There are 10 ways to get from Sofia to Ancona by plane, bus, train, car, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Raffaello Sanzio Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI)plane SOF - AOI
8h 7m€68–252Fly to Federico Fellini Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Federico Fellini Airport (RMI)plane SOF - RMI
- Take the train from Rimini to Anconatrain
6h 16m€32–421Bus, train via Trieste
- Take the bus from Sofia to Triestebus
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Anconatrain Fr
20h 14m€136–257Drive 1,425.3 km
- Drive from Sofia to Anconacar 1,425.3 km
14h 45m€224–324Fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane SOF - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Anconatrain
6h 48m€71–217Fly to Fiumicino International Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane SOF - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Anconatrain
9h 47m€62–206Fly to Roma Ciampino Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA)plane SOF - CIA
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Anconatrain
9h 51m€69–236Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Venezia, Viale Stazionebus
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Anconatrain Fr
20h 43m€150–271Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Anconabus
23h 16m€126–137Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Sofia to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Anconabusferry
25h 34m
Sofia to Ancona by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Ancona is to fly and train which costs €70 - €220 and takes 6h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Ancona is to fly and train which takes 6h 16m and costs €30 - €430.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia to Ancona. However, there are services departing from Sofia and arriving at Ancona via Kumanovo. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 16m.
The distance between Sofia and Ancona is 848 km. The road distance is 1425.3 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Ancona without a car is to bus and train via Trieste which takes 20h 14m and costs €130 - €260.
It takes approximately 8h 7m to get from Sofia to Ancona, including transfers.
Sofia to Ancona bus services, operated by Matpu, depart from Sofia station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Ancona is to fly which takes 8h 7m and costs €65 - €260. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €120 - €140 and takes 23h 16m.
Sofia to Ancona bus services, operated by Matpu, arrive at Kumanovo station.
Ancona is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 3:03 PM in Sofia and 2:03 PM in Ancona.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Ancona, Italy?
Lufthansa, Air Dolomiti, and three other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia to Ancona via Kumanovo in around 23h 16m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Sofia Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Sofia Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
Flights from Sofia Airport to Federico Fellini Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Federico Fellini Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €21–100
Flights from Sofia Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €26–100
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Rimini to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Rimini to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Rimini to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bologna Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Rimini to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €88
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Venezia, Viale Stazione
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–27
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Kumanovo to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 16m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Sofia to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- nelatours.com
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Tirana to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
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