There are 7 ways to get from Scalea to Sofia by train, plane, bus, busferry, car, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Naples Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Napoli Centraletrain
- Fly from Naples Airport (NAP) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane NAP - SOF
7h 30m$61–238Train, train to Lamezia Terme International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Paolatrain
- Take the train from Paola to Lamezia Terme C.train
- Fly from Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane SUF - SOF
6h 40m$44–239Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Scalea - Hotel Talao to Cosenza Autostazionebus 7
- Take the busferry from Cosenza - Autostazione to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Sofiabus
30h 44mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Scalea to Port Of Baricar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Bari to Durrëscarferry
- Drive from Port Of Durres to Sofiacar
20h 1m$164–333Train, train to Roma Ciampino Airport, fly
- Take the train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Napoli Centraletrain
- Take the train from Napoli to Roma Terminitrain
- Fly from Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CIA - SOF
9h 15m$103–338Train, bus, bus to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, fly
- Take the train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Sibaritrain
- Take the train from Sibari to Metapontotrain
- Take the bus from Metaponto to Materabus
- Take the bus from Matera piazza Matteotti to Bari Airportbus
- Fly from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BRI - SOF
11h 10m$76–209Bus, bus and ferry via Skopje
- Take the bus from Scalea - Hotel Talao to Cosenza Autostazionebus 7
- Take the busferry from Cosenza - Autostazione to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofiabus
31h 29m
Naples Airport (NAP) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scalea to Sofia is to train and fly which costs $60 - $240 and takes 7h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Scalea to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 6h 40m and costs $40 - $240.
No, there is no direct bus from Scalea to Sofia. However, there are services departing from Scalea - Hotel Talao and arriving at Sofia via Cosenza - Autostazione and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 44m.
The distance between Scalea and Sofia is 1008 km.
The best way to get from Scalea to Sofia without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 30h 44m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 30m to get from Scalea to Sofia, including transfers.
Scalea to Sofia bus services, operated by Preite Cosenza, depart from Scalea - Hotel Talao station.
Scalea to Sofia bus services, operated by Preite Cosenza, arrive at Cosenza Autostazione station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Scalea. It is currently 7:00 AM in Scalea and 8:00 AM in Sofia.
There are 2150+ hotels available in Sofia.
What companies run services between Scalea, Italy and Sofia, Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Scalea to Sofia. However, you can take the train to Napoli Centrale, walk to Napoli, Autostazione Metropark, take the bus to Napoli - Capodichino Aeroporto, walk to Naples Airport (NAP) airport, fly to Sofia Airport (SOF), walk to Летище София Терминал 1, then take the line 84 bus to Ул. Ген. Гурко. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Scalea - Hotel Talao to Sofia via Cosenza Autostazione, Cosenza - Autostazione, Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave, and Tirana in around 30h 44m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Naples Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–150
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–190
Flights from Roma Ciampino Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–180
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–150
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Naples Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $30–130
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $30–190
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–16
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Sibari to Metaponto
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paola to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Sibari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Scalea-S.Domen.Talao to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–17
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Napoli to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 0984 413001
- info@autoservizipreite.it
- Website
- autoservizipreite.it
Bus from Scalea - Hotel Talao to Cosenza Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–8
- Schedules at
- autoservizipreite.com
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Cosenza - Autostazione to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 57m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Tirana to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $53
- Schedules at
- nelatours.com
- Phone
- +39 080 579 0211
- info@sitasudtrasporti.it
- Website
- sitasudtrasporti.it
Bus from Metaponto to Matera
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Phone
- +39 080 5790111
- info@cotrap.it
- Website
- cotrap.it
Bus from Matera piazza Matteotti to Bari Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Schedules at
- biglietteria.cotrap.it
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 234 8608
- info@dritatravel.com
- Website
- dritatravel.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- dritatravel.com
- Phone
- +38975468055
- Website
- idotours.com.mk
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- 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
- $25–40
- 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
- $18–29
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–30
- Schedules at
- traveling.com
- Phone
- +3907150211621
- booking@adriaferries.com
- Website
- adriaferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–133
- Schedules at
- adriaferries.com
- Deck
- $76
- Inside cabin 2 beds
- $109
- Outside cabin 2 beds
- $133
- Car
- $116
- Phone
- +30 210 4828001
- booking@ventourisferries.com
- Website
- ventourisferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- https://ventourisferries.com/en/
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