There are 9 ways to get from Novara to Sofia by train, bus, plane, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Novara to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BGY - SOF
6h 9m$38–173Train, bus via Verona
- Take the train from Novara to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Take the bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Sofiabus
21h 37m$137–164Drive 1,435.2 km
- Drive from Novara to Sofiacar 1,435.2 km
13h 34m$260–375Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly
- Take the train from Novara to Milano Dateotrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LIN - SOF
7h 35m$92–280Train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly
- Take the train from Novara to Torino Porta Susatrain
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane TRN - SOF
6h 26m$52–209Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MXP - SOF
5h 10m$56–159Train, bus
- Take the train from Novara to Milano Repubblicatrain S6
- Take the bus from Stazione Centrale - Piazza Duca d'Aosta to Sofiabus
23h 32m$135–176Bus
- Take the bus from Malpensa Airport - Milan to Milano, Stazione Centralebus flibco
- Take the bus from Milano, Stazione Centrale to Sofiabus
24h 4m$119–146Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Busto Arsizio Nord to Bellinzonatrain S50
- Take the bus from Bellinzona to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
27h 30m
Novara to Sofia by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Novara to Sofia is to train and bus and fly which costs $35 - $180 and takes 6h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Novara to Sofia is to fly which takes 5h 10m and costs $55 - $160.
No, there is no direct bus from Novara to Sofia. However, there are services departing from Novara, P.za Garibaldi and arriving at Sofia via Malpensa Airport - Milan and Milano, Stazione Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 4m.
The distance between Novara and Sofia is 1251 km. The road distance is 1435.2 km.
The best way to get from Novara to Sofia without a car is to train and bus via Verona which takes 21h 37m and costs $130 - $170.
It takes approximately 6h 9m to get from Novara to Sofia, including transfers.
Novara to Sofia bus services, operated by Flibco, depart from Malpensa Airport - Milan station.
The best way to get from Novara to Sofia is to fly which takes 5h 10m and costs $55 - $160. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $110 - $150 and takes 24h 4m.
Novara to Sofia bus services, operated by Flibco, arrive at Milano, Stazione Centrale station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Novara. It is currently 8:09 AM in Novara and 9:09 AM in Sofia.
What companies run services between Novara, Italy and Sofia, Bulgaria?
Bulgaria Air flies from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 3 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Novara, P.za Garibaldi to Sofia via Malpensa Airport - Milan and Milano, Stazione Centrale in around 24h 4m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $29–150
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $29–150
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $29–150
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $45–150
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $24–100
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–240
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Sofia Airport via Alghero
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–250
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $35–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–390
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–390
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–270
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–110
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–270
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–280
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–110
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Novara to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Novara to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Novara to Milano Dateo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Novara to Milano Repubblica
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Busto Arsizio Nord to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–8
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–30
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–24
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
Bus from Malpensa Airport - Milan to Milano, Stazione Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–24
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–10
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
Bus from Malpensa Airport - Milan to Milano, Stazione Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–12
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $106
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Milano, Stazione Centrale to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $106
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Stazione Centrale - Piazza Duca d'Aosta to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +381 63 608508
- belegijaprevozmsi12@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bellinzona to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- 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
- $22–29
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
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