There are 10 ways to get from Greek Islands to Bulgaria by unknown, plane, car ferry, train, 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.
Travel to Athens International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
best- Walk from Greek Islands to Athens-Airport-ATHunknown
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ATH - SOF
3h 12mTravel, car ferry, train, bus
- Walk from Greek Islands to Port of Serifosunknown
- Take the car ferry from Port of Serifos to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki train station to Sofiabus 983
15h 52mTravel, car ferry, train, bus via Sandanski
- Walk from Greek Islands to Port of Serifosunknown
- Take the car ferry from Port of Serifos to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki, KTEL to Sandanskibus
- Take the train from Sandanski to Sofiatrain Ic
17h 44mTravel, car ferry, bus
- Walk from Greek Islands to Port of Serifosunknown
- Take the car ferry from Port of Serifos to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus Port Akti Kondili to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
17h 44mTravel to Athens International Airport, fly to Varna Airport
- Walk from Greek Islands to Athens-Airport-ATHunknown
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane ATH - VAR
3h 39mTravel to Athens International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Walk from Greek Islands to Athens-Airport-ATHunknown
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane ATH - OTP
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
5h 42mTravel, car ferry, car ferry to Mykonos, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Walk from Greek Islands to Port of Serifosunknown
- Take the car ferry from Port of Serifos to Port of Sifnoscarferry
- Take the car ferry from Port of Sifnos to Mykonoscarferry
- Fly from Mykonos (JMK) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane JMK - OTP
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
12h 36mTravel, car ferry, bus via Sofia Central Bus Station
- Walk from Greek Islands to Port of Serifosunknown
- Take the car ferry from Port of Serifos to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
21h 2mTravel, car ferry, bus via Kavála
- Walk from Greek Islands to Port of Serifosunknown
- Take the car ferry from Port of Serifos to Lavriocarferry
- Take the car ferry from Lavrio to Kavalacarferry
- Take the bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
26h 3mTravel, car ferry, drive
- Walk from Greek Islands to Port of Serifosunknown
- Take the car ferry from Port of Serifos to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Drive from Port of Piraeus to Sofiacar
12h 33m
Athens International Airport (ATH) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The distance between Greek Islands and Bulgaria is 603 km.
The best way to get from Greek Islands to Bulgaria without a car is to travel and car ferry and train and bus which takes 15h 52m and costs .
It takes approximately 3h 12m to get from Greek Islands to Bulgaria, including transfers.
There are 2302+ hotels available in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Greek Islands, Greece and Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Greek Islands to Bulgaria. However, you can travel to Athens-Airport-ATH airport, fly to Sofia Airport (SOF), walk to Sofia Airport, then take the subway to Sofia Serdica. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Greek Islands to Serdika via Port of Serifos, Port of Piraeus, Piraeus, Athens, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki train station, Sofia, and Central Station in around 15h 52m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–120
Flights from Mykonos to Bucharest Otopeni via Athens International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–230
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Athens International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–200
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–130
Flights from Mykonos to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–170
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Athens International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–130
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $29–190
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sandanski to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–5
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Thessaloniki train station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Thessaloniki train station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–26
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Piraeus Port Akti Kondili to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Thessaloniki, KTEL to Sandanski
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–19
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- [email protected]
- Website
- en.tourist-service.com
Bus from Piraeus to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $93
- Website
- https://en.tourist-service.com/
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- [email protected]
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- en.kaleiatravel.com
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- [email protected]
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Serifos to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–140
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Port of Serifos to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–140
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Port of Serifos to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–140
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Port of Serifos to Port of Sifnos
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–25
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Port of Sifnos to Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–120
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Lavrio to Kavala
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $180–470
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
Car ferry from Port of Serifos to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–140
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
- Phone
- +30 210 46 10 500
- [email protected]
- Website
- magicseaferries.gr
Car ferry from Port of Serifos to Port of Sifnos
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–24
- Schedules at
- magicseaferries.gr
Car ferry from Port of Serifos to Lavrio
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Schedules at
- magicseaferries.gr
- Phone
- +30 210 4284000
- [email protected]
- Website
- fastferries.com.gr
Car ferry from Port of Serifos to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://fastferries.com.gr/en/
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