There are 11 ways to get from Sofia to Locarno by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane SOF - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarnotrain
7h 21mCHF 50–213Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane SOF - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
7h 54mCHF 38–147Bus, train via Venice
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Venezia, Viale Stazionebus
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
22h 32mCHF 143–205Drive 1,464.7 km
- Drive from Sofia to Locarnocar 1,464.7 km
14h 42mCHF 231–334Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SOF - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain
7h 37mCHF 121–240Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Basel (BSL)plane SOF - BSL
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Bellinzonatrain
9h 10mCHF 115–292Fly 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 Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
8h 29mCHF 80–183Fly to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane SOF - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta di Susa to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
9h 40mCHF 56–183Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Bellinzonabus
24h 2mBus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Milano, Stazione Centralebus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain Re80
24h 38mCHF 118–183Bus via Lugano
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Belgrade New Bus Stationbus Citylines 1 / ...
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Lugano, Stazionebus
25h 38mCHF 59–112
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Locarno is to fly and train which costs SFr 35 - SFr 150 and takes 7h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Locarno is to fly and train which takes 7h 21m and costs SFr 50 - SFr 220.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Locarno. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at Locarno, Debarcadero via Beograd, Autobuska stanica and Bellinzona, Stazione. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 2m.
The distance between Sofia and Locarno is 1340 km. The road distance is 1464.7 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Locarno without a car is to bus and train via Venice which takes 22h 32m and costs SFr 140 - SFr 210.
It takes approximately 7h 21m to get from Sofia to Locarno, including transfers.
Sofia to Locarno bus services, operated by Trans Jug, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
Sofia to Locarno bus services, operated by Trans Jug, arrive at Beograd, Autobuska stanica station.
Locarno is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 7:11 AM in Sofia and 6:11 AM in Locarno.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Locarno is 1465 km. It takes approximately 14h 42m to drive from Sofia to Locarno.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Locarno, Switzerland?
You can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Locarno, Debarcadero via Beograd, Autobuska stanica, Bellinzona, and Bellinzona, Stazione in around 24h 2m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–100
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–100
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–110
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–120
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–250
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–300
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–85
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–140
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 55–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–140
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–80
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–140
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–85
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–250
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 65–280
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–210
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–100
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- CHF 26–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Torino Porta di Susa to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–70
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 60–95
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Venezia, Viale Stazione
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–130
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +381 11 8728111
- office@trans-jug.com
- Website
- trans-jug.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 29–45
- Website
- http://trans-jug.com/
- Phone
- +381 63 608508
- belegijaprevozmsi12@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Milano, Stazione Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 83
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Belgrade New Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 20–35
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +381 020 313101
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Lugano, Stazione
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 117
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- + 381 31 510 060
- zlatanprevoz@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Lugano, Stazione
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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