There are 9 ways to get from Sofia to Sovata by bus, night train, train, taxi, car, plane, or shuttle
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Bus, night train, train
best- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Veliko Tarnovobus
- Take the night train from Veliko Tŭrnovo to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Sudtrain
- Take the bus from Ploiesti to Fântânelebus
13h 18mTrain, night train, taxi
cheapest- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsatrain
- Take the night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the train from Bucharest to Gheorghenitrain
- Take the taxi from Gheorgheni to Sovatataxi
14h 17m$76–99Drive 649.5 km
- Drive from Sofia to Sovatacar 649.5 km
11h$104–150Fly Sofia Airport to Cluj-Napoca, bus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane SOF - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
- Take the bus from Târgu Mureș to Sovatabus
10h 14mBus
- Take the bus from Sofia to București, Autogara Militaribus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Ploieștibus
- Take the bus from Ploiesti to Fântânelebus
14h 38mShuttle, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Sofia to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Sfântu Gheorghebus
- Take the bus from Sfântu Gheorghe to Sovatabus
14h 39mShuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Sofia to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane OTP - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
- Take the bus from Târgu Mureș to Sovatabus
10h 56mFly Sofia Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, train, bus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane SOF - OTP
- Take the train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Sudtrain
- Take the bus from Ploiesti to Fântânelebus
11h 3mFly Sofia Airport to Suceava, train, bus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Suceava (SCV)plane SOF - SCV
- Take the train from Suceava to Romantrain
- Take the bus from Roman to Sovatabus
13h 1m
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Sovata is to train and night train and taxi which costs $75 - $100 and takes 14h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Sovata is to drive which takes 11h and costs $100 - $150.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia to Sovata. However, there are services departing from Sofia and arriving at Sovata via București, Autogara Militari, Ploiesti and Fântânele. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 38m.
The distance between Sofia and Sovata is 806 km. The road distance is 649.5 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Sovata without a car is to bus and night train and train which takes 13h 18m and costs .
It takes approximately 13h 18m to get from Sofia to Sovata, including transfers.
Sofia to Sovata bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Sofia station.
Sofia to Sovata bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at București, Autogara Militari station.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Sovata is 650 km. It takes approximately 11h to drive from Sofia to Sovata.
There are 327+ hotels available in Sovata.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Sovata, Romania?
You can take a bus from Sofia to Sovata via București, Autogara Militari, Ploiești, Ploiesti, and Fântânele in around 14h 38m.
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–280
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–95
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Suceava via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–260
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–750
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $50–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Suceava via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–240
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–250
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–100
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Veliko Tŭrnovo to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $7–12
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $7–11
- 1st Class
- $10–12
Train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $9–13
- 1st Class
- $12–15
Night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $7–10
- 1st Class
- $10–11
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Bucharest to Gheorgheni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–33
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Suceava to Roman
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–13
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Schedules at
- transferoviarcalatori.ro
- 2nd Class
- $2–5
- 1st Class
- $5–8
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- contact@regiocalatori.ro
- Website
- regiocalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Website
- https://regiocalatori.ro/
Train from Suceava to Roman
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- https://regiocalatori.ro/
- Phone
- 0751.525.520
- office@astratranscarpatic.ro
- Website
- astratranscarpatic.ro
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Book at
- astratranscarpatic.ro
- Phone
- +359 2 989000
- support.eu@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Veliko Tarnovo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–13
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Veliko Tarnovo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +4-0731-835.544
- office@chivaran.com
- Website
- chivaran.com
Bus from Ploiesti to Fântânele
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- chivaran.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Sofia to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Ploiești
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4-0744-251.977
- Website
- veratrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Târgu Mureș to Sovata
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- veratrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40754228361
- Website
- tesvasitrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Târgu Mureș to Sovata
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- tesvasitrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Roman to Sovata
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- tesvasitrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Sofia to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $280–410
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +4 0268 455555
- rezervari@transfer-lowcost.ro
- Website
- transfer-lowcost.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Sfântu Gheorghe
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- transfer-lowcost.ro
- Phone
- +4- 0265-255-092
- Website
- balinttrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Sfântu Gheorghe to Sovata
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $4–18
- Schedules at
- balinttrans.autogari.ro
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