There are 8 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 Luxemburg to Metzbus
9h 23mFly 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 21m€85–266Bus via Belgrade
- Take the bus from Sofia to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Metzbus
24h€95–187Drive 1,819.7 km
- Drive from Sofia to Metzcar 1,819.7 km
17h 11m€276–399Fly 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€117–335Bus, train
- 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 19m€223–384Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Karlsruhe Central Bus Stationbus Citylines 57 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Metzbus N136 / ...
31h 15m€111–160Drive, car train
- Drive from Sofia to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Würzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Würzburg Hbf to Metzcar
16h 16m€308–435
Sofia to Metz by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Metz is to bus which costs €110 - €160 and takes 31h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Metz is to fly and train which takes 8h 21m and costs €80 - €270.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia to Metz. However, there are services departing from Sofia and arriving at Metz via Beograd, Autobuska stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h.
The distance between Sofia and Metz is 1606 km. The road distance is 1819.7 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Metz without a car is to bus via Belgrade which takes 24h and costs €90 - €190.
It takes approximately 9h 23m to get from Sofia to Metz, including transfers.
Sofia to Metz bus services, operated by Trans Jug, depart from Sofia station.
Sofia to Metz bus services, operated by Trans Jug, arrive at Beograd, Autobuska stanica station.
Metz is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 12:24 AM in Sofia and 11:24 PM in Metz.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Metz is 1820 km. It takes approximately 17h 11m to drive from Sofia to Metz.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Metz, France?
You can take a bus from Sofia to Metz via Beograd, Autobuska stanica in around 24h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luxembourg via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luxembourg via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luxembourg via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luxembourg via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- luxair.lu
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luxembourg via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luxembourg via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luxembourg via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Strasbourg to Metz Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €30–40
- 1st Class
- €50–65
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 2 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
- 2nd Class
- €24–35
- Rail 1st Class
- €35–55
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
- 2nd Class
- €11–17
- Rail 1st Class
- €18–25
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Saarbrücken Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €33–38
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €12–19
- 1st Class
- €23–40
- 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
- +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 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- €70–110
- First Class
- €130–180
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +380(67)-484-57-27
- support@pavluks-trans.com
- Website
- pavluks-trans.com
Bus from Luxemburg to Metz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://pavluks-trans.com/en/tickets/kyiv/goettingen?sort_by=departure&order_by=ASC&page=1
- Phone
- +381 11 8728111
- office@trans-jug.com
- Website
- trans-jug.com
Bus from Sofia to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €14–40
- Website
- http://trans-jug.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
- 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
- Air Kona
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Karlsruhe Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €95–130
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Metz
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Metz
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
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