There are 11 ways to get from Cinque Terre 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 Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Corniglia to Genova Brignoletrain
- Fly from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane GOA - SOF
8h 35m$91–326Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Levanto to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BGY - SOF
9h 26m$58–243Train, bus via Padova
- Take the train from Corniglia to Firenze S.M.N.train Re
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Padovatrain Fr
- Take the bus from Padova to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
21h 42m$153–191Drive 1,475.9 km
- Drive from Cinque Terre to Sofiacar 1,475.9 km
15h 4m$298–430Train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly
- Take the train from Corniglia to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FLR - SOF
9h 37m$119–352Train to Pisa International Airport, fly
- Take the train from La Spezia Centrale to Pisa Centraletrain
- Fly from Pisa International Airport (PSA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane PSA - SOF
9h 21m$70–305Train, train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly
- Take the train from Corniglia to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BLQ - SOF
7h 53m$93–370Train to Milan Linate Airport, fly
- Take the train from Levanto to Paviatrain
- Fly from Milan Linate Airport (LIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LIN - SOF
11h 23m$139–300Train, bus
- Take the train from La Spezia Migliarina to Firenze S.M.N.train Re
- Take the bus from Stazione Santa Maria Novella to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Sofiabus
26h 20m$158–189Train, bus #2
- Take the train from La Spezia Migliarina to Firenze S.M.N.train Re
- Take the bus from Firenze Autostazione to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
27h 22m$129–137Bus
- Take the bus from La Spezia to Genoabus N503 / ...
- Take the bus from Genoa to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
28h 18m$113–121
Cinque Terre to Sofia by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cinque Terre to Sofia is to train and bus and fly which costs $55 - $250 and takes 9h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Cinque Terre to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 7h 53m and costs $90 - $370.
No, there is no direct bus from Cinque Terre to Sofia station. However, there are services departing from La Spezia and arriving at Sofia Central Bus Station via La Spezia and Genoa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 18m.
The distance between Cinque Terre and Sofia is 1284 km. The road distance is 1475.9 km.
The best way to get from Cinque Terre to Sofia without a car is to train and bus via Padova which takes 21h 42m and costs $150 - $200.
It takes approximately 8h 35m to get from Cinque Terre to Sofia, including transfers.
Cinque Terre to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from La Spezia station.
Cinque Terre to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Genoa station.
Yes, the driving distance between Cinque Terre to Sofia is 1476 km. It takes approximately 15h 4m to drive from Cinque Terre to Sofia.
Book your Cinque Terre to Sofia bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Cinque Terre, Italy and Sofia, Bulgaria?
You can take a train from Corniglia to Sofia Central Bus Station via La Spezia Centrale, La Spezia, Mazzetta, La Spezia, and Genoa in around 28h 18m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–430
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–410
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–210
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–250
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Sofia Airport via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–170
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $27–160
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Sofia Airport via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–250
Flights from Pisa International Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–250
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–250
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Saturday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $28–270
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $28–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–400
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–360
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–330
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–290
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–290
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–250
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Milan Linate Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–290
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Corniglia to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Corniglia to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Corniglia to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from La Spezia Centrale to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Corniglia to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from La Spezia Migliarina to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–28
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from La Spezia Migliarina to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–28
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from La Spezia Centrale to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–24
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from La Spezia Centrale to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–17
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Levanto to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Levanto to Pavia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from La Spezia Centrale to Pisa Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $28–45
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–20
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–80
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- $55–80
- 2nd Class
- $30–40
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Train from Levanto to Pavia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- [email protected]
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Padova to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $101
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
Bus from Firenze Autostazione to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $107
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
Bus from Genoa to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $101
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- [email protected]
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–26
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- [email protected]
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $13–16
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hak Bus
Bus from Stazione Santa Maria Novella to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $124
- Website
- Hak Bus
- Phone
- +359 2 981 58 56
- [email protected]
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Kumanovo to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- [email protected]
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Kumanovo to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from La Spezia to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- Flixbus
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