There are 10 ways to get from Perpignan to Sofia by train, plane, 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.
Train to Barcelona–El Prat Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Santstrain
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BCN - SOF
7h 29m$62–284Train, bus via Trieste
- Take the train from Perpignan to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sudtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain Ter
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux 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
30h 4m$286–486Drive 2,113.8 km
- Drive from Perpignan to Sofiacar 2,113.8 km
21h 35m$379–547Fly from Perpignan-Rivesaltes Airport
- Fly from Perpignan-Rivesaltes Airport (PGF) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane PGF - SOF
23h 3m$131–461Train to Marseille Provence Airport, fly
- Take the train from Perpignan to Aix En Provence Tgvtrain
- Fly from Marseille Provence Airport (MRS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MRS - SOF
10h 44m$114–360Train, train to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, fly
- Take the train from Perpignan to Narbonnetrain
- Take the train from Narbonne to Toulouse Matabiautrain
- Fly from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane TLS - SOF
12h 15m$127–344Train, bus
- Take the train from Perpignan to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sudtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Chambery Challes Les Eauxtrain Ter
- Take the train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuovatrain Fr
- Take the bus from Verona Porta Nuova to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
30h 42m$250–389Bus
- Take the bus from Perpignan to Ljubljana bus stationbus 1922
- Take the bus from Ljubljana to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
34h 5m$228–293Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Perpignan to Marseille St Charlestrain
- Take the train from Marseille-Saint-Charles to Nice-Villetrain
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Genova Brignoletrain Re
- Take the bus from Genoa to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
36h 22m$241–309Train, bus #3
- Take the train from Perpignan to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain Ter
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Beogradbus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
38h 40m$206–269
Perpignan to Sofia by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Perpignan to Sofia is to train and fly which costs $60 - $290 and takes 7h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Perpignan to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 7h 29m and costs $60 - $290.
No, there is no direct bus from Perpignan to Sofia station. However, there are services departing from Perpignan and arriving at Sofia Central Bus Station via Ljubljana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 34h 5m.
The distance between Perpignan and Sofia is 1973 km. The road distance is 2113.8 km.
The best way to get from Perpignan to Sofia without a car is to train and bus via Trieste which takes 30h 4m and costs $280 - $490.
It takes approximately 7h 29m to get from Perpignan to Sofia, including transfers.
Perpignan to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Perpignan station.
The best way to get from Perpignan to Sofia is to fly which takes 23h 3m and costs $130 - $470. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $220 - $300 and takes 34h 5m.
Perpignan to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Ljubljana bus station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Perpignan. It is currently 2:01 AM in Perpignan and 3:01 AM in Sofia.
What companies run services between Perpignan, France and Sofia, Bulgaria?
Ryanair and Aer Lingus fly from Perpignan-Rivesaltes Airport (PGF) to Sofia Airport (SOF) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Perpignan to Sofia Central Bus Station via Ljubljana bus station and Ljubljana in around 34h 5m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–220
Flights from Perpignan-Rivesaltes Airport to Sofia Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $150–480
Flights from Perpignan-Rivesaltes Airport to Sofia Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–490
Flights from Perpignan-Rivesaltes Airport to Sofia Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $130–460
Flights from Perpignan-Rivesaltes Airport to Sofia Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome Ciampino
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $65–290
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–430
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–180
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–290
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Sofia Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $120–240
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–290
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $100–320
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–290
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $100–320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Marseille Provence Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $65–420
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–60
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Perpignan to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Perpignan to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–22
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Narbonne to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Perpignan to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Perpignan to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Perpignan to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Perpignan to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Perpignan to Aix En Provence Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Perpignan to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Perpignan to Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $50–75
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Perpignan to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Perpignan to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Perpignan to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–21
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Narbonne to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–50
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Perpignan to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Perpignan to Narbonne
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–25
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Valence Tgv Rhone-Alpes Sud to Chambery Challes Les Eaux
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Marseille-Saint-Charles to Nice-Ville
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–90
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
Train from Perpignan to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- Zou! Lignes Express Régionales
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Chambery Challes Les Eaux to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Ventimiglia to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–27
- 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
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Ventimiglia to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- 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 Verona Porta Nuova to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $101
- 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
Bus from Genoa to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $101
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Perpignan to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $130–210
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- [email protected]
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Montpellier to Beograd
- Phone
- +381 11 8728111
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trans-Jug
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $41–45
- Website
- Trans-Jug
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