There are 12 ways to get from Sofia to Spa by plane, train, bus, night train, car, 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 Brussels Airport, train
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Brussels Airport (BRU)plane SOF - BRU
- Take the train from Louvain to Verviers-Centraltrain
7h 28m€94–245Fly to Cologne Bonn Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN)plane SOF - CGN
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbftrain
7h 51m€57–257Bus, train via Aachen
- Take the bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Salzburgbus
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Aachen Hbftrain Nj
31h 36m€267–426Train, night train
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsatrain
- Take the night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Meidlingnighttrain
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Aachen, Hbftrain 90N
41h 43m€317–456Drive 1,940.5 km
- Drive from Sofia to Spacar 1,940.5 km
17h 35m€298–431Fly to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL)plane SOF - CRL
- Take the train from Charleroi-Central to Liège-Guilleminstrain
8h 43m€60–241Fly to Eindhoven Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Eindhoven Airport (EIN)plane SOF - EIN
- Take the train from Eindhoven to Maastrichttrain
9h 8m€61–271Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SOF - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbftrain
9h 4m€128–310Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Salzburgbus
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Liège-Guilleminstrain Nj
32h 7m€294–441Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Vienna, International Busterminalbus
- Take the bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Liège Guilleminsbus 1924
32h 10m€130–188Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Colognebus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbftrain Re
35h 34m€172–383Drive, car train
- Drive from Sofia to Villach Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Düsseldorf Hbf to Spacar
17h 37m€283–1,266
Sofia to Spa by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Spa is to fly and train which costs €55 - €250 and takes 8h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Spa is to fly and train which takes 7h 28m and costs €90 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Spa. However, there are services departing from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station and arriving at SPA Place Royale via Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB), LIEGE Gare des Guillemins - Quai C and VERVIERS Gare Centrale - Quai B. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Sofia to Spa. However, there are services departing from Sofia Sever and arriving at Spa-Géronstère via Gorna Oryahovitsa, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Meidling, Aachen Hbf and Pepinster. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 43m.
The distance between Sofia and Spa is 1842 km. The road distance is 1940.5 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Spa without a car is to bus and train via Aachen which takes 31h 36m and costs €260 - €430.
It takes approximately 7h 28m to get from Sofia to Spa, including transfers.
Sofia to Spa bus services, operated by Air Kona, depart from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station.
Sofia to Spa train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Sofia Sever station.
Sofia to Spa bus services, operated by Air Kona, arrive at Vienna, International Busterminal station.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Spa, Belgium?
You can take a bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to SPA Place Royale via Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB), Liège Guillemins, LIEGE Gare des Guillemins - Quai C, and VERVIERS Gare Centrale - Quai B in around 32h 10m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–250
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–250
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–250
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €29–250
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–240
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–310
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cologne Bonn Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Brussels South Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Eindhoven Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Louvain to Verviers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €170–300
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Charleroi-Central to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Liège-Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €180–320
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €150–230
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Meidling to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €210–320
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €20–30
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- 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 Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–95
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to Aachen, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Eindhoven to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–25
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Eindhoven to Maastricht
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €21–24
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- €21–24
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- tickets@airkona.com
- Website
- airkona.com
Bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Salzburg
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €108
- Website
- Air Kona
Bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Vienna, International Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €61
- Website
- Air Kona
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal (VIB) to Liège Guillemins
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €65–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–23
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- +381 (11) 761-4545
- Website
- srbijatours.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Cologne
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–140
- Schedules at
- srbijatours.com
- Prices
- €110–140
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Cologne
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More Questions & Answers
Spa is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 11:09 PM in Sofia and 10:09 PM in Spa.
Sofia to Spa train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Gorna Oryahovitsa station.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Spa is 1941 km. It takes approximately 17h 35m to drive from Sofia to Spa.
There are 1697+ hotels available in Spa.




































































