There are 7 ways to get from Pula to Sofia by plane, bus, car, shuttle, or 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 from Pula Airport
best- Fly from Pula Airport (PUY) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane PUY - SOF
7h 32m$130–280Bus via Skopje
cheapest- Take the bus from Pula to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
22h 30m$104–120Bus
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Centralebus
- Take the bus from Trieste to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
17h 35m$139–491Drive 1,044.6 km
- Drive from Pula to Sofiacar 1,044.6 km
10h 8m$171–246Shuttle to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Pula railway Stattion to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane VCE - SOF
9h 30m$109–854Bus, shuttle to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Novigradbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Novigrad to Trieste Airport
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane TRS - SOF
10h 3m$231–659Shuttle, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Pula railway Stattion to Stazione Mestre
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BLQ - SOF
9h 50m$127–948
Pula to Sofia by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Pula to Sofia is to bus via Skopje which costs $100 - $120 and takes 22h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Pula to Sofia is to fly which takes 7h 32m and costs $130 - $280.
No, there is no direct bus from Pula to Sofia station. However, there are services departing from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor and arriving at Sofia Central Bus Station via Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor and Trieste. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 35m.
The distance between Pula and Sofia is 817 km. The road distance is 1044.6 km.
The best way to get from Pula to Sofia without a car is to bus which takes 17h 35m and costs $130 - $500.
It takes approximately 7h 32m to get from Pula to Sofia, including transfers.
Pula to Sofia bus services, operated by GoOpti, depart from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor station.
The best way to get from Pula to Sofia is to fly which takes 7h 32m and costs $130 - $280. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $130 - $500 and takes 17h 35m.
Pula to Sofia bus services, operated by GoOpti, arrive at Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Pula. It is currently 11:24 PM in Pula and 12:24 AM in Sofia.
What companies run services between Pula, Croatia and Sofia, Bulgaria?
Air Serbia, Air Dolomiti, and five other airlines fly from Pula Airport (PUY) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 5 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Sofia Central Bus Station via Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor and Trieste in around 17h 35m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–440
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–330
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Thursday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $60–170
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–170
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $85–210
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–210
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–250
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–320
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–360
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–280
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–260
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–300
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–270
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Sofia Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–250
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–260
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–330
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–28
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- $116
- Private
- $145
Bus from Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $40–240
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- $40–130
- Private
- $225–240
Shuttle from Pula railway Stattion to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $50–650
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- $50
- Private
- $278
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Novigrad
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- $116
- Private
- $145
Shuttle from Novigrad to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $32–210
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- $32
- Private
- $80
Shuttle from Pula railway Stattion to Stazione Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $50–650
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- $50
- Private
- $278
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Poreč, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1–12
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
- 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
- $98
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +389 22400033
- info@dominoline.com.mk
- Website
- dominoline.com.mk
Bus from Pula to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80
- Schedules at
- dominoline.com.mk
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Schedules at
- en.kaleiatravel.com
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