There are 13 ways to get from Milan to Ruse by bus, plane, train, train (Trenitalia), car, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, train
best- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bergamobus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BGY - OTP
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain
9h 18m$49–328Bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bergamobus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BGY - SOF
- Take the train from Sofia to Rusetrain
12h 58m$37–187Bus
- Take the bus from Milano, Stazione Centrale to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Ruse Central Bus Stationbus Union Ivkoni
26h 30m$124–136Train
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain
32h 17m$373–611Drive 1,568.5 km
- Drive from Milan to Rusecar 1,568.5 km
18h 24m$317–457Train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, train
- Take the train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1train
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane MXP - OTP
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain
9h 16m$44–246Fly Milan Linate Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, train
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LIN - OTP
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain
10h 39m$116–392Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, train
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BLQ - OTP
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain
9h 39m$66–355Train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, train
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta di Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane TRN - OTP
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain
10h 20m$75–364Bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly to Craiova Airport, train
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bergamobus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Craiova Airport (CRA)plane BGY - CRA
- Take the train from Craiova to Videletrain
- Take the train from Videle to Rusetrain
11h 42m$67–262Train, bus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuovatrain Fr
- Take the bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Rusetrain Ic
27h 32m$130–148Train, bus, night train
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Bresciatrain Fr
- Take the bus from Bresica to Bucureştibus
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Rusenighttrain
30h 46m$156–205Bus, train
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to București, Autogara Militaribus 1922
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain 1095
34h 3m$200–291
Milan to Ruse by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Milan to Ruse is to bus and fly and train which costs $35 - $190 and takes 12h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Milan to Ruse is to train and fly which takes 9h 16m and costs $40 - $250.
No, there is no direct bus from Milan to Ruse station. However, there are services departing from Milano, Stazione Centrale and arriving at Ruse Central Bus Station via Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Milan to Ruse. However, there are services departing from Milano Centrale and arriving at Ruse via Venezia Mestre, Wien Hbf and Bucuresti Nord. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 17m.
The distance between Milan and Ruse is 1494 km. The road distance is 1568.5 km.
The best way to get from Milan to Ruse without a car is to bus which takes 26h 30m and costs $120 - $140.
It takes approximately 9h 18m to get from Milan to Ruse, including transfers.
Milan to Ruse bus services, operated by M&M Travel, depart from Milano, Stazione Centrale station.
Milan to Ruse train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Milano Centrale station.
The best way to get from Milan to Ruse is to bus which takes 26h 30m and costs $120 - $140. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $370 - $650 and takes 32h 17m.
What companies run services between Milan, Italy and Ruse, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Milano, Stazione Centrale to Ruse Central Bus Station via Sofia Central Bus Station in around 26h 30m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Milano Centrale to Ruse via Venezia Mestre, Wien Hbf, and Bucuresti Nord in around 32h 17m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–290
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–180
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–330
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $25–270
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $25–270
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–230
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $18–170
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–360
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $21–190
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $23–260
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Craiova Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–370
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–650
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–370
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $27–160
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–210
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Craiova to Videle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–17
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Videle to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–10
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Night train from Bucharest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–14
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Brescia
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $220–370
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Milano Porta Garibaldi to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Milano Centrale to Torino Porta di Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Sofia to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $6–9
- 1st Class
- $7–9
Train from Sofia to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $6–9
- 1st Class
- $7–9
- Phone
- +40 351 409 153
- info@softrans.ro
- Website
- S.C. Softrans S.R.L.
Train from Craiova to Videle
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–9
- Schedules at
- S.C. Softrans S.R.L.
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $180–280
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Milano, Stazione Centrale to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $101
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
Bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $101
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +359 889 59 00 00
- support.eu@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- Grup Plus - Etap Adresss
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- Grup Plus - Etap Adresss
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Bresica to Bucureşti
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
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Booking & Getting There
Milan to Ruse bus services, operated by M&M Travel, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
Ruse is 1h ahead of Milan. It is currently 6:34 PM in Milan and 7:34 PM in Ruse.
Milan to Ruse train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, arrive at Venezia Mestre station.
Yes, the driving distance between Milan to Ruse is 1568 km. It takes approximately 18h 24m to drive from Milan to Ruse.
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