There are 8 ways to get from Sofia to Chernobyl by plane, bus, taxi, train, or car
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Fly to Chișinău International Airport, bus, taxi
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO)plane SOF - RMO
- Take the bus from Chisinau Airport to Mohyliv-Podilskyybus
- Take the bus from Mohyliv-Podilskyi to Vinnytsiabus
- Take the bus from Vinnytsia to Kyivbus
- Take the bus from Kyiv Polissia to Katyuzhankabus
- Take the taxi from Katyuzhanka to Chernobyltaxi
16h 57m₴4,972–15,845Bus, taxi
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Veliko Tarnovobus
- Take the bus from Veliko Tarnovo to Kyiv Central Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Kyiv to Кіптіbus
- Take the taxi from Кіпті to Chernobyltaxi
32h 32m₴5,992–8,437Bus, train, taxi
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the train from Novi Beograd to Suboticatrain Ir / ...
- Take the train from Subotica to Szegedtrain Re
- Take the train from Szeged to Cegledtrain Ic
- Take the train from Cegled to Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyitrain
- Take the bus from Kyiv to Кіптіbus
- Take the taxi from Кіпті to Chernobyltaxi
34h 22m₴15,659–25,830Drive 1,442.7 km
- Drive from Sofia to Chernobylcar 1,442.7 km
19h 53m₴10,238–14,787Fly to Suceava, bus, taxi
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Suceava (SCV)plane SOF - SCV
- Take the bus from Suceava Airport to Chernivtsi Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Chernivtsi Bus station to Kolomiya Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Kolomyia to Kyivbus
- Take the bus from Kyiv Polissia to Katyuzhankabus
- Take the taxi from Katyuzhanka to Chernobyltaxi
26h 1m₴5,068–19,305Fly to Iași International Airport, bus, train, taxi
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Iași International Airport (IAS)plane SOF - IAS
- Take the bus from Iasi Airport to Bălțibus
- Take the train from Бэлць-Ораш to Kyiv-Pas.train
- Take the bus from Kyiv to Кіптіbus
- Take the taxi from Кіпті to Chernobyltaxi
30h 48mTrain, bus, taxi
- Take the train from Sofia to Stara Zagoratrain Ic
- Take the bus from Stara Zagora to Kyiv Central Bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Kyiv to Кіптіbus
- Take the taxi from Кіпті to Chernobyltaxi
36h 21m₴5,569–7,430Bus, taxi via Bucharest
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest Gară Filaretbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Filaret Bus Station to Zhytomyrbus
- Take the bus from Zhytomyr to Chernihivbus
- Take the taxi from Slavutych to Chernobyltaxi
39h 38m₴5,127–7,132
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Chișinău International Airport (RMO) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
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The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Chernobyl is to bus and taxi via Bucharest which costs 5 000 ₴ - 7 500 ₴ and takes 39h 38m.
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The fastest way to get from Sofia to Chernobyl is to fly and bus and taxi which takes 16h 57m and costs 4 900 ₴ - 16 000 ₴.
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The distance between Sofia and Chernobyl is 1408 km. The road distance is 1442.7 km.
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The best way to get from Sofia to Chernobyl without a car is to bus and taxi which takes 32h 32m and costs 6 000 ₴ - 8 500 ₴.
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It takes approximately 16h 57m to get from Sofia to Chernobyl, including transfers.
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Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Chernobyl is 1443 km. It takes approximately 19h 53m to drive from Sofia to Chernobyl.
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There are four+ hotels available in Chernobyl.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Chernobyl, Ukraine?
There is no direct connection from Sofia to Chernobyl. However, you can take the line 84 bus to Р-Т Александрия, walk to Sofia Airport (SOF) airport, fly to Chișinău International Airport (RMO), walk to Chisinau Airport, take the bus to Mohyliv-Podilskyy, walk to Mohyliv-Podilskyi, take the bus to Vinnytsia, take the bus to Kyiv, walk to Demiivska, take the subway to Kontraktova Ploscha, walk to Kontraktova Square, take the line 12 vehicle to Tarasa Shevchenka Square, walk to Kyiv Polissia, take the bus to Katyuzhanka, then take the taxi to Chernobyl. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Veliko Tarnovo, take the bus to Kyiv Central Bus station, walk to Kyiv, take the bus to Кіпті, then take the taxi to Chernobyl.
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- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Suceava via Karlsruhe/Baden Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ₴6,000–21,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Suceava via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₴3,200–18,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Suceava via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₴3,200–18,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Iași International Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- ₴8,000–26,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Iași International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ₴3,200–12,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Iași International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₴6,000–25,000
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Sofia Airport to Suceava via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₴4,700–19,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Iași International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₴7,000–11,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Chișinău International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ₴700–7,500
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Chișinău International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ₴3,500–19,000
- Phone
- +381 11 360 28 99
- putnik.info@srbvoz.rs
- Website
- srbijavoz.rs
Train from Novi Beograd to Subotica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₴300–500
- Schedules at
- srbijavoz.rs
- Rail 2nd Class
- ₴300–350
- 1st Class
- ₴400–500
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Subotica to Szeged
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ₴150–180
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Szeged to Cegled
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₴290–340
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Cegled to Kyiv-Pasazhyrskyi
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴11,000–20,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +38 (044) 309-70-01
- booking@uz.gov.ua
- Website
- Ukrainian Railways
Train from Бэлць-Ораш to Kyiv-Pas.
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₴2,400–3,200
- Website
- Ukrainian Railways
- Schedules at
- Ukrainian Railways
- Book at
- Tickets.ua
- Coupe
- ₴2,400–3,200
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Sofia to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₴180–280
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- ₴180–260
- 1st Class
- ₴220–280
- Phone
- +373 78 348 888
- contact@galtrans.md
- Website
- galtrans.md
Bus from Chisinau Airport to Mohyliv-Podilskyy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- ₴1,400–2,000
- Schedules at
- galtrans.md
Bus from Bucharest Filaret Bus Station to Zhytomyr
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₴1,600–2,200
- Schedules at
- galtrans.md
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Mohyliv-Podilskyi to Vinnytsia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴500–800
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Veliko Tarnovo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₴950–1,500
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zhytomyr to Chernihiv
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴1,200–1,900
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- Pavluks Trans
Bus from Vinnytsia to Kyiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₴1,100–1,700
- Website
- Pavluks Trans
- Schedules at
- Pavluks Trans
Bus from Kyiv to Кіпті
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₴650–1,100
- Website
- Pavluks Trans
- Schedules at
- Pavluks Trans
Bus from Kyiv to Кіпті
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₴650–1,100
- Website
- Pavluks Trans
- Schedules at
- Pavluks Trans
Bus from Kolomyia to Kyiv
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- ₴950–3,200
- Website
- Pavluks Trans
- Schedules at
- Pavluks Trans
Bus from Kyiv to Кіпті
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₴650–1,100
- Website
- Pavluks Trans
- Schedules at
- Pavluks Trans
Bus from Kyiv to Кіпті
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- ₴650–1,100
- Website
- Pavluks Trans
- Schedules at
- Pavluks Trans
- Website
- inBus
Bus from Kyiv Polissia to Katyuzhanka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₴30–190
- Website
- inBus
Bus from Suceava Airport to Chernivtsi Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₴170–1,000
- Website
- inBus
Bus from Chernivtsi Bus station to Kolomiya Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₴160–230
- Website
- inBus
Bus from Kyiv Polissia to Katyuzhanka
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- ₴30–190
- Website
- inBus
- Phone
- +359 889 59 00 00
- support.eu@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- Grup Plus - Etap Adresss
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Veliko Tarnovo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ₴700–1,200
- Website
- Grup Plus - Etap Adresss
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Veliko Tarnovo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- ₴470–700
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest Gară Filaret
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ₴700–1,100
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +380 (93) 320-44-44
- help@gunsel.ua
- Website
- Gunsel
Bus from Veliko Tarnovo to Kyiv Central Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₴3,200–4,200
- Website
- Gunsel
Bus from Stara Zagora to Kyiv Central Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₴3,300–4,300
- Website
- Gunsel
- Phone
- +381 11 8728111
- office@trans-jug.com
- Website
- Trans-Jug
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- ₴1,800–2,100
- Website
- Trans-Jug
- Phone
- +40735123000
- office@trendbus.ro
- Website
- trendbus.ro
Bus from Iasi Airport to Bălți
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- romtransexpress.autogari.ro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Estimated price
- ₴500–2,000
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