There are 13 ways to get from Paris to Bulgaria by plane, train, bus, train (TGV), car, shuttle, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Sofia Airport
best- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CDG - SOF
5h 48m$98–223Fly Paris Orly Airport to Sofia Airport
cheapest- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ORY - SOF
5h 49m$69–239Train, bus
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuovatrain Fr
- Take the bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Sofiabus
27h 54m$259–413Train
- Take the train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Wien Westbahnhoftrain Drf / ...
- Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofiatrain 461
41h 14m$573–1,040Drive 2,140.1 km
- Drive from Paris to Sofiacar 2,140.1 km
20h$384–554Bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvaisbus
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BVA - SOF
6h 48m$76–189Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane CDG - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
7h 10m$213–513Fly Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Varna Airport
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane CDG - VAR
6h 37m$228–513Fly Paris Orly Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Paris Orly Airport (ORY) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane ORY - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
7h 25m$194–559Bus via Belgrade
- Take the bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofiabus
33h 37m$133–263Bus
- Take the bus from Paris - Oberkampf to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
37h 46mBus #2
- Take the bus from Gallieni to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
40h 55mDrive, car train
- Drive from Paris to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Sofiacar
20h 6m$388–1,607
Paris to Bulgaria by train and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Paris to Bulgaria is to bus and fly which costs $75 - $190 and takes 6h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Paris to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 5h 48m and costs $95 - $230.
No, there is no direct bus from Paris to Bulgaria. However, there are services departing from Paris - Oberkampf and arriving at Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika via Niš, Autobuska Stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 46m.
No, there is no direct train from Paris to Bulgaria. However, there are services departing from Paris Est and arriving at Централни Хали via Hauptbahnhof, Wien Westbahnhof, Bucuresti Nord and Централна Гара. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 14m.
The distance between Paris and Bulgaria is 1793 km. The road distance is 2140.1 km.
The best way to get from Paris to Bulgaria without a car is to train and bus which takes 27h 54m and costs $250 - $420.
It takes approximately 5h 48m to get from Paris to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Paris to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Resava Reisen, depart from Paris - Oberkampf station.
Paris to Bulgaria train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Paris Est station.
The best way to get from Paris to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 5h 48m and costs $95 - $230. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $550 - $1,100 and takes 41h 14m, you could also bus via Belgrade, which costs $130 - $270 and takes 33h 37m.
What companies run services between Paris, France and Bulgaria?
Bulgaria Air, Austrian Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Paris Est to Централни Хали via Stuttgart Hbf, Hauptbahnhof, Wien Westbahnhof, Bucuresti Nord, Sofia, and Централна Гара in around 41h 14m.
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–410
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $210–250
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–160
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–420
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140–480
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–900
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–390
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–410
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–200
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $210–250
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–180
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–180
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–200
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–400
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–110
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–210
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–190
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–360
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–420
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Paris Orly Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–200
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $130–220
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $65–95
- 2nd Class
- $40–60
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $130–210
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $140–240
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $260–470
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $47–51
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $310–650
- Car Compartment
- $600–1,200
- 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
- $104
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- service.clients@aeroportbeauvais.com.
- Website
- aerobus.fr
Bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–19
- Schedules at
- aerobus.fr
- 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
- $120–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +381 11 7620255
- office@fudeks.rs
- Website
- fudeks.rs
Bus from Paris, Quai de Bercy to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $95–210
- Website
- http://en.fudeks.rs/timetable/
- Phone
- +381 11 8728111
- office@trans-jug.com
- Website
- trans-jug.com
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- http://trans-jug.com/
- Phone
- +381 65 567 12 19
- resavareisendoo@gmail.com
- Website
- resavareisen.ch
Bus from Paris - Oberkampf to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- resavareisen.ch
- 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
- $15–25
- 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
- $21–28
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 35 534 931
- info@unilines.com
- Website
- unilines.com
Bus from Gallieni to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- unilines.com
Want to know more about travelling around Bulgaria
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
5 delightfully under-the-radar French towns you need to visit
Read the travel guide
Italy Travel Guides
Read the travel guide
Heading to Europe? Read this before you buy a Eurail Pass
Read the travel guide
More Questions & Answers
Paris to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Resava Reisen, arrive at Niš, Autobuska Stanica station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Paris. It is currently 3:02 PM in Paris and 4:02 PM in Bulgaria.
Paris to Bulgaria train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Stuttgart Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Paris to Bulgaria is 2140 km. It takes approximately 20h to drive from Paris to Bulgaria.
There are 2157+ hotels available in Bulgaria.





























































