There are 10 ways to get from Utrecht to Sofia by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly
best- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Stationtrain
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane AMS - SOF
5h 50m$100–273Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane EIN - SOF
6h 28m$58–337Bus
- Take the bus from Utrecht to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofiabus
28hDrive 2,071.4 km
- Drive from Utrecht to Sofiacar 2,071.4 km
18h 31m$427–617Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Koeln Hbftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CGN - SOF
7h 27m$65–310Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to 's-Hertogenboschtrain
- Take the train from 's-Hertogenbosch to Bredatrain
- Take the train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventemtrain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BRU - SOF
8h 27m$97–334Train, bus via Düsseldorf
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbftrain Ice
- Take the train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Würzburg Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from Wurzburg Bismarckstrasse Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
28h 27m$177–331Train, bus
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Citylines 64 / ...
33h 15m$148–274Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Utrecht Centraal to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Köln Hbf to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
36h 18m$193–341Drive, car train
- Drive from Utrecht to Düsseldorf Hbfcar
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Sofiacar
17h 20m$338–1,535
Utrecht to Sofia by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Utrecht to Sofia is to train and fly which costs $55 - $340 and takes 6h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Utrecht to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 5h 50m and costs $100 - $280.
No, there is no direct bus from Utrecht to Sofia. However, there are services departing from Utrecht and arriving at Sofia via Beograd, Autobuska stanica. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h.
The distance between Utrecht and Sofia is 1809 km. The road distance is 2071.4 km.
The best way to get from Utrecht to Sofia without a car is to bus which takes 28h and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 50m to get from Utrecht to Sofia, including transfers.
Utrecht to Sofia bus services, operated by Garo Reisen, depart from Utrecht station.
Utrecht to Sofia bus services, operated by Garo Reisen, arrive at Beograd, Autobuska stanica station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Utrecht. It is currently 8:04 PM in Utrecht and 9:04 PM in Sofia.
Yes, the driving distance between Utrecht to Sofia is 2071 km. It takes approximately 18h 31m to drive from Utrecht to Sofia.
What companies run services between Utrecht, Netherlands and Sofia, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Utrecht to Sofia via Beograd, Autobuska stanica in around 28h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–380
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–380
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–490
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–390
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–320
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–230
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–230
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–290
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–170
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–150
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–150
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–240
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–23
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–65
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to 's-Hertogenbosch
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–14
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from 's-Hertogenbosch to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–13
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Brussels Airport-Zaventem
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–27
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Duesseldorf Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Schiphol Airport Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $11–13
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $11–13
Train from Utrecht Centraal to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $20–23
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $20–23
Train from Utrecht Centraal to 's-Hertogenbosch
- Ave. Duration
- 26 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $12–14
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $12–14
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $320–650
- Car Compartment
- $600–1,200
- Phone
- +381 20 333 733
- garoreisen@gmail.com
- Website
- garo-reisen.rs
Bus from Utrecht to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- garo-reisen.rs
- Phone
- +381 11 8728111
- office@trans-jug.com
- Website
- trans-jug.com
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- http://trans-jug.com/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Wurzburg Bismarckstrasse Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
Bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–130
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Köln 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
- $16–27
- 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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