There are 11 ways to get from Rennes to Sofia by train, plane, bus, night 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.
Train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Rennes to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissytrain
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CDG - SOF
7h 44m$173–399Bus to Nantes Atlantique Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hubbus
- Fly from Nantes Atlantique Airport (NTE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane NTE - SOF
9h 27m$90–338Train, bus via Verona
- Take the train from Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Gare De Lyon 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 31m$306–421Train, night train
- Take the train from Rennes to Bruxelles Miditrain
- Take the nighttrain from Brussels-Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsanighttrain
- Take the train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia Severtrain Ic / ...
46h 53m$474–825Drive 2,445.3 km
- Drive from Rennes to Sofiacar 2,445.3 km
23h 52m$438–633Train, bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly
- Take the train from Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train
- Take the bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvaisbus
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BVA - SOF
9h 34m$126–433Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport
- Fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane RNS - SOF
11h 8m$152–412Train, bus
- Take the train from Rennes to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe Hbf to Sofiabus
35h 7m$282–463Bus via Karlsruhe
- Take the bus from Rennes to Karlsruhe central train stationbus N215
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Citylines 64 / ...
40h 50m$195–290Bus
- Take the bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Gallieni to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
47h 21mDrive, car train
- Drive from Rennes to Fuldacar
- Take the cartrain from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Sofiacar
27h 17m$481–672
Rennes to Sofia by train, subway, foot, and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Rennes to Sofia is to bus and fly which costs $90 - $340 and takes 9h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Rennes to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 7h 44m and costs $170 - $400.
No, there is no direct bus from Rennes to Sofia station. However, there are services departing from Rennes and arriving at Sofia Serdica Bus Station via Karlsruhe Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 50m.
No, there is no direct train from Rennes to Sofia. However, there are services departing from Rennes and arriving at Sofia Sever via Bruxelles-Midi, Brussels-Nord, Wien Hbf, Bucharest and Gorna Oryahovitsa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 46h 53m.
The distance between Rennes and Sofia is 2185 km. The road distance is 2445.3 km.
The best way to get from Rennes to Sofia without a car is to train and bus via Verona which takes 30h 31m and costs $300 - $430.
It takes approximately 7h 44m to get from Rennes to Sofia, including transfers.
Rennes to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Rennes station.
Rennes to Sofia train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), depart from Rennes station.
The best way to get from Rennes to Sofia is to fly which takes 11h 8m and costs $150 - $420. Alternatively, you can bus via Karlsruhe, which costs $190 - $290 and takes 40h 50m.
What companies run services between Rennes, France and Sofia, Bulgaria?
easyJet and Wizz Air fly from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport (RNS) to Sofia Airport (SOF) twice a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Rennes to Sofia Serdica Bus Station via Karlsruhe Central Bus Station in around 40h 50m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $65–190
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $75–300
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $85–300
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $85–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–410
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–430
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Nantes Atlantique Airport to Sofia Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–290
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $35–190
Flights from Rennes-Saint-Jacques Airport to Sofia Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–460
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–250
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–410
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–240
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Rennes to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $90–140
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–120
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–120
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Rennes to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $190–280
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Website
- TGV inOui
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Rennes to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $80–140
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Rennes to Bruxelles Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–240
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Rennes to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Rennes to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–280
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Paris Gare De Lyon to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- 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
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Night train from Brussels-Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–170
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- $130–170
- Couchette Carriage
- $100–120
- Seating Carriage
- $70–85
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $250–400
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia Sever
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $4–7
- 1st Class
- $5–7
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- 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)
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- [email protected]
- Website
- 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
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–15
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Paris - Bercy-Seine Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Rennes - Bus Station to Nantes - Multimodal Interchange Hub
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–16
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Rennes to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- [email protected].
- Website
- Aérobus Paris - Beauvais
Bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13
- Schedules at
- Aérobus Paris - Beauvais
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Karlsruhe Hbf to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- 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
- +381 35 534 931
- [email protected]
- Website
- unilines.com
Bus from Gallieni to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- unilines.com
- 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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Booking & Getting There
Rennes to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Karlsruhe central train station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Rennes. It is currently 11:51 AM in Rennes and 12:51 PM in Sofia.
Rennes to Sofia train services, operated by Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF), arrive at Bruxelles Midi station.
Yes, the driving distance between Rennes to Sofia is 2445 km. It takes approximately 23h 52m to drive from Rennes to Sofia.
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