There are 7 ways to get from Sofia to Trieste by plane, bus, car, shuttle, or 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 Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane SOF - TRS
7h 28m€75–288Bus via Ljubljana
cheapest- Take the bus from Sofia to Ljubljana bus stationbus N981
- Take the bus from Ljubljana bus station to Triestebus N907 / ...
17h 43m€40–131Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Triestebus
14h 30m€88Drive 1,011.9 km
- Drive from Sofia to Triestecar 1,011.9 km
9h 28m€155–223Fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane SOF - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
8h€96–371Fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane SOF - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
9h 23m€86–421Fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane SOF - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centraletrain
9h 18m€68–289
Sofia to Trieste by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Trieste is to bus via Ljubljana which costs €40 - €140 and takes 17h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Trieste is to fly which takes 7h 28m and costs €70 - €290.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Sofia and arriving at Trieste. Services depart twice a week, and operate Friday. The journey takes approximately 14h 30m.
The distance between Sofia and Trieste is 905 km. The road distance is 1011.9 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Trieste without a car is to bus which takes 14h 30m and costs €88.
It takes approximately 7h 28m to get from Sofia to Trieste, including transfers.
Sofia to Trieste bus services, operated by M&M Travel, depart from Sofia station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Trieste is to fly which takes 7h 28m and costs €70 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €88 and takes 14h 30m.
Sofia to Trieste bus services, operated by M&M Travel, arrive at Trieste station.
Trieste is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 9:38 PM in Sofia and 8:38 PM in Trieste.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Trieste, Italy?
Bulgaria Air, ITA Airways, and two other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) once daily. Alternatively, M&M Travel operates a bus from Sofia to Trieste twice a week. Tickets cost €88 and the journey takes 14h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–340
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €23–160
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ljubljana via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–26
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €88
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–170
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31–34
- Private
- €95–170
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €34–250
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €34–38
- Private
- €140–250
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +43 50 678910
- service@verbundlinie.at
- Website
- verbundlinie.at
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.verbundlinie.at/en/
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