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 to Sofia Airport
best- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LUX - SOF
8h 57m$68–275Bus via Mannheim
- Take the bus from Metz - Bus Station to Mannheim - Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Mannheim Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Citylines 64 / ...
31h$126–181Drive 1,815.1 km
- Drive from Metz to Sofiacar 1,815.1 km
17h 3m$326–470Train to Luxembourg, fly to Burgas Airport
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane LUX - BOJ
6h 45m$124–327Train to Luxembourg, fly to Varna Airport
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Fly from Luxembourg (LUX) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane LUX - VAR
7h 23m$227–444Train, train to Basel, fly to Sofia Airport
- 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
7h 37m$105–373Train, bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Luxembourgtrain
- Take the bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to Charleroi Airportbus
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CRL - SOF
9h 50m$87–355Train, train to Frankfurt, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Metz Ville to Strasbourgtrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FRA - SOF
8h 32m$167–453Bus
- Take the bus from Metz to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
35h 42mDrive, car train
- Drive from Metz to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Sofiacar
21h 31m$362–510
Luxembourg (LUX) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Metz to Bulgaria is to train and fly which costs $65 - $280 and takes 8h 57m.
The fastest way to get from Metz to Bulgaria is to train and fly which takes 6h 45m and costs $120 - $330.
No, there is no direct bus from Metz station to Bulgaria station. However, there are services departing from Metz - Bus Station and arriving at Sofia Serdica Bus Station via Mannheim Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h.
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 bus via Mannheim which takes 31h and costs $120 - $190.
It takes approximately 8h 57m to get from Metz to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Metz to Bulgaria bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Metz - Bus Station.
Metz to Bulgaria bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Mannheim - Bus Station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Metz. It is currently 4:48 AM in Metz and 5:48 AM in Bulgaria.
Yes, the driving distance between Metz to Bulgaria is 1815 km. It takes approximately 17h 3m to drive from Metz to Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Metz, France and Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Metz - Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station via Mannheim Central Bus Station in around 31h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–430
Flights from Luxembourg to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–430
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday, Saturday, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $85–480
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–280
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Luxembourg to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–410
Flights from Luxembourg to Burgas Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Luxembourg to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–200
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–200
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Luxembourg to Burgas Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–1,200
Flights from Luxembourg to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $170–1,200
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–200
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $22–260
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $22–260
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–420
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–240
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Metz Ville to Luxembourg
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–24
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–55
- 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
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- 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
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–25
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Metz Ville to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg to Mannheim Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–20
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Metz - Bus Station to Mannheim - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Metz - Bus Station to Mannheim - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Mannheim Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–150
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Luxembourg P+R Bouillon to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–90
- Website
- https://www.flibco.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
- +359 2 981 58 56
- booking_matpu@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
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–28
- Website
- https://nis-ekspres.rs/?lang=en
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