There are 10 ways to get from Stuttgart to Bulgaria by plane, train, bus, car, car train, or shuttle
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Fly Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport
best- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane STR - SOF
5h 10m$60–277Train, train to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly to Sofia Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingentrain
- Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FMM - SOF
7h 10m$52–237Train, bus
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 42 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the bus from Salzburg to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Stationbus
24h 13m$173–329Drive, car train
- Drive from Stuttgart to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Sofiacar
13h 58m$337–463Fly Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane STR - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
6h 42m$195–537Train to Frankfurt, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FRA - SOF
5h 55m$112–313Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MUC - SOF
7h 57m$138–333Bus via Munich
- Take the bus from Stuttgart to München, ZOBbus Ivano-Frankivsk
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Sofiabus N981
25h 2mBus
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
26h 47m$155–265Drive 1,550.3 km
- Drive from Stuttgart to Sofiacar 1,550.3 km
14h 20m$256–369
Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Stuttgart to Bulgaria is to fly which costs $55 - $280 and takes 5h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Stuttgart to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 5h 10m and costs $55 - $280.
No, there is no direct bus from Stuttgart to Bulgaria. However, there are services departing from Stuttgart and arriving at Sofia via Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 2m.
The distance between Stuttgart and Bulgaria is 1318 km. The road distance is 1550.3 km.
The best way to get from Stuttgart to Bulgaria without a car is to train and bus which takes 24h 13m and costs $170 - $330.
It takes approximately 5h 10m to get from Stuttgart to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Stuttgart to Bulgaria bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Stuttgart station.
The best way to get from Stuttgart to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 5h 10m and costs $55 - $280. Alternatively, you can bus via Munich, which costs and takes 25h 2m.
Stuttgart to Bulgaria bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at München, ZOB station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Stuttgart. It is currently 3:50 AM in Stuttgart and 4:50 AM in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Stuttgart, Germany and Bulgaria?
Wizz Air, Austrian Airlines, and three other airlines fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Sofia Airport (SOF) every 4 hours. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Stuttgart to Sofia via Munich central bus station in around 25h 2m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–420
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–360
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–160
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–390
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–210
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $35–210
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $29–150
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–160
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–230
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–210
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $28–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–26
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–60
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–18
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- stuttgart@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–24
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +49 711 400 534 44
- service@gabw-bahn.de
- Website
- go-ahead-bw.de
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Ulm Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Schedules at
- go-ahead-bw.de
- 2nd Class Ticket
- $18–22
- 1st Class Ticket
- $23–35
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- tickets@airkona.com
- Website
- airkona.com
Bus from Salzburg to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $125
- Website
- Air Kona
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Stuttgart to München, ZOB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–26
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–28
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
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