There are 10 ways to get from Sofia to Portofino by plane, ferry, bus, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport, line 1 ferry
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA)plane SOF - GOA
- Take the ferry from Santa Margherita Ligure to Portofinoferry
9h 24m€82–271Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, bus, train, line 1 ferry
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane SOF - BGY
- Take the bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoiabus
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to S.Margherita L.-Porttrain
- Take the ferry from Santa Margherita Ligure to Portofinoferry
9h 45m€55–186Bus, train, line 1 ferry via Trieste
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Triestebus
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to S.Margherita L.-Porttrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Santa Margherita Ligure to Portofinoferry 1
23h 42m€160–248Drive 1,485.2 km
- Drive from Sofia to Portofinocar 1,485.2 km
15h 30m€234–337Fly to Turin Caselle Airport, train, line 1 ferry
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Turin Caselle Airport (TRN)plane SOF - TRN
- Take the train from Torino Lingotto to Genova Brignoletrain
- Take the ferry from Santa Margherita Ligure to Portofinoferry
9h 53m€81–266Fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train, line 1 ferry
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane SOF - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to S.Margherita L.-Porttrain
- Take the ferry from Santa Margherita Ligure to Portofinoferry
10h 15m€82–259Fly to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport, train, line 1 ferry
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport (NCE)plane SOF - NCE
- Take the train from Saint-Laurent-du-Var to Ventimigliatrain
- Take the train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principetrain
- Take the ferry from Santa Margherita Ligure to Portofinoferry
10h 51m€80–302Fly to Pisa International Airport, train, line 1 ferry
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Pisa International Airport (PSA)plane SOF - PSA
- Take the train from Pisa Centrale to S.Margherita L.-Porttrain
- Take the ferry from Santa Margherita Ligure to Portofinoferry
8h 54m€72–281Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Genoabus
25h 40m€108–114Bus, train, line 1 ferry
- Take the bus from Sofia to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Stazione Santa Maria Novellabus
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to La Spezia Centraletrain Re
- Take the train from La Spezia Centrale to S.Margherita L.-Porttrain Re
- Take the ferry from Santa Margherita Ligure to Portofinoferry 1
28h 44m€156–253
Sofia to Portofino by bus, train, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Portofino is to fly and bus and train and line 1 ferry which costs €55 - €190 and takes 9h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Portofino is to fly and train and line 1 ferry which takes 8h 54m and costs €70 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Portofino. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at Rapallo via Genoa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 40m.
The distance between Sofia and Portofino is 1241 km. The road distance is 1485.2 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Portofino without a car is to bus and train and line 1 ferry via Trieste which takes 23h 42m and costs €160 - €250.
It takes approximately 9h 24m to get from Sofia to Portofino, including transfers.
Sofia to Portofino bus services, operated by M&M Travel, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
Sofia to Portofino bus services, operated by M&M Travel, arrive at Genoa station.
Portofino is 1h behind Sofia. It is currently 9:34 PM in Sofia and 8:34 PM in Portofino.
Yes, the driving distance between Sofia to Portofino is 1485 km. It takes approximately 15h 30m to drive from Sofia to Portofino.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Portofino, Italy?
M&M Travel operates a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Genoa once a week. Tickets cost €90 and the journey takes 24h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €27–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Pisa International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €29–120
Flights from Sofia Airport to Pisa International Airport via Lamezia Terme
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €29–120
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–320
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–260
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turin Caselle Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Turin Caselle Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €17–90
Flights from Sofia Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Nice Côte D'Azur International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- luxwing.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport via Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Lingotto to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Lingotto to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to La Spezia Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from La Spezia Centrale to S.Margherita L.-Port
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to S.Margherita L.-Port
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Torino Lingotto to Genova Brignole
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €17–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to S.Margherita L.-Port
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to S.Margherita L.-Port
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ventimiglia to Genova P.Za Principe
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Pisa Centrale to S.Margherita L.-Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from La Spezia Centrale to S.Margherita L.-Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–14
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from La Spezia Centrale to S.Margherita L.-Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- zou.maregionsud.fr
Train from Saint-Laurent-du-Var to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- zou.maregionsud.fr
- Phone
- +33 4 13 94 30 50
- Website
- zou.maregionsud.fr
Train from Saint-Laurent-du-Var to Ventimiglia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- https://zou.maregionsud.fr/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Pisa Centrale to S.Margherita L.-Port
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €55–80
- 2nd Class
- €35–50
Train from La Spezia Centrale to S.Margherita L.-Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €45–65
- 2nd Class
- €21–28
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Pisa Centrale to S.Margherita L.-Port
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from La Spezia Centrale to S.Margherita L.-Port
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–70
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- [email protected]
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €88
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- [email protected]
- Website
- terravision.eu
Bus from Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport to Piazza Luigi di Savoia
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–25
- Website
- https://www.terravision.eu/
- Phone
- +359 2 981 58 56
- [email protected]
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–27
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–29
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- [email protected]
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–25
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- [email protected]
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Kumanovo to Stazione Santa Maria Novella
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €110
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +39 0185 284670
- [email protected]
- Website
- traghettiportofino.it
Ferry from Santa Margherita Ligure to Portofino
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11
- Schedules at
- traghettiportofino.it
Ferry from Santa Margherita Ligure to Portofino
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11
- Schedules at
- traghettiportofino.it
Ferry from Santa Margherita Ligure to Portofino
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11
- Schedules at
- traghettiportofino.it
Ferry from Santa Margherita Ligure to Portofino
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11
- Schedules at
- traghettiportofino.it
Ferry from Santa Margherita Ligure to Portofino
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11
- Schedules at
- traghettiportofino.it
Ferry from Santa Margherita Ligure to Portofino
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11
- Schedules at
- traghettiportofino.it
Ferry from Santa Margherita Ligure to Portofino
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11
- Schedules at
- traghettiportofino.it
Ferry from Santa Margherita Ligure to Portofino
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11
- Schedules at
- traghettiportofino.it
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