There are 6 ways to get from Sofia to Shaolin Monastery by plane, train, taxi, or bus
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Fly Sofia Airport to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport, train
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport (CGO)plane SOF - CGO
- Take the train from Zhengzhou East to Gongyi South Stationtrain
20h 47m¥2,039–5,963Train, bus to Istanbul, fly to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Sofia to Halkalıtrain
- Take the bus from Gültepe Camii to Istanbul Airport Busbus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport (CGO)plane IST - CGO
- Take the train from Zhengzhou East to Gongyi South Stationtrain
30h 4m¥1,919–6,216Fly Sofia Airport to Luoyang Beijiao Airport, taxi
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Luoyang Beijiao Airport (LYA)plane SOF - LYA
- Take the taxi from Luoyang-Airport-LYA to Shaolin Monasterytaxi
23h 51m¥2,540–7,578Fly Sofia Airport to Changzhi Wangcun Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Changzhi Wangcun Airport (CIH)plane SOF - CIH
- Take the train from Changzhi East to Zhengzhoutrain
- Take the train from Zhengzhou East to Gongyi South Stationtrain
26h 30m¥2,240–6,380Fly Sofia Airport to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport (YCU)plane SOF - YCU
- Take the train from Yuncheng North to Weinan Northtrain
- Take the train from Weinan North to Gongyi Southtrain
24h 2m¥3,183–9,159Fly Sofia Airport to Nanyang Jiangying Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Nanyang Jiangying Airport (NNY)plane SOF - NNY
- Take the train from Nanyang East to Zhengzhou Easttrain
- Take the train from Zhengzhou East to Gongyi South Stationtrain
25h 54m¥2,381–6,223
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport (CGO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Shaolin Monastery is to train and bus and fly which costs ¥1900 - ¥6500 and takes 30h 4m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Shaolin Monastery is to fly and train which takes 20h 47m and costs ¥2000 - ¥6000.
The distance between Sofia and Shaolin Monastery is 7696 km.
It takes approximately 20h 47m to get from Sofia to Shaolin Monastery, including transfers.
There are six+ hotels available in Shaolin Monastery.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Shaolin Monastery, Henan, China?
There is no direct connection from Sofia to Shaolin Monastery. However, you can take the line 84 bus to Р-Т Александрия, walk to Sofia Airport (SOF) airport, fly to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport (CGO), walk to Zhengzhou Airport, take the bus to East Train Station, walk to Zhengzhou East, take the train to Gongyi South Station, then take the taxi to Shaolin Monastery. Alternatively, you can take the line 84 bus to Р-Т Александрия, walk to Sofia Airport (SOF) airport, fly to Luoyang Beijiao Airport (LYA), then take the taxi to Shaolin Monastery.
- Website
- airchina.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport via Athens, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport via Istanbul, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–8,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport via Budapest, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Changzhi Wangcun Airport via Athens, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Sofia Airport to Changzhi Wangcun Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Sofia Airport to Changzhi Wangcun Airport via Istanbul, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Changzhi Wangcun Airport via Budapest, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Sofia Airport to Changzhi Wangcun Airport via Vienna, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Istanbul to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport via Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,700–7,500
Flights from Istanbul to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Budapest, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Athens, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Istanbul, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–9,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Vienna, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,500
Flights from Sofia Airport to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Istanbul, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–10,000
- Website
- shenzhenair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport via Istanbul, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–8,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Changzhi Wangcun Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Sofia Airport to Changzhi Wangcun Airport via Istanbul, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Changzhi Wangcun Airport via Vienna, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,500
Flights from Istanbul to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,500–8,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Istanbul, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,000–9,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Vienna, Beijing Capital
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–9,500
Flights from Sofia Airport to Yuncheng Zhangxiao Airport via Istanbul, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–10,000
- Website
- csair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport via Istanbul, Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–7,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport via Istanbul, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luoyang Beijiao Airport via Doha, Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–8,500
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luoyang Beijiao Airport via Dubai, Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,500
Flights from Istanbul to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport via Urumqi
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥1,800–6,500
Flights from Istanbul to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Istanbul to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport via Guangzhou Baiyun
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Nanyang Jiangying Airport via Athens, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,800–8,500
- Website
- ch.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport via Istanbul, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,000
Flights from Istanbul to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport via Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- ¥1,900–6,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Nanyang Jiangying Airport via Istanbul, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–6,500
- Website
- en.ceair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport via Istanbul, Tianfu International
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,000
Flights from Istanbul to Zhengzhou Xinzheng International Airport via Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,000–6,000
- Website
- yzr.com.cn
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luoyang Beijiao Airport via Athens, Shanghai Pudong
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- ¥3,200–9,500
- Website
- qdairlines.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luoyang Beijiao Airport via Doha, Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,900–8,500
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luoyang Beijiao Airport via Dubai, Chongqing
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,400–7,500
- Website
- airchangan.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Nanyang Jiangying Airport via Vienna, Xi An
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,100–6,000
- Website
- donghaiair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Changzhi Wangcun Airport via Istanbul, Beijing Daxing
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- ¥2,200–8,000
Train from Zhengzhou East to Gongyi South Station
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥42–46
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥65–75
- Business Class Seat
- ¥90–130
Train from Changzhi East to Zhengzhou
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥100–115
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥170–190
- Business Class Seat
- ¥240–340
Train from Weinan North to Gongyi South
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥140–160
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥240–270
- Business Class Seat
- ¥340–490
Train from Nanyang East to Zhengzhou East
- 2nd Class Seat
- ¥115–130
- 1st Class Seat
- ¥190–220
- Business Class Seat
- ¥270–390
- Phone
- +90 444 8 233
- cozum@tcddtasimacilik.gov.tr
- Website
- tcdd.gov.tr
Train from Sofia to Halkalı
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- ¥110–579
- Website
- https://www.tcdd.gov.tr/lang/en
- Double Room
- ¥322
- Single Room
- ¥579
- Four Person Room
- ¥283
Train from Yuncheng North to Weinan North
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥70–130
- Schedules at
- chinahighlights.com
- Adult - 2nd Class
- ¥70–100
- Adult - 1st Class
- ¥90–130
- Phone
- +90 212 372 22 22
- iett@iett.gov.tr
- Website
- iett.istanbul
Bus from Gültepe Camii to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- ¥7–16
- Website
- https://iett.istanbul/en
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