There are 7 ways to get from Maribor to Sofia by bus, plane, car, shuttle, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Graz Airport, fly
best- Take the bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Graz Airportbus
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane GRZ - SOF
7h 49m$261–785Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Maribor bus station to Sofiabus N981
14h 40m$80–130Drive 900.6 km
- Drive from Maribor to Sofiacar 900.6 km
8h 24m$142–205Bus to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airportbus
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ZAG - SOF
8h 33m$119–556Shuttle to Vienna International Airport, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Flughafen Wien
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane VIE - SOF
6h 48m$95–245Train, train to Klagenfurt Airport, fly
- Take the train from Maribor to Graz Hbftrain
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Klagenfurt Hbftrain
- Fly from Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane KLU - SOF
10h 23m$187–516Bus via Zagreb
- Take the bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagrebbus
- Take the bus from Zagreb - Motel Plitvice to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
16h 36m$175–435
Maribor to Sofia by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Maribor to Sofia is to bus which costs $80 - $130 and takes 14h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Maribor to Sofia is to shuttle and fly which takes 6h 48m and costs $95 - $250.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Maribor bus station station and arriving at Sofia. Services depart five times a week, and operate Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 14h 40m.
The distance between Maribor and Sofia is 859 km. The road distance is 900.6 km.
The best way to get from Maribor to Sofia without a car is to bus which takes 14h 40m and costs $80 - $130.
It takes approximately 7h 49m to get from Maribor to Sofia, including transfers.
Maribor to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Maribor bus station.
Maribor to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Sofia station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Maribor. It is currently 1:14 PM in Maribor and 2:14 PM in Sofia.
Yes, the driving distance between Maribor to Sofia is 901 km. It takes approximately 8h 24m to drive from Maribor to Sofia.
What companies run services between Maribor, Slovenia and Sofia, Bulgaria?
FlixBus operates a bus from Maribor bus station to Sofia 5 times a week. Tickets cost $80–130 and the journey takes 14h 40m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–340
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–200
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Graz Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–600
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–380
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Graz Airport to Sofia Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $180–550
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–230
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $60–210
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–170
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Sofia Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $130–430
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–230
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–380
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Maribor to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Maribor to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Graz Hbf to Klagenfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $28–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Graz Hbf to Klagenfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Graz Hbf to Klagenfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–30
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Graz Hbf to Klagenfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Graz Hbf to Klagenfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $80–140
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- $135
Bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $50–310
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- $146
- Shared
- $50–75
Bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $50–280
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- $146
- Shared
- $50–75
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Maribor bus station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +386 070740450
- [email protected]
- Website
- easydrive.si
Shuttle from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $46
- Schedules at
- easydrive.si
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- [email protected]
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Zagreb - Motel Plitvice to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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