly from Hahn (HHN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)HHN - SOF
9h 42m$116–349Bus
- Take the bus from Metz Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus StopUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3650 / ...
28h 30m$85–130Bus via Niš
- Take the bus from Metz to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
35h 42mDrive, car train
- Drive from Metz to Fulda
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Sofia
16h 56m$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 $90 - $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 1815.1 km.
The best way to get from Metz to Bulgaria without a car is to train and bus which takes 27h 14m and costs $200 - $480.
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 6:00 AM in Metz and 7:00 AM in Bulgaria.
Yes, the driving distance between Metz to Bulgaria is 1815 km. It takes approximately 16h 59m 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
- ryanair.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–230
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–230
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–210
Flights from Hahn to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–200
Flights from Hahn to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $85–200
Flights from Hahn to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–390
Flights from Luxembourg to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–390
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 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–360
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–360
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–250
- 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 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $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 Metz Ville to Forbach
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $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
- $22–40
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–90
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–120
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $65–100
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Saarbrücken Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
Train from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- 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
- $15–23
- 1st Class
- $27–45
- Phone
- +352 24 89 24 89
- Website
- cfl.lu
Train from Luxembourg, Gare Centrale to Trier, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–22
- Website
- https://www.cfl.lu/en-gb
- 1st Class
- $14–22
- 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
- $460–510
- 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
- $40–65
- 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
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–30
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Trier central train station to Frankfurt-Hahn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- 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
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- rezervacije@nis-ekspres.rs
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
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