There are 11 ways to get from León to Sofia by train, bus, plane, car ferry, car, night train, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, bus to Asturias Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Leon to Oviedotrain
- Take the bus from [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo IL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 21470] to [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Llegadas [CTA 03073]bus
- Fly from Asturias Airport (OVD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane OVD - SOF
10h 53m$103–285Train, bus
- Take the train from Leon to Miranda De Ebrotrain Alv
- Take the bus from Miranda De Ebro to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padova to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
45h 38m$288–349Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Leon to Barcelona-Santstrain Alv
- Take the carferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoacarferry
- Take the bus from Genoa to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
2d 7h$350–468Drive 2,906.9 km
- Drive from León to Sofiacar 2,906.9 km
29h 3m$532–768Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leon to Madrid Chamartíntrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MAD - SOF
8h 9m$106–298Fly from León Airport
- Fly from León Airport (LEN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LEN - SOF
13h 41m$171–601Train, bus to Bilbao Airport, fly
- Take the train from Leon to Vitoria/Gasteiztrain
- Take the bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz - Estación de Autobuses to Aireportua/Aeropuerto Bilbaobus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BIO - SOF
13h 17m$131–313Bus
- Take the bus from Leon to Oviedobus
- Take the bus from Oviedo to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padova to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
2d$257–301Train, bus, night train
- Take the train from Leon to Madrid Chamartíntrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Bucureştibus
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsanighttrain
- Take the train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia Severtrain Ic / ...
2d 7h$380–563Bus, train
- Take the bus from León to Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stopbus
- Take the train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Perrachetrain Ter
- Take the bus from Lyon, Ibis Hotel to Nisbus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
2d 7h$425–587Drive, car train
- Drive from León to Fuldacar
- Take the cartrain from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Sofiacar
36h 14m$630–897
León to Sofia by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from León to Sofia is to train and fly which costs $100 - $300 and takes 8h 9m.
The fastest way to get from León to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 8h 9m and costs $100 - $300.
No, there is no direct bus from León to Sofia station. However, there are services departing from Leon and arriving at Sofia Central Bus Station via Oviedo and Padova. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 0h.
The distance between León and Sofia is 2560 km. The road distance is 2906.9 km.
The best way to get from León to Sofia without a car is to train and bus which takes 45h 38m and costs $280 - $350.
It takes approximately 10h 53m to get from León to Sofia, including transfers.
León to Sofia bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Leon station.
The best way to get from León to Sofia is to fly which takes 13h 41m and costs $170 - $600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $250 - $310 and takes 2 days 0h.
León to Sofia bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Oviedo station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of León. It is currently 10:08 PM in León and 11:08 PM in Sofia.
What companies run services between León, Spain and Sofia, Bulgaria?
Iberia, Bulgaria Air, and two other airlines fly from León Airport (LEN) to Sofia Airport (SOF) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Leon to Sofia Central Bus Station via Oviedo and Padova in around 2d.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Asturias Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $90–300
Flights from Asturias Airport to Sofia Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 26m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $75–260
Flights from Asturias Airport to Sofia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–250
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $65–190
Flights from León Airport to Sofia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
Flights from León Airport to Sofia Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
Flights from León Airport to Sofia Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $200–650
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Asturias Airport to Sofia Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Asturias Airport to Sofia Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–700
Flights from Asturias Airport to Sofia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Saturday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from León Airport to Sofia Airport via Porto
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,700
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–490
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Asturias Airport to Sofia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $70–260
Flights from Asturias Airport to Sofia Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–270
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–170
Flights from León Airport to Sofia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–600
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Sofia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–160
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Sofia Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–160
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–400
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Leon to Oviedo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–29
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Leon to Miranda De Ebro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Leon to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $130–210
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Leon to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Leon to Vitoria/Gasteiz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Leon to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $140–220
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Leon to Oviedo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Leon to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Leon to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia Sever
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $4–7
- 1st Class
- $5–7
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia Sever
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–29
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from St Etienne Chateaucreux to Lyon Perrache
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $11–22
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from [OVIEDO/UVIÉU] Estación Bus Oviedo IL- Pepe Cosmen [CTA 21470] to [ANZU|Aeropuerto] Aeropuerto - Llegadas [CTA 03073]
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
Bus from Leon to Oviedo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Miranda De Ebro to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $140–180
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Oviedo to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $140–180
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Montpellier to Bucureşti
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $160–200
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
- 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
- $105
- 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
- $105
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
Bus from Padova to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $105
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +34 94 476 50 07
- Website
- autobuseslaunion.com
Bus from Vitoria-Gasteiz - Estación de Autobuses to Aireportua/Aeropuerto Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Website
- https://www.autobuseslaunion.com/en
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from León to Saint-Étienne - Rue Milleret Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–210
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +41 76 480 13 51
- [email protected]
- Website
- optoptravel.rs
Bus from Lyon, Ibis Hotel to Nis
- Ave. Duration
- 33h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $280–330
- Schedules at
- optoptravel.rs
- Phone
- +359 2 981 58 56
- [email protected]
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–29
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Website
- https://nis-ekspres.rs/?lang=en
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- gnv.it
Car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
Want to know more about travelling around Bulgaria
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Train travel in Spain: A guide to Renfe
Read the travel guide
What are the different types of Renfe trains in Spain?
Read the travel guide
Italy Travel Guides
Read the travel guide
More Questions & Answers
Yes, the driving distance between León to Sofia is 2907 km. It takes approximately 29h 3m to drive from León to Sofia.
Book your León to Sofia bus tickets online with Omio.
There are 2300+ hotels available in Sofia.

























































