There are 12 ways to get from Santiago de Compostela to Bulgaria by plane, train, bus, 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.
Fly Santiago De Compostela Airport to Sofia Airport
best- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane SCQ - SOF
8h 50m$102–322Train, bus via Padova
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Madrid Chamartíntrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Perpignantrain
- Take the bus from Perpignan to Paduabus
- Take the bus from Padova to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
41h 57m$398–637Drive 3,179.7 km
- Drive from Santiago de Compostela to Sofiacar 3,179.7 km
32h 4m$581–840Fly Santiago De Compostela Airport to Varna Airport
- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane SCQ - VAR
12h 37m$216–621Train to A Coruña Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to La Coruna-San Cristobaltrain
- Fly from A Coruña Airport (LCG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LCG - SOF
10h 51m$171–292Train to Vigo, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Vigo Urzaiztrain
- Fly from Vigo (VGO) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane VGO - SOF
11h 36m$187–322Fly Santiago De Compostela Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane SCQ - OTP
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
11h 5m$110–359Train, bus
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Madrid Chamartíntrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgvtrain
- Take the train from Avignon Tgv to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
2d 4h$573–1,062Bus
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela to Lugobus
- Take the bus from Lugo to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padova to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
2d 4h$265–311Bus via Geneva
- Take the bus from Santiago de Compostela to Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Bragabus
- Take the bus from Braga to Geneva - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Genève, Place des Alpes to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
2d 11h$489–674Bus #2
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela to Lugojbus
- Take the bus from Lugoj to Orșovabus
- Take the bus from Orșova to Sofiabus
2d 15hDrive, car train
- Drive from Santiago de Compostela to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Sofiacar
39h 15m$680–969
Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Bulgaria is to fly which costs $100 - $330 and takes 8h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 8h 50m and costs $100 - $330.
No, there is no direct bus from Santiago de Compostela to Bulgaria station. However, there are services departing from Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela and arriving at Sofia Central Bus Station via Lugo and Padova. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 4h.
The distance between Santiago de Compostela and Bulgaria is 2607 km. The road distance is 3179.7 km.
The best way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Bulgaria without a car is to train and bus via Padova which takes 41h 57m and costs $390 - $650.
It takes approximately 8h 50m to get from Santiago de Compostela to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Santiago de Compostela to Bulgaria bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela station.
The best way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 8h 50m and costs $100 - $330. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $260 - $320 and takes 2 days 4h.
Santiago de Compostela to Bulgaria bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Lugo station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Santiago de Compostela. It is currently 10:43 PM in Santiago de Compostela and 11:43 PM in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Santiago de Compostela, Spain and Bulgaria?
Vueling Airlines, Bulgaria Air, and five other airlines fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Sofia Airport (SOF) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela to Sofia Central Bus Station via Lugo and Padova in around 2d 4h.
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Sofia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–350
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Sofia Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–350
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Varna Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–500
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Varna Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–490
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Sofia Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–360
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Sofia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $95–360
Flights from Vigo to Sofia Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–380
Flights from Vigo to Sofia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–370
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Sofia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 17m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Sofia Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 7m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–900
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Sofia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–900
Flights from Vigo to Sofia Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–950
Flights from Vigo to Sofia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–900
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Sofia Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–360
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Sofia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–850
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Varna Airport via Basel, Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–490
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Sofia Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–900
Flights from Vigo to Sofia Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–950
Flights from Vigo to Sofia Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–950
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Varna Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–650
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Sofia Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–340
Flights from A Coruña Airport to Sofia Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–350
Flights from Vigo to Sofia Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–360
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–350
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–850
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–800
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Sofia Airport via Paris Orly
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–700
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–490
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Santiago De Compostela Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–360
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Santiago De Compostela to La Coruna-San Cristobal
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–19
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Vigo Urzaiz
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–29
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Perpignan
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Santiago De Compostela to La Coruna-San Cristobal
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Vigo Urzaiz
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Santiago De Compostela to Madrid Chamartín
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Avignon Tgv
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $150–240
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Avignon Tgv to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $220–360
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Perpignan to Padua
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Orșova to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- [email protected]
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Padova to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $105
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
Bus from Padova to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $105
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–290
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela to Lugo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- +34 900 92 91 92
- [email protected]
- Website
- monbus.es
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela to Lugo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–16
- Website
- https://www.monbus.es/en
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Lugo to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $150–190
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela to Lugoj
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $180–230
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Santiago de Compostela to Centro Coordenador de Transportes de Braga
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–40
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Braga to Geneva - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $170–320
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +41 76 480 13 51
- [email protected]
- Website
- optoptravel.rs
Bus from Genève, Place des Alpes to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $285–288
- 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
- $23–29
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Website
- https://nis-ekspres.rs/?lang=en
- Phone
- +4-0726.922.277
- Website
- obada-transmontana.ro
Bus from Lugoj to Orșova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- obadatrans.autogari.ro
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