There are 12 ways to get from Ulm to Sofia by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wendlingentrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane STR - SOF
6h 8m$73–294Train to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingentrain
- Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FMM - SOF
5h 53m$47–195Train, bus via Vienna
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 42 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Wien Westbahnhoftrain Drf / ...
- Take the bus from Vienna, International Busterminal to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Stationbus
21h 7m$187–303Drive, car train
- Drive from Ulm to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Sofiacar
13h 18m$323–443Train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MUC - SOF
6h 33m$129–295Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FRA - SOF
6h 48m$123–355Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ulm Hbf to Donauwoerthtrain
- Take the train from Donauwörth to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane NUE - SOF
7h 22m$94–335Train, train to Zurich Airport, fly
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Schaffhausentrain
- Take the train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ZRH - SOF
9h 18m$136–306Bus
- Take the bus from Ulm to Munich central bus stationbus 336 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Sofiabus N981
24h 10m$110–198Bus via Niš
- Take the bus from Ulm, Eberhard-Finckh-Straße / Ludwig-Beck-Straße to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
25h 20m$143–249Train, bus
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 42 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich to Sofiabus
25h 57m$138–239Drive 1,465.7 km
- Drive from Ulm to Sofiacar 1,465.7 km
13h 39m$242–349
Ulm to Sofia by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ulm to Sofia is to train and fly which costs $45 - $200 and takes 5h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Ulm to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 5h 53m and costs $45 - $200.
No, there is no direct bus from Ulm to Sofia. However, there are services departing from Ulm and arriving at Sofia via Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 24h 10m.
The distance between Ulm and Sofia is 1375 km. The road distance is 1465.7 km.
The best way to get from Ulm to Sofia without a car is to train and bus via Vienna which takes 21h 7m and costs $180 - $310.
It takes approximately 6h 8m to get from Ulm to Sofia, including transfers.
Ulm to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Ulm station.
Ulm to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Ulm. It is currently 9:22 PM in Ulm and 10:22 PM in Sofia.
Yes, the driving distance between Ulm to Sofia is 1466 km. It takes approximately 13h 39m to drive from Ulm to Sofia.
What companies run services between Ulm, Germany and Sofia, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Ulm to Sofia via Munich central bus station in around 24h 10m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–440
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–270
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–380
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–250
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–380
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $35–220
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $29–150
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–160
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–200
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–170
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wendlingen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Donauwörth to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Donauwörth to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–80
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- servus@arverio.de
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from München Hbf to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–160
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-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
- +49 800 589 28 40
- Website
- agilis.de
Train from Ulm Hbf to Donauwoerth
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Schedules at
- agilis.de
- Phone
- +49 731 1550-0
- servicecenter@dbregiobus-rab.de
- Website
- meine-rab.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–21
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
Train from Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof to Schaffhausen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–18
- Schedules at
- meine-rab.de
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Schaffhausen to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- tickets@airkona.com
- Website
- airkona.com
Bus from Vienna, International Busterminal to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $71
- Website
- Air Kona
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Ulm to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Ulm to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Ulm, Eberhard-Finckh-Straße / Ludwig-Beck-Straße 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
- $15–25
- 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
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Munich to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $120–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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