There are 10 ways to get from Sofia to Wels by plane, train, bus, or car
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Fly to Vienna International Airport, train
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane SOF - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Wels Hbftrain
6h 44m€50–206Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Vienna, International Busterminalbus
- Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof to Wels Hbftrain Drf / ...
15h 39m€78–114Drive 1,159.7 km
- Drive from Sofia to Welscar 1,159.7 km
10h 55m€185–267Fly to Salzburg Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Salzburg Airport (SZG)plane SOF - SZG
- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Wels Hbftrain
7h 41m€92–314Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane SOF - MUC
- Take the train from Ostbahnhof to Wels Hbftrain
8h 33m€130–309Fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane SOF - PRG
- Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbftrain
10h 14m€62–197Fly to Nuremberg Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Nuremberg Airport (NUE)plane SOF - NUE
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Passau Hbftrain
- Take the train from Passau Hbf to Wels Hbftrain
9h 17m€107–335Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Linzbus
17h 58m€115–118Bus via Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Linz Wissensturmbus Union Ivkoni - Unibus 3631 / ...
18h 8m€52–88Bus via Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Linz Industriezeile Bus Stopbus Citylines 27 / ...
21h 2m€67–105
Sofia to Wels by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Wels is to bus via Sofia Serdica Bus Stop which costs €50 - €90 and takes 18h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Wels is to fly and train which takes 6h 44m and costs €45 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Wels. However, there are services departing from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station and arriving at Wels Magazinstraße via Linz/Donau Hauptbahnhof B3. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 58m.
The distance between Sofia and Wels is 1044 km. The road distance is 1159.7 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Wels without a car is to bus and train which takes 15h 39m and costs €75 - €120.
It takes approximately 6h 44m to get from Sofia to Wels, including transfers.
Sofia to Wels bus services, operated by Air Kona, depart from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station.
Sofia to Wels bus services, operated by Air Kona, arrive at Linz station.
Wels is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 10:16 AM in Sofia and 9:16 AM in Wels.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Wels is 1160 km. It takes approximately 10h 55m to drive from Sofia to Wels.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Wels, Austria?
Air Kona operates a bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Linz twice a week. Tickets cost €108 and the journey takes 16h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Salzburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Sofia Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Nuremberg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €29–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to Nuremberg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Munich International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Sofia Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- flynas.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Salzburg Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–370
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Salzburg Airport via Lamezia Terme
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–290
Flights from Sofia Airport to Salzburg Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Salzburg Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–280
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–120
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–110
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Flughafen Wien to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–26
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Flughafen Wien to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €35–55
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–30
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- €19–29
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–50
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Ostbahnhof to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–85
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Passau Hbf to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–40
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- €16–24
- First Class
- €30–40
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €14–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–30
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Passau Hbf to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–29
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Linz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–28
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Passau Hbf to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €27–31
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Passau Hbf to Wels Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- €14–21
- 1st Class
- €25–45
- 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
Bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Linz
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €108
- Website
- Air Kona
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Linz Wissensturm
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Linz Industriezeile Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–85
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
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