There are 10 ways to get from Italy to Varna by plane, train, bus, night 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 from Fiumicino International Airport
best- Fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane FCO - VAR
5h 4m$134–316Bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane BGY - VAR
5h 47m$107–408Train, bus
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Padovatrain
- Take the bus from Padova to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Varnatrain Ic
29h 26m$167–236Train, night train
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Bologna centraletrain
- Take the nighttrain from Bologna Centrale to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse Razpredelitelnatrain
- Take the train from Ruse Razpredelitelna to Varnatrain Ic
40h 28m$358–651Drive 2,081.6 km
- Drive from Rome to Varnacar 2,081.6 km
20h 32m$377–544Fly from Naples Airport
- Fly from Naples Airport (NAP) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane NAP - VAR
8h 12m$162–432Fly from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Fly from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane BRI - VAR
7h 8m$166–326Bus via Bologna
- Take the bus from Rome Tiburtina Largo Mazzoni to Bologna Autostazionebus
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Stationbus
35h 52m$158–231Bus
- Take the bus from ROMA | Stazione Nomentana FS to RIETI | Piazza Cavour # f1068bus
- Take the bus from Rieti Station to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Stationbus
40h 48m$162–219Bus, train
- Take the bus from Rome, Termini to Cernavodăbus
- Take the train from Cernavodă Pod to Constanţatrain
- Take the bus from Constanta to Varnabus
2d 1h$171–237
Italy to Varna by train, bus, foot, and tram
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Italy to Varna is to train and bus which costs $160 - $240 and takes 29h 26m.
The fastest way to get from Italy to Varna is to fly which takes 5h 4m and costs $130 - $320.
No, there is no direct bus from Italy to Varna station. However, there are services departing from Termini and arriving at Varna Central Bus Station via Rome Tiburtina Largo Mazzoni, Bologna Centrale and Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 35h 52m.
No, there is no direct train from Italy to Varna. However, there are services departing from Roma Termini and arriving at Varna via Bologna Centrale, Wien Hbf, Bucuresti Nord and Ruse Razpredelitelna. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 28m.
The distance between Italy and Varna is 1326 km. The road distance is 2081.6 km.
The best way to get from Italy to Varna without a car is to train and bus which takes 29h 26m and costs $160 - $240.
It takes approximately 5h 4m to get from Italy to Varna, including transfers.
Italy to Varna bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., depart from Rome Tiburtina Largo Mazzoni station.
Italy to Varna train services, operated by ItaloTreno, depart from Roma Termini station.
The best way to get from Italy to Varna is to fly which takes 5h 4m and costs $130 - $320. Alternatively, you can bus via Bologna, which costs $150 - $240 and takes 35h 52m.
What companies run services between Italy and Varna, Bulgaria?
Ulendo Airlink, Turkish Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Fiumicino International Airport (FCO) to Varna Airport (VAR) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Termini to Varna Central Bus Station via Rome Tiburtina Largo Mazzoni, Bologna Autostazione, Bologna Centrale, and Sofia Central Bus Station in around 35h 52m.
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–310
Flights from Naples Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 11m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–300
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–270
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $200–550
Flights from Naples Airport to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–600
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $15–170
Flights from Naples Airport to Varna Airport via Fiumicino International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–290
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Fiumicino International Airport to Varna Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–270
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Varna Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–280
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Sunday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–350
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Roma Termini to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Roma Termini to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Roma Termini to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Roma Termini to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Roma Termini to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Sofia Sever to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $8–11
- 1st Class
- $8–12
Train from Ruse Razpredelitelna to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Bologna Centrale to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–140
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- $110–140
- Couchette Carriage
- $85–100
- Seating Carriage
- $50–65
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $250–400
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse Razpredelitelna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–14
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Cernavodă Pod to Constanţa
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Regio Călători
Train from Cernavodă Pod to Constanţa
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Website
- Regio Călători
- 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 Bologna Centrale to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $107
- 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
- $12–16
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Rome Tiburtina Largo Mazzoni to Bologna Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Rome Tiburtina Largo Mazzoni to Bologna Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- (+39) 0923 98.11.20
- Website
- autoservizisalemi.it
Bus from Rome Tiburtina Largo Mazzoni to Bologna Autostazione
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $19–27
- Schedules at
- autoservizisalemi.it
- Phone
- +359 889 59 00 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grup Plus - Etap Adresss
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Grup Plus - Etap Adresss
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- 800 174 471
- Website
- Cotral S.p.A.
Bus from ROMA | Stazione Nomentana FS to RIETI | Piazza Cavour # f1068
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- Cotral S.p.A.
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hak Bus
Bus from Rieti Station to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $123
- 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
- $18–30
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- [email protected]
- Website
- SVS
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- SVS
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Rome, Termini to Cernavodă
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $150–200
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0722 265 779
- [email protected]
- Website
- mercadosud.autogari.ro
Bus from Constanta to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–29
- Schedules at
- mercadosud.autogari.ro
- Single
- $15–21
- Phone
- +40 747 238 190
- [email protected]
- Website
- transaero-travel.ro
Bus from Constanta to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- transaero-travel.autogari.ro
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Booking & Getting There
Italy to Varna bus services, operated by Itabus S.p.A., arrive at Bologna Autostazione station.
Varna is 1h ahead of Italy. It is currently 9:13 PM in Italy and 10:13 PM in Varna.
Italy to Varna train services, operated by ItaloTreno, arrive at Bologna centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Italy to Varna is 2082 km. It takes approximately 20h 32m to drive from Italy to Varna.
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