There are 8 ways to get from Chur to Sofia by train, plane, bus, 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.
Train to Zurich Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Chur to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ZRH - SOF
6h 12m$142–297Bus, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Chur train station to Milanbus
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bergamobus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BGY - SOF
9h 17m$51–174Train, bus via Bratislava
- Take the train from Sargans to Bratislava hl.st.train rjx 167
- Take the bus from Bratislava to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
23h 34m$85–173Drive 1,498.8 km
- Drive from Chur to Sofiacar 1,498.8 km
15h 20m$303–437Train to Basel, fly
- Take the train from Chur to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BSL - SOF
7h 34m$58–504Train, train to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly
- Take the train from Chur to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to Memmingentrain
- Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FMM - SOF
8h 14m$120–386Bus
- Take the bus from Chur train station to Munich central bus stationbus FlixBus N76 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Sofiabus N981
26h 5m$111–252Train, bus
- Take the train from Chur to St. Margrethen SGtrain Ir13
- Take the bus from St. Margarethen to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
28h 1m$163–218
Chur to Sofia by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chur to Sofia is to bus and fly which costs $50 - $180 and takes 9h 17m.
The fastest way to get from Chur to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 6h 12m and costs $140 - $300.
No, there is no direct bus from Chur station to Sofia. However, there are services departing from Chur train station and arriving at Sofia via Munich central bus station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 5m.
The distance between Chur and Sofia is 1413 km. The road distance is 1498.8 km.
The best way to get from Chur to Sofia without a car is to train and bus via Bratislava which takes 23h 34m and costs $85 - $180.
It takes approximately 6h 12m to get from Chur to Sofia, including transfers.
Chur to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Chur train station.
Chur to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Chur. It is currently 6:55 AM in Chur and 7:55 AM in Sofia.
Yes, the driving distance between Chur to Sofia is 1499 km. It takes approximately 15h 20m to drive from Chur to Sofia.
What companies run services between Chur, Grisons, Switzerland and Sofia, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Chur train station to Sofia via Munich central bus station in around 26h 5m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–150
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $35–150
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $35–150
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–400
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $85–440
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–430
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–170
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $18–110
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–300
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–220
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–220
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–400
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $120–440
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–220
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–420
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Chur to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Chur to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–260
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Chur to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Chur to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
Train from Chur to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- [email protected]
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Sargans to Bratislava hl.st.
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- [email protected]
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Chur to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19–24
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 821 899 825 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- arverio-by.de
Train from Lindau, Reutin Bahnhof to Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- arverio-by.de
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Bratislava to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Chur train station to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Chur train station to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–10
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Munich central bus station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Munich central bus station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- [email protected]
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from St. Margarethen to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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