There are 10 ways to get from Santiago de Compostela to Sofia by plane, train, bus, car, night train, or car train
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Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport
best- Fly from Santiago De Compostela Airport (SCQ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane SCQ - SOF
8h 33m$101–321Train, bus
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Madrid Chamartíntrain Ave
- Take the bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padova to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
2d 1h$327–456Drive 3,179.7 km
- Drive from Santiago de Compostela to Sofiacar 3,179.7 km
32h 4m$581–840Train to A Coruña Airport, fly
- 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 34m$170–291Train to Vigo, fly
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Vigo Urzaiztrain
- Fly from Vigo (VGO) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane VGO - SOF
11h 19m$186–321Bus
- 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$265–311Train, bus, night train
- Take the train from Santiago De Compostela to Madrid Chamartíntrain Ave
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Rochtrain
- Take the bus from Montpellier to Bucureştibus
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsanighttrain
- Take the train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia Severtrain Ic / ...
2d 8h$411–626Bus via Bordeaux
- Take the bus from Santiago de Compostela to Bordeauxbus
- Take the bus from Bordeaux to Ljubljana bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Ljubljana bus station to Sofiabus
2d 11h$370–625Bus #2
- Take the bus from Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nordbus
- Take the bus from Timișoara to Sofiabus 1950
2d 14h$256–343Drive, 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 to Sofia by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Sofia is to fly which costs $100 - $330 and takes 8h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Sofia is to fly which takes 8h 33m and costs $100 - $330.
No, there is no direct bus from Santiago de Compostela to Sofia 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 Sofia is 2603 km. The road distance is 3179.7 km.
The best way to get from Santiago de Compostela to Sofia without a car is to train and bus which takes 2 days 1h and costs $320 - $460.
It takes approximately 8h 33m to get from Santiago de Compostela to Sofia, including transfers.
Santiago de Compostela to Sofia 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 Sofia is to fly which takes 8h 33m and costs $100 - $330. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $260 - $320 and takes 2 days 4h.
Santiago de Compostela to Sofia bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Lugo station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Santiago de Compostela. It is currently 3:56 AM in Santiago de Compostela and 4:56 AM in Sofia.
What companies run services between Santiago de Compostela, Spain and Sofia, 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
- 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
- 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 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
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
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 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 Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $140–220
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia Sever
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $4–7
- 1st Class
- $5–7
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia Sever
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $26–29
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/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
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $140–180
- Schedules at
- 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 Montpellier to Bucureşti
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $160–200
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
Bus from Estación de autobuses de Santiago de Compostela to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $180–230
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- 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
- +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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Santiago de Compostela to Bordeaux
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bordeaux to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $180–300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Timișoara to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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