There are 9 ways to get from Podgorica to Stara Zagora by bus, car, plane, train, shuttle, or night train
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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$85–174Bus
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$69–105Drive 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$85–230Train, bus
- Take the train from Podgorica to Sutomoretrain Re
- Take the bus from Sutomore, Autobuska stanica to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Sofiabus
- Take the train from Sofia to Stara Zagoratrain Ic
15h 17m$70–100Bus, 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$69–82Shuttle 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
12h 10mFly 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 night train 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 night train from Çerkezköy to Stara Zagoranighttrain
12h 52m
Podgorica Airport (TGD) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
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 - $180.
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 11:37 AM in Podgorica and 12:37 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
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–550
Flights from Tivat Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–700
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–350
Flights from Tivat Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–850
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–230
Flights from Tivat Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 53m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Thursday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–280
Flights from Tivat Airport to Istanbul via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–850
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–240
Flights from Tivat Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–280
- Website
- interjet.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–350
Flights from Tivat Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $190–480
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tivat Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 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
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $4–6
- 1st Class
- $5–7
Train from Sofia to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $4–6
- 1st Class
- $5–7
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 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
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $5–7
- 1st Class
- $5–8
Night train from Çerkezköy to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $5–7
- 1st Class
- $5–8
- Phone
- +382 20 441 197
- [email protected]
- Website
- zpcg.me
Train from Podgorica to Sutomore
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–6
- Website
- https://zpcg.me/en
- Second Class
- $2–3
- First Class
- $5–6
- Phone
- +382 69 025 105
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–17
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- [email protected]
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar
- 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
- $7–11
- Schedules at
- m.facebook.com
- Phone
- +382 69 312 161
- [email protected]
- Website
- busticket4.me
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9
- Website
- https://busticket4.me/EN/carriers/details/Ms-Tours/104
- 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
- $9
- 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
- $52
- Schedules at
- vardarexpress.com
Bus from Sutomore, Autobuska stanica to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $52
- 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 Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- [email protected]
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Kumanovo to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–29
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
Bus from Kumanovo to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–29
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Kumanovo to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Stara Zagora Bus Station Slavianski
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Kumanovo to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Stara Zagora Bus Station Slavianski
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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
- $45–70
- 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
- $47
- 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
- $35
- 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
- $25–40
- 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
- $16
- Schedules at
- doris-bg.com
- Phone
- 044/62 48 83
- [email protected]
- Website
- globuses.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17
- Website
- https://www.globuses.com/index.html
- [email protected]
- Website
- svs.md
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–19
- Website
- https://svs.md/en/bus/route/number-19167
- Phone
- +383 44 317 988
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/Vetoni-tourist-101838858789358/
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- [email protected]
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–27
- Website
- https://web.facebook.com/BarilevaTuristKosova
- 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
- $47
- 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
- Schedules at
- gomontenegro.me
Shuttle from Podgorica Airport to Kotor, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- 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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