There are 9 ways to get from Ulm to Sofia by train, plane, bus, or car
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Train to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly
best- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingentrain
- Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FMM - SOF
5h 51m$72–238Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wendlingentrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane STR - SOF
6h 6m$69–250Bus
- Take the bus from Ulm Long Distance Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Citylines 64 / ...
23h 25m$100–140Drive 1,465.7 km
- Drive from Ulm to Sofiacar 1,465.7 km
13h 37m$242–349Train 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 31m$138–338Train to Frankfurt, fly
- Take the train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FRA - SOF
6h 46m$134–405Train, 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 24m$109–311Train, 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 16m$147–371Bus via Augsburg
- Take the bus from Ulm to Augsburgbus FlixBus 283 / ...
- Take the bus from Augsburg to Sofiabus
25h 20m$146–240
Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ulm to Sofia is to train and fly which costs $70 - $240 and takes 5h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Ulm to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 5h 51m and costs $70 - $240.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Ulm Long Distance Bus Station station and arriving at Sofia Serdica Bus Station station. Services depart four times a week, and operate Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 23h 25m.
The distance between Ulm and Sofia is 1252 km. The road distance is 1465.7 km.
The best way to get from Ulm to Sofia without a car is to bus which takes 23h 25m and costs $100 - $140.
It takes approximately 5h 51m to get from Ulm to Sofia, including transfers.
Ulm to Sofia bus services, operated by Citylines, depart from Ulm Long Distance Bus Station.
Ulm to Sofia bus services, operated by Citylines, arrive at Sofia Serdica Bus Station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Ulm. It is currently 8:52 AM in Ulm and 9:52 AM in Sofia.
Yes, the driving distance between Ulm to Sofia is 1466 km. It takes approximately 13h 37m to drive from Ulm to Sofia.
What companies run services between Ulm, Germany and Sofia, Bulgaria?
Citylines operates a bus from Ulm Long Distance Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station 4 times a week. Tickets cost $100–140 and the journey takes 23h 25m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–490
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–440
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–450
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–440
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–460
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–240
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–260
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–210
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–290
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–210
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–490
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–170
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $45–190
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $45–190
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–190
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–200
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–400
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Wendlingen
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Donauwörth to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–27
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Donauwörth to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to Friedrichsh. Stadtbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Ulm Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- 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
- $30–75
- 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
- $30–60
- 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
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 800 589 28 40
- servus@agilis.de
- Website
- agilis.de
Train from Ulm Hbf to Donauwoerth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- 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
- $14–19
- 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
- $21–60
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Ulm Long Distance Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–140
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Ulm to Augsburg
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 810
- reservations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Augsburg to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–230
- Website
- https://www.karat-s.com/
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