There are 11 ways to get from Sofia to Novara by plane, bus, train, night train, or car
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Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)SOF - MXP
5h 59m€54–167Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)SOF - BGY
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Novara
6h 33m€33–213Bus, train via Venice
- Take the bus from Sofia to Venezia, Viale Stazione
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano CentraleFr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Novara
21h 1m€138–258Train, night train
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Take the night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharest
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Venezia MestreRjx
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano CentraleFr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Novara
37h 50m€206–374Drive 1,435.6 km
- Drive from Sofia to Novara1,435.6 km
13h 29m€222–320Fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)SOF - LIN
- Take the train from Milano Dateo to Novara
8h€81–239Fly to Turin Caselle Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)SOF - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Novara
6h 54m€61–187Fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)SOF - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Novara
7h 21m€84–272Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Milano, Autostazione LampugnanoUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3412 / ...
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to NovaraVieste
22h 30m€58–84Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Milano, Stazione Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Novara2010 / ...
23h 22m€94–97Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Bellinzona
- Take the train from Bellinzona to Busto Arsizio Nord
28h 54m
Sofia to Novara by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Novara is to fly and train which costs €30 - €220 and takes 6h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Novara is to fly which takes 5h 59m and costs €50 - €170.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia to Novara. However, there are services departing from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop and arriving at Novara via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Sofia to Novara. However, there are services departing from Sofia Sever and arriving at Novara via Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf, Venezia Mestre and Milano Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 50m.
The distance between Sofia and Novara is 1263 km. The road distance is 1435.6 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Novara without a car is to bus and train via Venice which takes 21h 1m and costs €130 - €260.
It takes approximately 5h 59m to get from Sofia to Novara, including transfers.
Sofia to Novara bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop station.
Sofia to Novara train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Sofia Sever station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Novara is to fly which takes 5h 59m and costs €50 - €170. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €85 and takes 22h 30m.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Novara, Italy?
Bulgaria Air, Ryanair, and Air Serbia fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Novara via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 22h 30m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €26–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–140
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–290
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–95
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €23–50
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €75–110
- 2nd Class
- €55–80
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Novara
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–7
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Novara
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–11
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €7–11
- 1st Class
- €10–13
Night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €5–9
- 1st Class
- €8–10
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–95
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €90–140
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Dateo to Novara
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Bellinzona to Busto Arsizio Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- 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
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +39 (0) 0882 - 228960
- Website
- ferroviedelgargano.com
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Novara
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Schedules at
- ferroviedelgargano.com
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia to Milano, Stazione Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 22h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- 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
- rezervacije@nis-ekspres.rs
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- +381 63 608508
- belegijaprevozmsi12@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
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Sofia to Novara bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano station.
Novara is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 2:40 PM in Sofia and 1:40 PM in Novara.
Sofia to Novara train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Gorna Oryahovitsa station.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Novara is 1436 km. It takes approximately 13h 29m to drive from Sofia to Novara.
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