There are 10 ways to get from Sofia to Portsmouth by plane, bus, train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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 Southampton Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane SOF - SOU
11h 29m£101–316Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane SOF - STN
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Portsmouth & Southseatrain
8h 42m£81–402Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Victoria to Portsmouth & Southseatrain
39h 25m£180–210Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Sofia to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the cartrain from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Portsmouthcar
23h 34m£450–602Fly to London Heathrow Airport, bus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane SOF - LHR
- Take the bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to University of Portsmouthbus
8h 52m£90–236Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane SOF - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to East Croydontrain
- Take the train from East Croydon to Portsmouth & Southseatrain
9h 23m£81–357Fly to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane SOF - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Portsmouth & Southseatrain
9h 32m£94–265Bus, train via Tirana
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Brightonbus
- Take the train from Brighton to Portsmouth & Southseatrain
2d 2hTrain, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Sofia to Vidintrain Ic
- Take the train from Vidin to Craiovatrain Ic
- Take the busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to London Barkingbusferry
- Take the train from London Victoria to Portsmouth & Southseatrain
2d 5h£106–234Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Calaiscar
- Take the carferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Portsmouthcar
24h 38m£359–559
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Southampton Airport (SOU) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Portsmouth is to fly and train which costs £80 - £410 and takes 8h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Portsmouth is to fly and train which takes 8h 42m and costs £80 - £410.
The distance between Sofia and Portsmouth is 1333 miles.
The best way to get from Sofia to Portsmouth without a car is to bus and train which takes 39h 25m and costs £180 - £210.
It takes approximately 11h 29m to get from Sofia to Portsmouth, including transfers.
Portsmouth is 2h behind Sofia. It is currently 6:01 PM in Sofia and 4:01 PM in Portsmouth.
There are 2904+ hotels available in Portsmouth.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Portsmouth, England?
Bulgaria Air, KLM, and four other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Southampton Airport (SOU) twice daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £26–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £26–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £26–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £26–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £26–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Stansted Airport via Karlsruhe/Baden Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £26–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–300
Flights from Sofia Airport to Southampton Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £95–310
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £80–370
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £120–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bristol Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £80–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Southampton Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £90–300
Flights from Sofia Airport to Southampton Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £140–460
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £85–370
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £21–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £150–470
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Southampton Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £90–300
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Sofia Airport to Southampton Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- £95–310
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £110–360
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to London Heathrow Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £75–310
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Portsmouth & Southsea
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Southern
Train from East Croydon to Portsmouth & Southsea
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- Southern
Train from Brighton to Portsmouth & Southsea
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–35
- Website
- Southern
Train from London Victoria to Portsmouth & Southsea
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £35–65
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £117
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- £117
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- South Western Railway
Train from London Waterloo to Portsmouth & Southsea
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £26–55
- Website
- South Western Railway
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to East Croydon
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £24–30
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Portsmouth & Southsea
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Sofia to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £3–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £3–5
- 1st Class
- £3–5
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £1–2
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- £1–2
- 1st Class
- £1–2
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £7–8
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- [email protected]
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- £25
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Heathrow Central Bus Station to University of Portsmouth
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- [email protected]
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £38
- Schedules at
- nelatravel.site
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 36h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to London Barking
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £25–75
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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