There are 8 ways to get from Sofia to Scalea by plane, train, bus, busferry, car, or car ferry
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 Naples Airport, train
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Naples Airport (NAP)plane SOF - NAP
- Take the train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain
8h 28m€51–206Fly to Lamezia Terme International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF)plane SOF - SUF
- Take the train from Lamezia Terme C. to Paolatrain
- Take the train from Paola to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain
6h 56m€42–200Bus, bus and ferry via Bari
- Take the bus from Sofia to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana to Bari Portobusferry
- Take the bus from Bari to Cosenzabus 590 / ...
- Take the bus from Cosenza Autostazione to Scalea - Parco Dei Principibus 7
24h 53mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Port Of Durrescar
- Take the car ferry from Durrës to Port of Baricarferry
- Drive from Port Of Bari to Scaleacar
19h 55m€139–282Fly to Roma Ciampino Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA)plane SOF - CIA
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Napoli Afragolatrain
- Take the train from Napoli Afragola to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain
9h 19m€94–285Fly to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI)plane SOF - BRI
- Take the bus from Bari Airport to Matera piazza Matteottibus
- Take the bus from Matera to Metapontobus
- Take the train from Metaponto to Sibaritrain
- Take the train from Sibari to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain
11h 51m€64–188Bus, bus and ferry, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Tiranabus
- Take the busferry from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Portobusferry
- Take the train from Brindisi to Sibaritrain Ic
- Take the train from Sibari to Scalea-S.Domen.Talaotrain Fr
27h 40mBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Durrësbus
- Take the busferry from Durrës to Cosenza - Autostazionebusferry
- Take the bus from Cosenza Autostazione to Scalea - Parco Dei Principibus 7
33h 42m
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Naples Airport (NAP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Scalea is to fly and train which costs €50 - €210 and takes 8h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Scalea is to fly and train which takes 6h 56m and costs €40 - €200.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia to Scalea. However, there are services departing from Sofia and arriving at Scalea - Parco Dei Principi via Tirana, Stazione Marittima, Bari and Cosenza Autostazione. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 53m.
The distance between Sofia and Scalea is 1012 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Scalea without a car is to bus and bus and ferry via Bari which takes 24h 53m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 28m to get from Sofia to Scalea, including transfers.
Sofia to Scalea bus services, operated by Nela Travel Tours, depart from Sofia station.
Sofia to Scalea bus services, operated by Nela Travel Tours, arrive at Tirana station.
Scalea is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 8:29 PM in Sofia and 7:29 PM in Scalea.
There are 704+ hotels available in Scalea.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Scalea, Italy?
There is no direct connection from Sofia to Scalea. However, you can take the line 84 bus to Р-Т Александрия, walk to Sofia Airport (SOF) airport, fly to Naples Airport (NAP), walk to Napoli - Capodichino Aeroporto, take the bus to Napoli, piazza Garibaldi, walk to Napoli Centrale, then take the train to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia to Scalea - Parco Dei Principi via Tirana, Tirana, Bari Porto, Stazione Marittima, Q. Sella-Calefati, Bari, Cosenza, and Cosenza Autostazione in around 24h 53m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Roma Ciampino Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Naples Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–110
Flights from Sofia Airport to Lamezia Terme International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €26–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–95
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Metaponto to Sibari
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Brindisi to Sibari
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Paola to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–12
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Centrale to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lamezia Terme C. to Paola
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Paola to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8–16
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Napoli Afragola to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €29–60
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Sibari to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Paola to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–15
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Roma Termini to Napoli Afragola
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Napoli Afragola to Scalea-S.Domen.Talao
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Sofia to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45
- Schedules at
- nelatours.com
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Tirana to Bari Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bari to Cosenza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–28
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 0984 413001
- info@autoservizipreite.it
- Website
- autoservizipreite.it
Bus from Cosenza Autostazione to Scalea - Parco Dei Principi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Schedules at
- autoservizipreite.com
- Phone
- +39 080 5790111
- info@cotrap.it
- Website
- cotrap.it
Bus from Bari Airport to Matera piazza Matteotti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- biglietteria.cotrap.it
- Phone
- +39 080 579 0211
- info@sitasudtrasporti.it
- Website
- sitasudtrasporti.it
Bus from Matera to Metaponto
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Schedules at
- sitasudtrasporti.it
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Brindisi - Piazza Capitanerie di Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Durrës to Cosenza - Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 42m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Schedules at
- traveling.com
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–35
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +3907150211621
- booking@adriaferries.com
- Website
- adriaferries.com
Car ferry from Durrës to Port of Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–114
- Schedules at
- adriaferries.com
- Deck
- €65
- Inside cabin 2 beds
- €94
- Outside cabin 2 beds
- €114
- Car
- €100
- Phone
- +30 210 4828001
- booking@ventourisferries.com
- Website
- ventourisferries.com
Car ferry from Durrës to Port of Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://ventourisferries.com/en/
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