There are 7 ways to get from Nice to Bulgaria by plane, train, bus, car, shuttle, or busferry
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 Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane NCE - SOF
5h 38m$62–214Train, bus
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Milano Centraletrain Ic
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centraletrain Re
- Take the bus from Trieste to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
26h 59m$205–342Drive 1,692.6 km
- Drive from Nice to Sofiacar 1,692.6 km
16h 3m$304–438Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane NCE - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
6h 53m$196–553Fly to Varna Airport
- Fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane NCE - VAR
8h 10m$201–423Bus
- Take the bus from Nice Airport to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
27h 37m$103–173Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Ventimiglia to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
42h 17m
Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Nice to Bulgaria is to fly which costs $60 - $220 and takes 5h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Nice to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 5h 38m and costs $60 - $220.
The distance between Nice and Bulgaria is 1341 km. The road distance is 1692.6 km.
The best way to get from Nice to Bulgaria without a car is to train and bus which takes 26h 59m and costs $200 - $350.
It takes approximately 5h 38m to get from Nice to Bulgaria, including transfers.
The best way to get from Nice to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 5h 38m and costs $60 - $220. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $100 - $180 and takes 27h 37m.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Nice. It is currently 6:51 PM in Nice and 7:51 PM in Bulgaria.
Yes, the driving distance between Nice to Bulgaria is 1693 km. It takes approximately 16h 3m to drive from Nice to Bulgaria.
There are 2203+ hotels available in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Nice, France and Bulgaria?
Wizz Air, Austrian Airlines, and Air Serbia fly from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE) to Sofia Airport (SOF) twice daily. Alternatively, Yubim operates a bus from Nice Airport to Sofia Central Bus Station 4 times a week. Tickets cost $100–170 and the journey takes 26h.
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–240
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–250
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Varna Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–340
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–180
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Varna Airport via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–270
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Varna Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–470
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–370
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–370
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–200
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Varna Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–290
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–270
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Varna Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–270
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–290
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $90–290
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ventimiglia to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ventimiglia to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Trieste to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $102
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- 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
- $120–290
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Nice Airport to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Ventimiglia to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 23m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Tirana to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $53
- Schedules at
- nelatours.com
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