There are 8 ways to get from Taranto to Bulgaria by bus, plane, car, car ferry, busferry, shuttle, or train
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Italobus Connections, bus to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
best- Take the bus from Taranto to Materabus
- Take the bus from Matera piazza Matteotti to Bari Airportbus
- Fly from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BRI - SOF
7h 38mDrive, car ferry
cheapest- Drive from Taranto to Port Of Baricar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Bari to Durrëscarferry
- Drive from Port Of Durres to Sofiacar
17h 22m$143–326Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Taranto Porto Mercantile to Bari Viale Unità d'Italiabus
- Take the busferry from Bari Porto to Tiranabusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Sofiabus
19h 2mItalobus Connections, bus to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, fly to Varna Airport
- Take the bus from Taranto to Materabus
- Take the bus from Matera piazza Matteotti to Bari Airportbus
- Fly from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane BRI - VAR
11h 26mItalobus Connections, bus to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the bus from Taranto to Materabus
- Take the bus from Matera piazza Matteotti to Bari Airportbus
- Fly from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BRI - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
9h 14mTrain to Brindisi Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Taranto to Brindisitrain
- Fly from Brindisi Airport (BDS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BDS - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
8h 2m$174–550Bus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Taranto Port to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana to Sofiabus
22h 26mBus and ferry, bus via Skopje
- Take the busferry from Taranto Port to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebusferry
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofiabus
23h 11m
Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Taranto to Bulgaria is to drive and car ferry which costs $140 - $330 and takes 17h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Taranto to Bulgaria is to train and fly and shuttle which takes 8h 2m and costs $170 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Taranto to Bulgaria. However, there are services departing from Taranto Porto Mercantile and arriving at Sofia via d'Italia-Ciaia, Bari Porto and Tirana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 2m.
The distance between Taranto and Bulgaria is 725 km.
The best way to get from Taranto to Bulgaria without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 19h 2m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 38m to get from Taranto to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Taranto to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Ferrovie del Sud Est e Servizi Automobilistici S.r.l., depart from Taranto Porto Mercantile station.
Taranto to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Ferrovie del Sud Est e Servizi Automobilistici S.r.l., arrive at Bari Viale Unità d'Italia station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Taranto. It is currently 4:42 PM in Taranto and 5:42 PM in Bulgaria.
There are 2130+ hotels available in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Taranto, Italy and Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Taranto to Bulgaria. However, you can take the bus to Matera, walk to Matera piazza Matteotti, take the bus to Bari Airport, walk to Bari-Airport-BRI airport, fly to Sofia Airport (SOF), walk to Sofia Airport, then take the line 4 subway to Sofia Serdica. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Taranto to Sofia via Port of Bari and Port Of Durres in around 17h 22m.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Varna Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–300
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–140
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $35–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–190
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Varna Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $70–280
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–650
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Varna Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–330
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $250–1,000
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Taranto to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Taranto to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Bus from Taranto to Matera
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 080 5790111
- info@cotrap.it
- Website
- cotrap.it
Bus from Matera piazza Matteotti to Bari Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7
- Schedules at
- biglietteria.cotrap.it
- Phone
- 800 07 9090
- Website
- fseonline.it
Bus from Taranto Porto Mercantile to Bari Viale Unità d'Italia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- fseonline.it
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Busferry from Bari Porto to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Tirana to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $53
- Schedules at
- nelatours.com
- 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
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Busferry from Taranto Port to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 234 8608
- info@dritatravel.com
- Website
- dritatravel.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- dritatravel.com
- Phone
- +38975468055
- Website
- idotours.com.mk
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- Schedules at
- traveling.com
- Phone
- +3907150211621
- booking@adriaferries.com
- Website
- adriaferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–170
- Schedules at
- adriaferries.com
- Outside cabin 2 beds
- $133
- Inner cabin 2 beds
- $120–170
- Deck
- $75–85
- Car
- $115–125
- Inside cabin 2 beds
- $109–115
- Phone
- +30 210 4828001
- booking@ventourisferries.com
- Website
- ventourisferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $43
- Website
- https://ventourisferries.com/en/
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