There are 10 ways to get from Sofia to Lienz by bus, train, car, plane, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, train via Ljubljana
best- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Ljubljanabus
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbftrain 38 / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Lienz In Osttiroltrain
16h 56m€107–122Drive 1,127.2 km
- Drive from Sofia to Lienzcar 1,127.2 km
10h 44m€190–275Fly to Innsbruck Airport, shuttle, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)plane SOF - INN
- Take a shuttle bus from Innsbruck Airport to San Candido
- Take the train from San Candido to Lienztrain
13h 17m€232–637Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Villachbus
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Lienz In Osttiroltrain 4630 / ...
20h 48m€107–182Bus, train via Graz
- Take the bus from Sofia to Grazbus
- Take the train from Graz Hauptbahnhof to Spittal-Millstätter Seetrain Ice
- Take the train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Lienz In Osttiroltrain
21h 24m€128–179Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Villach Hbfbus N981
- Take the bus from Spittal-Millstätter See Bahnhof to Lienz Bahnhofbus 159
21h 52mFly to Klagenfurt Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Klagenfurt Airport (KLU)plane SOF - KLU
- Take the train from Klagenfurt Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter Seetrain
- Take the train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Lienz In Osttiroltrain
9h 55m€245–514Fly to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane SOF - VIE
- Take the train from Flughafen Wien to Lienz In Osttiroltrain
10h 43m€113–281Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, shuttle, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane SOF - BGY
- Take a shuttle bus from Orio al Serio Airport to Bruneck
- Take the train from Bruneck to Lienztrain
12h 9m€190–401Fly to Munich International Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane SOF - MUC
- Take the train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter Seetrain
- Take the train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Lienz In Osttiroltrain
11h 33m€141–494
Sofia to Lienz by bus and train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Lienz is to bus and train via Ljubljana which costs €100 - €130 and takes 16h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Lienz is to fly and train which takes 9h 55m and costs €240 - €550.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia to Lienz. However, there are services departing from Sofia and arriving at Lienz Bahnhof via Villach Hauptbahnhof and Spittal-Millstätter See Bahnhof. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 52m.
The distance between Sofia and Lienz is 1125 km. The road distance is 1127.2 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Lienz without a car is to bus and train via Ljubljana which takes 16h 56m and costs €100 - €130.
It takes approximately 16h 56m to get from Sofia to Lienz, including transfers.
Sofia to Lienz bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Sofia station.
Sofia to Lienz bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Villach Hbf station.
Lienz is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 1:26 PM in Sofia and 12:26 PM in Lienz.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Lienz is 1127 km. It takes approximately 10h 44m to drive from Sofia to Lienz.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Lienz, Tyrol, Austria?
You can take a bus from Sofia to Lienz Bahnhof via Villach Hbf, Villach Hauptbahnhof, and Spittal-Millstätter See Bahnhof in around 21h 52m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Friday, Saturday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €22–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €22–230
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–650
Flights from Sofia Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €260–850
Flights from Sofia Airport to Klagenfurt Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–600
Flights from Sofia Airport to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Munich International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–380
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Sofia Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Website
- skyalps.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Klagenfurt Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €18–140
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Munich International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €8
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Lienz In Osttirol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Lienz In Osttirol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Graz Hauptbahnhof to Spittal-Millstätter See
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Lienz In Osttirol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Klagenfurt Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Lienz In Osttirol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Lienz In Osttirol
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Villach Hbf to Lienz In Osttirol
- *
- €20–30
Train from Villach Hbf to Lienz In Osttirol
- *
- €20–30
Train from Graz Hauptbahnhof to Spittal-Millstätter See
- *
- €30–50
Train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Lienz In Osttirol
- *
- €15–24
Train from Klagenfurt Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- *
- €16–25
Train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Lienz In Osttirol
- *
- €15–24
Train from Flughafen Wien to Lienz In Osttirol
- *
- €70–110
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- *
- €25–40
Train from Spittal-Millstaetter See to Lienz In Osttirol
- *
- €15–24
- Phone
- +39 0471 220 880
- [email protected]
- Website
- Sudtirol Alto Adige
Train from San Candido to Lienz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–23
- Website
- Sudtirol Alto Adige
- Standard
- €16–23
Train from Bruneck to Lienz
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- Sudtirol Alto Adige
- Standard
- €28–40
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Klagenfurt Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–28
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Klagenfurt Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–20
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €34–38
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Klagenfurt Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–24
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Klagenfurt Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–15
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–29
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Klagenfurt Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–90
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €75–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €45–60
- Seating Carriage
- €16–19
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €18–90
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €18–23
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Spittal-Millstaetter See
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–90
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €80–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €19–23
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Muenchen Ost to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–30
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- [email protected]
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €80
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +39 0471 305604
- [email protected]
- Website
- Alto Adige Bus
Shuttle from Innsbruck Airport to San Candido
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €100–140
- Website
- Alto Adige Bus
Shuttle from Orio al Serio Airport to Bruneck
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- Alto Adige Bus
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- [email protected]
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Villach
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 11m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Air Kona
Bus from Sofia to Graz
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85
- Website
- Air Kona
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Sofia to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +43 4282 25 225
- [email protected]
- Website
- Mobilbüro Hermagor
Bus from Spittal-Millstätter See Bahnhof to Lienz Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Website
- Mobilbüro Hermagor
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