There are 11 ways to get from Pau to Bulgaria by bus, plane, train, car, 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.
Bus to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
best- Take the bus from Pau to Biarritzbus
- Fly from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BIQ - SOF
10h 15m$161–718Fly Pau Pyrénées Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
cheapest- Fly from Pau Pyrénées Airport (PUF) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane PUF - OTP
- Take the bus from Bucharest Henri Coandă Airport to Ruse Central Bus Stationbus
12h 17m$106–459Train, bus via Trieste
- Take the train from Pau to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susatrain Tgv
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Trieste Centraletrain Fr
- Take the bus from Trieste to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
32h 38m$450–735Train, bus
- Take the train from Pau to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
36h 4m$372–627Drive 2,368 km
- Drive from Pau to Sofiacar 2,368 km
24h 3m$425–613Train to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Pau to Toulouse Matabiautrain
- Fly from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane TLS - SOF
12h 12m$133–340Train to San Sebastián Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Pau to Bayonnetrain
- Fly from San Sebastián Airport (EAS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane EAS - SOF
12h 53m$221–382Fly Pau Pyrénées Airport to Sofia Airport
- Fly from Pau Pyrénées Airport (PUF) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane PUF - SOF
9h 35m$163–803Bus via Ljubljana
- Take the bus from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc to Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Toulouse to Ljubljana bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Ljubljana to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
38h$245–326Bus
- Take the bus from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc to Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Station to Grenoble - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Grenoble to Nisbus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
2d$345–433Drive, car train
- Drive from Pau to Fuldacar
- Take the cartrain from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Sofiacar
32h 10m$543–761
Pau to Bulgaria by bus and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Pau to Bulgaria is to train and fly which costs $130 - $340 and takes 12h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Pau to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 9h 35m and costs $160 - $850.
No, there is no direct bus from Pau to Bulgaria station. However, there are services departing from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc and arriving at Sofia Central Bus Station via Toulouse and Ljubljana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 38h.
The distance between Pau and Bulgaria is 2154 km. The road distance is 2368 km.
The best way to get from Pau to Bulgaria without a car is to train and bus via Trieste which takes 32h 38m and costs $450 - $750.
It takes approximately 10h 15m to get from Pau to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Pau to Bulgaria bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc station.
The best way to get from Pau to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 9h 35m and costs $160 - $850. Alternatively, you can bus via Ljubljana, which costs $240 - $330 and takes 38h.
Pau to Bulgaria bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Pau. It is currently 12:22 AM in Pau and 1:22 AM in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Pau, France and Bulgaria?
Air France, Bulgaria Air, and three other airlines fly from Pau Pyrénées Airport (PUF) to Sofia Airport (SOF) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc to Sofia Central Bus Station via Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Station, Toulouse, Ljubljana bus station, and Ljubljana in around 38h.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–430
Flights from Pau Pyrénées Airport to Sofia Airport via Lyon, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–800
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Sofia Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $120–240
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Sofia Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 32m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–420
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Sofia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–400
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Sofia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–700
Flights from Pau Pyrénées Airport to Sofia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–850
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Pau Pyrénées Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–850
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Pau Pyrénées Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–850
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Sofia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–380
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Sofia Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–400
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Pau Pyrénées Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–440
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from San Sebastián Airport to Sofia Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $220–750
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Pau to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $170–260
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $160–240
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Pau to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $170–260
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $95–130
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $80–140
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $95–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Pau to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Pau to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Pau to Biarritz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–18
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Toulouse to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $140–210
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Pau to Biarritz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–16
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc to Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc to Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–27
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Station to Grenoble - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- [email protected]
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Trieste to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $98
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
Bus from Ljubljana to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $89
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +359 (0) 877 34 47 47
- [email protected]
- Website
- Pegasus
Bus from Bucharest Henri Coandă Airport to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–17
- Website
- Pegasus
- Phone
- +41 76 480 13 51
- [email protected]
- Website
- optoptravel.rs
Bus from Grenoble to Nis
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $270–300
- 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
- $22–29
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–25
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
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