There are 9 ways to get from Varna to Imola by plane, train, bus, night 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 Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
best- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane VAR - BLQ
7h 17m€213–588Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Varna to Sofiatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bologna Centralebus
31h 51m€105–111Train, bus via Padova
- Take the train from Varna to Sofia Severtrain Ic
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Padovabus
- Take the train from Padova to Bologna centraletrain
29h 24m€114–135Train, night train
- Take the train from Varna to Ruse Razpredelitelnatrain Ic
- Take the nighttrain from Ruse to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Venezia Mestretrain Rjx
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna centraletrain
36h 2m€195–280Drive 1,743.4 km
- Drive from Varna to Imolacar 1,743.4 km
17h 27m€314–453Fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane VAR - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna centraletrain
10h 13m€182–381Fly to Florence Peretola Airport, train
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Florence Peretola Airport (FLR)plane VAR - FLR
- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centraletrain
9h 58m€244–426Bus via Sofia
- Take the bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus Group Plus 3532 / ...
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bologna Centralebus
31h 11m€128–149Bus
- Take the bus from Varna to Constantabus
- Take the bus from Constanța to Bologna Centralebus
35h 12m€147–212
Varna to Imola by train, bus, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Varna to Imola is to train and bus which costs €105 - €115 and takes 31h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Varna to Imola is to fly which takes 7h 17m and costs €210 - €600.
No, there is no direct bus from Varna station to Imola. However, there are services departing from Varna Central Bus Station and arriving at Carducci - Savonarola via Sofia Central Bus Station and Bologna Autostazione. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 11m.
No, there is no direct train from Varna to Imola. However, there are services departing from Varna and arriving at Imola via Ruse, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf, Venezia Mestre and Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 2m.
The distance between Varna and Imola is 1385 km. The road distance is 1743.4 km.
The best way to get from Varna to Imola without a car is to train and bus via Padova which takes 29h 24m and costs €110 - €140.
It takes approximately 7h 17m to get from Varna to Imola, including transfers.
Varna to Imola bus services, operated by Grup Plus - Etap Adresss, depart from Varna Central Bus Station.
Varna to Imola train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Varna station.
The best way to get from Varna to Imola is to fly which takes 7h 17m and costs €210 - €600. Alternatively, you can bus via Sofia, which costs €120 - €150 and takes 31h 11m.
What companies run services between Varna, Bulgaria and Imola, Italy?
Austrian Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and four other airlines fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Carducci - Savonarola via Sofia Central Bus Station and Bologna Autostazione in around 31h 11m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Varna Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Varna Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Varna Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
Flights from Varna Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–550
Flights from Varna Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Varna Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Varna Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €240–650
Flights from Varna Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–600
Flights from Varna Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
Flights from Varna Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Varna Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–650
Flights from Varna Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–350
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Florence Peretola Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €130–370
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Varna to Sofia Sever
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €7–10
- 1st Class
- €8–10
Train from Varna to Ruse Razpredelitelna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €3–5
- 1st Class
- €3–5
Night train from Ruse to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €2–3
- 1st Class
- €2–4
Train from Varna to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €7–10
- 1st Class
- €8–10
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Padova to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–29
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Padova to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–29
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Padova to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Padova to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–24
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–90
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–70
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €45–70
- 2nd Class
- €27–40
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- [email protected]
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €90
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +359 889 59 00 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grup Plus - Etap Adresss
Bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Grup Plus - Etap Adresss
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- 0722 265 779
- [email protected]
- Website
- mercadosud.autogari.ro
Bus from Varna to Constanta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Schedules at
- mercadosud.autogari.ro
- Single
- €13–19
- Phone
- +40 747 238 190
- [email protected]
- Website
- transaero-travel.ro
Bus from Varna to Constanta
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- transaero-travel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Constanța to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €130–180
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
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Booking & Getting There
Varna to Imola bus services, operated by Grup Plus - Etap Adresss, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
Imola is 1h behind Varna. It is currently 7:04 AM in Varna and 6:04 AM in Imola.
Varna to Imola train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Ruse Razpredelitelna station.
Yes, the driving distance between Varna to Imola is 1743 km. It takes approximately 17h 27m to drive from Varna to Imola.
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