There are 10 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
8h 22m$71–210Bus
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazionebus
- Take the bus from Trieste to Sofiabus
17h 40m$118–129Drive 1,044.7 km
- Drive from Pula to Sofiacar 1,044.7 km
10h 7m$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
10h 30m$109–663Shuttle to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Airport
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane TRS - SOF
10h 31m$152–599Bus to Rijeka Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka bus stationbus
- Fly from Rijeka Airport (RJK) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane RJK - SOF
11h 8m$120–456Shuttle, 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
10h 59m$125–789Shuttle, shuttle to Vienna International Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Wien Hbf
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane VIE - SOF
11h 7m$142–1,260Train, bus
- Take the train from Pula to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train 1475
- Take the bus from Zagreb - Motel Plitvice to Sofiabus
22h 7m$155–205Bus via Skopje
- Take the bus from Pula to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofiabus
22h 15m$96–123
Pula to Sofia by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Pula to Sofia is to bus via Skopje which costs $95 - $130 and takes 22h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Pula to Sofia is to fly which takes 8h 22m and costs $70 - $210.
No, there is no direct bus from Pula to Sofia. However, there are services departing from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor and arriving at Sofia via Trieste. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 40m.
The distance between Pula and Sofia is 822 km. The road distance is 1044.7 km.
The best way to get from Pula to Sofia without a car is to bus which takes 17h 40m and costs $110 - $130.
It takes approximately 8h 22m to get from Pula to Sofia, including transfers.
Pula to Sofia bus services, operated by Brioni Pula d.o.o., depart from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor station.
The best way to get from Pula to Sofia is to fly which takes 8h 22m and costs $70 - $210. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $110 - $130 and takes 17h 40m.
Pula to Sofia bus services, operated by Brioni Pula d.o.o., arrive at Trieste, Autostazione station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Pula. It is currently 11:17 AM in Pula and 12:17 PM in Sofia.
What companies run services between Pula, Croatia and Sofia, Bulgaria?
Lufthansa, Air Serbia, and Air Dolomiti fly from Pula Airport (PUY) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 3 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Sofia via Trieste, Autostazione and Trieste in around 17h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–330
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–260
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–370
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–260
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport via Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–240
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–240
Flights from Rijeka Airport to Sofia Airport via Hahn
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $110–400
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $28–190
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–160
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–330
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–190
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Pula Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–210
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–45
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Pula to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 14m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- brioni@brioni.hr
- Website
- brioni.hr
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste, Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–26
- Website
- https://www.brioni.hr/en-gb/
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Trieste to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $103
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Pula railway Stattion to Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $47–470
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $47–52
- Private
- $250–470
Shuttle from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $38–230
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $38–43
- Private
- $120–230
Shuttle from Pula railway Stattion to Stazione Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $48–480
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $48–52
- Private
- $260–480
Shuttle from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $45–410
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $45–49
- Private
- $220–410
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $45–650
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $45–60
- Private
- $320–650
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $1–19
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 (0) 32 308 935
- polet@polet.hr
- Website
- polet.hr
Bus from Pula , Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Zagreb - Motel Plitvice to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- 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
- $84
- Schedules at
- dominoline.com.mk
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- traveling.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–35
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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