There are 10 ways to get from Podgorica to Stara Zagora by bus, train, car, plane, night train, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus via Bar
best- Take the bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Polje, Autobuska Stanica Barbus
- Take the bus from Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Stara Zagora Bus Station Slavianskibus
14h 28m$83–141Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Stara Zagorabus
19h 42m$64–104Train, bus
- Take the train from Podgorica to Sutomoretrain Re
- Take the bus from Sutomore, Autobuska stanica to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Kyustendilbus
- Take the train from Kyustendil to Radomirtrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Radomir to Sofiatrain Ic / ...
- Take the train from Sofia to Stara Zagoratrain Ic
17h 56m$74–87Drive 734.6 km
- Drive from Podgorica to Stara Zagoracar 734.6 km
9h 38m$116–168Fly Podgorica Airport to Sofia Airport, train
- Fly from Podgorica Airport (TGD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane TGD - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Stara Zagoratrain
11h 26m$85–250Bus, train
- Take the bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
- Take the train from Sofia to Stara Zagoratrain Ic
23h 1m$67–82Fly Podgorica Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, night train
- Fly from Podgorica Airport (TGD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane TGD - OTP
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Stara Zagoranighttrain
11h 7m$81–260Shuttle to Tivat Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Podgorica Airport to Kotor, Autobuska Stanica
- Fly from Tivat Airport (TIV) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane TIV - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Stara Zagoratrain
13h 10m$255–493Fly Podgorica Airport to Istanbul, bus, night train
- Fly from Podgorica Airport (TGD) to Istanbul (IST)plane TGD - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Çerkezköybus
- Take the nighttrain from Çerkezköy to Stara Zagoranighttrain
11h 28mShuttle to Tivat Airport, fly to Istanbul, bus, night train
- Take a shuttle bus from Podgorica Airport to Kotor, Autobuska Stanica
- Fly from Tivat Airport (TIV) to Istanbul (IST)plane TIV - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Çerkezköybus
- Take the nighttrain from Çerkezköy to Stara Zagoranighttrain
12h 52m
Podgorica Airport (TGD) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Podgorica to Stara Zagora is to bus and train which costs $65 - $85 and takes 23h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Podgorica to Stara Zagora is to drive which takes 9h 38m and costs $110 - $170.
No, there is no direct bus from Podgorica station to Stara Zagora station. However, there are services departing from Podgorica , Bus station and arriving at Stara Zagora Bus Station Slavianski via Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar, Kumanovo and Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 28m.
The distance between Podgorica and Stara Zagora is 849 km. The road distance is 734.6 km.
The best way to get from Podgorica to Stara Zagora without a car is to bus via Bar which takes 14h 28m and costs $80 - $150.
It takes approximately 14h 28m to get from Podgorica to Stara Zagora, including transfers.
Podgorica to Stara Zagora bus services, operated by Zejdin Tours, depart from Podgorica , Bus station.
Podgorica to Stara Zagora bus services, operated by Zejdin Tours, arrive at Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar station.
Stara Zagora is 1h ahead of Podgorica. It is currently 8:34 PM in Podgorica and 9:34 PM in Stara Zagora.
Yes, the driving distance between Podgorica to Stara Zagora is 735 km. It takes approximately 9h 38m to drive from Podgorica to Stara Zagora.
What companies run services between Podgorica, Montenegro and Stara Zagora, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Stara Zagora Bus Station Slavianski via Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar, Kumanovo, Sofia, and Sofia Central Bus Station in around 14h 28m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–550
Flights from Tivat Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–650
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–370
Flights from Tivat Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Tivat Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–270
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–240
Flights from Tivat Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–280
Flights from Tivat Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
- Website
- interjet.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–370
Flights from Tivat Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–550
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–350
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–450
Flights from Tivat Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $150–280
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–270
Flights from Tivat Airport to Sofia Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $180–650
Flights from Tivat Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–240
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–340
- Website
- ajet.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Ankara
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $100–490
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tivat Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Phone
- +382 20 441 197
- [email protected]
- Website
- Railways of Montenegro (ŽPCG)
Train from Podgorica to Sutomore
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–6
- Website
- Railways of Montenegro (ŽPCG)
- Second Class
- $2–3
- First Class
- $5–6
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Kyustendil to Radomir
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $1–2
- 1st Class
- $2–3
Train from Radomir to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $1
- 1st Class
- $1
Train from Sofia to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–6
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $4–6
- 1st Class
- $4–7
Train from Sofia to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $4–6
- 1st Class
- $5–7
Night train from Bucharest to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $5–23
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $5–8
- 1st Class
- $6–8
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $4–6
- 1st Class
- $4–7
Night train from Çerkezköy to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $4–7
- 1st Class
- $5–8
Night train from Çerkezköy to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $4–7
- 1st Class
- $5–8
- Phone
- +38269233966
- [email protected]
- Website
- zejdin-tours.com
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–13
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +381 20 41 1090
- [email protected]
- Website
- polazak.rs
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–16
- Schedules at
- m.facebook.com
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- [email protected]
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar
- Phone
- +382 69 312 161
- [email protected]
- Website
- MS tours
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–12
- Website
- MS tours
- Phone
- +381 68 109 090
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8
- Schedules at
- traveling.com
- Phone
- +389 2 2566668
- [email protected]
- Website
- vardarexpress.com
Bus from Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $51
- Schedules at
- vardarexpress.com
Bus from Sutomore, Autobuska stanica to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $51
- Schedules at
- vardarexpress.com
- 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
Bus from Kumanovo to Kyustendil
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–21
- 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
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Stara Zagora Bus Station Slavianski
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–20
- 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
- $18–35
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Stara Zagora Bus Station Slavianski
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Stara Zagora Bus Station Slavianski
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- [email protected]
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- Phone
- +389 71 77 55 29
- [email protected]
- Website
- ganicekskluziv.mk
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- ganicekskluziv.mk
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- [email protected]
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Schedules at
- en.kaleiatravel.com
- Phone
- 042 605 349
- [email protected]
- Website
- avtogara.starazagora.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–20
- Schedules at
- avtogara.starazagora.bg
- Phone
- 0700 1 2222
- Website
- doris-bg.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15
- Schedules at
- doris-bg.com
- Phone
- 044/62 48 83
- [email protected]
- Website
- Globus ES
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17
- Website
- Globus ES
- [email protected]
- Website
- SVS
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Website
- SVS
- Phone
- +383 44 317 988
- [email protected]
- Website
- Vetoni Tourist
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–29
- Website
- Vetoni Tourist
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- [email protected]
- Website
- Barileva Turist
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–26
- Website
- Barileva Turist
- Phone
- +383 49 196 565
- [email protected]
Bus from Pristina to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +382 69 737 787
- [email protected]
- Website
- gomontenegro.me
Shuttle from Podgorica Airport to Kotor, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Schedules at
- gomontenegro.me
Shuttle from Podgorica Airport to Kotor, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Schedules at
- gomontenegro.me
- Phone
- 0850 222 59 59
- [email protected]
- Website
- istanbulseyahat.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Çerkezköy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- istanbulseyahat.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Çerkezköy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- istanbulseyahat.com.tr
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