There are 9 ways to get from Bulgaria to Florence by plane, bus, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Sofia Airport to Florence Peretola Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane SOF - FLR
7h 38m€88–283Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
cheapest- Take the bus from Ruse Central Bus Station to Bucharest Henri Coandă Airportbus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane OTP - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
7h 38m€40–307Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Padovabus
- Take the train from Padova to Firenze Santa Maria Novellatrain 8902 / ...
21h 20m€116–136Drive 1,374 km
- Drive from Sofia to Florencecar 1,374 km
13h 16m€223–322Fly Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane SOF - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
5h 48m€65–263Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Pisa International Airport, train
- Take the bus from Ruse Central Bus Station to Bucharest Henri Coandă Airportbus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)plane OTP - PSA
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
8h 23m€67–285Fly Sofia Airport to Fiumicino International Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)plane SOF - FCO
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Firenze S.M.N.train
7h 21m€54–222Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Firenze Autostazionebus
23h€95Bus via Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Sofia to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Stazione Santa Maria Novellabus
23h 46m€121–139
Bulgaria to Florence by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bulgaria to Florence is to bus which costs €95 and takes 23h.
The fastest way to get from Bulgaria to Florence is to fly and train which takes 5h 48m and costs €60 - €270.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Sofia Central Bus Station station and arriving at Firenze Autostazione. Services depart once a week, and operate Thursday. The journey takes approximately 23h.
The distance between Bulgaria and Florence is 1016 km. The road distance is 1374 km.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Florence without a car is to bus and train which takes 21h 20m and costs €110 - €140.
It takes approximately 7h 38m to get from Bulgaria to Florence, including transfers.
Bulgaria to Florence bus services, operated by M&M Travel, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Florence is to fly which takes 7h 38m and costs €85 - €290. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €95 and takes 23h.
Bulgaria to Florence bus services, operated by M&M Travel, arrive at Firenze Autostazione station.
Florence is 1h behind Bulgaria. It is currently 4:02 PM in Bulgaria and 3:02 PM in Florence.
What companies run services between Bulgaria and Florence, Italy?
Bulgaria Air, ITA Airways, and six other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) 4 times a day. Alternatively, M&M Travel operates a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Firenze Autostazione once a week. Tickets cost €95 and the journey takes 23h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–300
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Fiumicino International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–300
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–430
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €18–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–400
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €19–150
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Padova to Firenze Santa Maria Novella
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Roma Termini to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Roma Termini to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Pisa Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Roma Termini to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- [email protected]
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Firenze Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +359 (0) 877 34 47 47
- [email protected]
- Website
- Pegasus
Bus from Ruse Central Bus Station to Bucharest Henri Coandă Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- Pegasus
Bus from Ruse Central Bus Station to Bucharest Henri Coandă Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- Pegasus
- Phone
- +359 2 981 58 56
- [email protected]
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–28
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–29
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- [email protected]
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hak Bus
Bus from Kumanovo to Stazione Santa Maria Novella
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Website
- Hak Bus
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