There are 5 ways to get from Sofia to Palo Alto by plane, bus, or train
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Fly Sofia Airport to San Francisco International Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane SOF - SFO
18h 11m$391–913Fly Sofia Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (SJC)plane SOF - SJC
20h 53m$357–1,013Bus to Skopje International Airport, fly to San Francisco International Airport
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje Nikola Karevbus
- Fly from Skopje International Airport (SKP) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane SKP - SFO
29h 11m$419–1,207Fly Sofia Airport to Oakland International Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Oakland International Airport (OAK)plane SOF - OAK
- Take the train from Oakland Coliseum/Airport Amtrak to Santa Clara Amtraktrain
22h 41m$459–1,271Bus, bus to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, fly to San Francisco International 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 San Francisco International Airport (SFO)plane SKG - SFO
23h 56m$489–1,055
Sofia Airport (SOF) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Palo Alto is to fly which costs $390 - $950 and takes 18h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Palo Alto is to fly which takes 18h 11m and costs $390 - $950.
The distance between Sofia and Palo Alto is 6553 miles.
It takes approximately 18h 11m to get from Sofia to Palo Alto, including transfers.
Palo Alto is 10h behind Sofia. It is currently 9:19 PM in Sofia and 11:19 AM in Palo Alto.
There are 479+ hotels available in Palo Alto.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Palo Alto, CA, USA?
Bulgaria Air, KLM, and three other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) twice daily.
- Website
- southwest.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Sofia Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Sofia Airport to Oakland International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 7m
- When
- Thursday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Sofia Airport to Oakland International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Sofia Airport to Oakland International Airport via Vienna, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Sofia Airport to Oakland International Airport via Frankfurt, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Sofia Airport to Oakland International Airport via Frankfurt, Denver
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
Flights from Sofia Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–1,600
Flights from Sofia Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Salt Lake City
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 9m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Sofia Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to San Francisco International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 58m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
Flights from Skopje International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
- Website
- delta.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–700
Flights from Sofia Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Sofia Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Copenhagen, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 27m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,000
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to San Francisco International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $230–700
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Skopje International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Skopje International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Vienna, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 17m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
Flights from Skopje International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,300
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to San Francisco International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–700
Flights from Sofia Airport to Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Los Angeles
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 38m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to San Francisco International Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $230–700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Skopje International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- alaskaair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Oakland International Airport via Frankfurt, Seattle
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 3m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Sofia Airport to Oakland International Airport via Frankfurt, Portland
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Skopje International Airport to San Francisco International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Oakland Coliseum/Airport Amtrak to Santa Clara Amtrak
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–24
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje Nikola Karev
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–35
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Dupnitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- 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
- $13–19
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
Bus from Serres to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
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