There are 11 ways to get from Sofia to Metz by plane, bus, car, train, or car 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 to Luxembourg, bus
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Luxembourg (LUX)plane SOF - LUX
- Take the bus from Kirchberg, Réimerwee to Thionville, Foch Kiosquebus
9h 48m€73–255Fly to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)plane SOF - FKB
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Metz Villetrain
8h 31m€69–258Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Belgrade New Bus Stationbus Citylines 1 / ...
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Metzbus
24h€123–329Drive 1,820.6 km
- Drive from Sofia to Metzcar 1,820.6 km
17h 7m€279–403Fly to Basel, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Basel (BSL)plane SOF - BSL
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Metz Villetrain
9h 14m€111–292Fly to Stuttgart Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane SOF - STR
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Metz Villetrain
9h 31m€106–345Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SOF - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbftrain
- Take the train from Forbach to Metz Villetrain
10h 9m€129–351Fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SOF - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Metz Villetrain
10h 17m€176–424Bus, train via Vienna
- Take the bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Vienna, International Busterminalbus
- Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10train 968 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain 83
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Metz Villetrain Tgv
25h 25m€243–449Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Forbachbus
- Take the train from Forbach to Metz Villetrain Ter
32h 40mDrive, car train
- Drive from Sofia to Salzburg Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Salzburg Hbf to Fuldacartrain
- Drive from Fulda to Metzcar
20h 22m€338–479
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Luxembourg (LUX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Metz is to fly and train which costs €65 - €260 and takes 8h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Metz is to fly and train which takes 8h 31m and costs €65 - €260.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Metz. However, there are services departing from Sofia Serdica Bus Station and arriving at Metz via Beograd, Autobuska stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h.
The distance between Sofia and Metz is 1620 km. The road distance is 1820.6 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Metz without a car is to bus which takes 24h and costs €120 - €330.
It takes approximately 9h 48m to get from Sofia to Metz, including transfers.
Sofia to Metz bus services, operated by Citylines, depart from Sofia Serdica Bus Station.
Sofia to Metz bus services, operated by Citylines, arrive at Belgrade New Bus Station.
Metz is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 7:02 AM in Sofia and 6:02 AM in Metz.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Metz is 1821 km. It takes approximately 17h 7m to drive from Sofia to Metz.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Metz, France?
You can take a bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Metz via Belgrade New Bus Station and Beograd, Autobuska stanica in around 24h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luxembourg via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–420
Flights from Sofia Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luxembourg via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Sofia Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luxembourg via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zurich Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–180
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luxembourg via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luxembourg via Rimini
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–260
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Strasbourg to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Forbach to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–25
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–18
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–30
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Salzburg Hbf to Fulda
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +352 2465 2465
- service@mobiliteit.lu
- Website
- mobiliteit.lu
Bus from Kirchberg, Réimerwee to Thionville, Foch Kiosque
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.mobiliteit.lu/en/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Belgrade New Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 810
- reservations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Belgrade New Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.karat-s.com/
- Phone
- +381 35 534 931
- info@unilines.com
- Website
- unilines.com
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Metz
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- unilines.com
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Metz
- Phone
- +381 65 567 12 19
- resavareisendoo@gmail.com
- Website
- resavareisen.ch
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Metz
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- resavareisen.ch
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Forbach
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- resavareisen.ch
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- tickets@airkona.com
- Website
- airkona.com
Bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Vienna, International Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €61
- Website
- https://airkona.com/
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- https://nis-ekspres.rs/?lang=en
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