There are 11 ways to get from Sofia to Stuttgart by plane, bus, train, car, or car train
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Fly to Stuttgart Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Stuttgart Airport (STR)plane SOF - STR
5h 24m€53–242Fly to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM)plane SOF - FMM
- Take the train from Memmingen to Ulm Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 55m€49–228Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Vienna, International Busterminalbus
- Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10train 968 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhoftrain 47 / ...
21h 7m€169–374Drive, car train
- Drive from Sofia to Villach Hbf ARZcar
- Take the car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ostcartrain
- Drive from München Ost to Stuttgartcar
13h 41m€292–401Fly to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane SOF - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Hauptbahnhoftrain
6h 46m€104–296Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane SOF - MUC
- Take the train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhoftrain
7h 38m€131–356Fly to Nuremberg Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane SOF - NUE
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Hauptbahnhoftrain
8h 2m€90–292Fly to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB)plane SOF - FKB
- Take the train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbftrain
7h 8m€80–268Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminalbus Citylines 57 / ...
26h€93–124Bus via Niš
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Stuttgart Hbfbus
27h 14m€112–204Drive 1,549.9 km
- Drive from Sofia to Stuttgartcar 1,549.9 km
14h 28m€222–321
Sofia to Stuttgart by bus, foot, and subway
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Stuttgart is to bus which costs €90 - €130 and takes 26h.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Stuttgart is to fly which takes 5h 24m and costs €50 - €250.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia to Stuttgart. However, there are services departing from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika and arriving at Stuttgart Hbf via Niš, Autobuska Stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 14m.
The distance between Sofia and Stuttgart is 1316 km. The road distance is 1549.9 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Stuttgart without a car is to bus and train which takes 21h 7m and costs €160 - €380.
It takes approximately 5h 24m to get from Sofia to Stuttgart, including transfers.
Sofia to Stuttgart bus services, operated by Matpu, depart from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Stuttgart is to fly which takes 5h 24m and costs €50 - €250. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €90 - €130 and takes 26h.
Sofia to Stuttgart bus services, operated by Matpu, arrive at Niš, Autobuska Stanica station.
Stuttgart is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 12:21 AM in Sofia and 11:21 PM in Stuttgart.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Stuttgart, Germany?
Wizz Air, Lufthansa, and Air Serbia fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Stuttgart Airport (STR) twice daily. Alternatively, Citylines operates a bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminal 3 times a week. Tickets cost €90–120 and the journey takes 25h 15m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Nuremberg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Munich International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Stuttgart Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–150
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Stuttgart Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €100–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €80–240
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €70–180
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- €70–110
- First Class
- €130–180
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–100
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- €35–60
- First Class
- €70–100
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–45
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- €17–25
- First Class
- €30–45
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €46–52
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Frankfurt to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €39–44
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Memmingen to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–32
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €42–47
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–31
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from München Hbf to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–130
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €35–55
- 1st Class
- €75–130
Train from Frankfurt to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–95
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €28–45
- 1st Class
- €55–95
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €15–23
- 1st Class
- €28–50
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Villach Hbf ARZ to München Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Memmingen to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Flughafen München to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- €10–15
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–16
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €15–19
- 1st Class Ticket
- €20–29
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–27
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- €14–18
- 1st Class Ticket
- €18–27
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €21–28
- 1st Class
- €40–55
- Phone
- +49 711 2092-7087
- Website
- regional.bahn.de
Train from Karlsruhe Hbf to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Schedules at
- regional.bahn.de
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- tickets@airkona.com
- Website
- airkona.com
Bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Vienna, International Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €61
- Website
- Air Kona
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Stuttgart Airport Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90–120
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- 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
- €12–19
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- +381 (11) 761-4545
- Website
- srbijatours.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–120
- Schedules at
- srbijatours.com
- Prices
- €100–120
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Stuttgart Hbf
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