There are 9 ways to get from Sofia to Karpathos by plane, bus, ferry, car ferry, train, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Sofia Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK)plane SOF - AOK
9h 2m€80–290Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondilibus Citylines 79
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry Bsf
26h 42m€157–331Bus, ferry via Sofia Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Piraeusbus
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry Bsf
28h 58m€190–350Fly Sofia Airport to Rhodes International Airport, ferry
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Rhodes International Airport (RHO)plane SOF - RHO
- Take the ferry from Rhodes to Karpathosferry
13h 54m€81–249Bus, bus to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, fly to Karpathos Island National Airport
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Dupnitsabus
- Take the bus from Dupnitsa to Serresbus
- Take the bus from Serres to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbus
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK)plane SKG - AOK
12h 27m€162–361Fly Sofia Airport to Kos, car ferry, ferry
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Kos (KGS)plane SOF - KGS
- Take the carferry from Port of Kos to Chalkicarferry
- Take the ferry from Halki to Karpathosferry
14h 38m€116–290Train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Sofia to Blagoevgradtrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal to Serresbus
- Take the train from Serres to Thessalonikitrain Re
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Athenstrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry Bsf
29h 8m€163–354Bus, bus and ferry, ferry
- Take the bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train stationbus 983
- Take the busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklionbusferry
- Take the bus from Heraklion Central Station to Sitiabus
- Take the ferry from Sitia to Karpathosferry Bsf
30h 35m€136–241Bus, ferry via Kavála
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Kavala Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Kavala to Port of Piraeusferry Bsf
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathosferry Bsf
46h 54m€312–736
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Karpathos is to fly and ferry which costs €80 - €250 and takes 13h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Karpathos is to fly which takes 9h 2m and costs €80 - €290.
The distance between Sofia and Karpathos is 897 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Karpathos without a car is to bus and ferry which takes 26h 42m and costs €150 - €340.
It takes approximately 9h 2m to get from Sofia to Karpathos, including transfers.
There are 337+ hotels available in Karpathos.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Karpathos, Greece?
Aegean Airlines, Olympic Air, and Sky Express fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Karpathos Island National Airport (AOK) twice a week.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Saturday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–310
Flights from Sofia Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Karpathos Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Karpathos Island National Airport via Athens, Rhodes International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- olympicair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Karpathos Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Karpathos Island National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Paphos
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Sofia Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Rhodes International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kos via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €110–480
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Sofia to Blagoevgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €1–3
- 1st Class
- €2–4
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Serres to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Thessaloniki to Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Piraeus Port Akti Kondili
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–65
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tourist Service Holding AD
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80
- Website
- Tourist Service Holding AD
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Dupnitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- +30 23210-22822
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktelserron.gr
Bus from Dupnitsa to Serres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
Bus from Serres to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
Bus from Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal to Serres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Sofia to Thessaloniki train station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +30 2810 246530
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktelherlas.gr
Busferry from Thessaloniki to Heraklion
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
Bus from Heraklion Central Station to Sitia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Schedules at
- ktelherlas.gr
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- [email protected]
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Kavala Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- en.kaleiatravel.com
- Phone
- +30 21 0891 9800
- [email protected]
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–270
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–270
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Rhodes to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–80
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Halki to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–50
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–270
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Sitia to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–65
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Kavala to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €170–420
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Karpathos
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–270
- Website
- Blue Star Ferries
- Phone
- +30 22410 70590
- [email protected]
- Website
- Dodekanisos Seaways
Car ferry from Port of Kos to Chalki
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- Dodekanisos Seaways
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