There are 9 ways to get from Villach to Bulgaria by train, bus, car, plane, or shuttle
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Train, bus
best- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljanatrain 19 / ...
- Take the bus from Ljubljana to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
14h 38m$102–126Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane VIE - SOF
8h 44m$94–353Drive 1,020.5 km
- Drive from Villach to Sofiacar 1,020.5 km
9h 29m$192–278Fly Klagenfurt Airport to Sofia Airport
- Fly from Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane KLU - SOF
9h 27m$256–471Bus via Serdika
- Take the bus from Villach Hbf to Sofiabus N981
17h 2m$101–148Bus
- Take the bus from Villach to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
17h 30m$95–160Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Klagenfurt - Hauptbahnhof to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LJU - SOF
9h 42m$196–501Fly Klagenfurt Airport to Varna Airport
- Fly from Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane KLU - VAR
24h 18m$190–620Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MUC - SOF
9h 27m$161–466
Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Villach to Bulgaria is to train and bus which costs $100 - $130 and takes 14h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Villach to Bulgaria is to train and fly which takes 8h 44m and costs $90 - $360.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Villach and arriving at Sofia Central Bus Station station. Services depart once a week, and operate Monday. The journey takes approximately 17h 30m.
The distance between Villach and Bulgaria is 1023 km. The road distance is 1020.5 km.
The best way to get from Villach to Bulgaria without a car is to train and bus which takes 14h 38m and costs $100 - $130.
It takes approximately 14h 38m to get from Villach to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Villach to Bulgaria bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Villach Hbf station.
The best way to get from Villach to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 9h 27m and costs $250 - $480. Alternatively, you can bus via Serdika, which costs $100 - $150 and takes 17h 2m.
Villach to Bulgaria bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Sofia station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Villach. It is currently 4:37 AM in Villach and 5:37 AM in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Villach, Austria and Bulgaria?
Austrian Airlines flies from Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 6 times a week. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Villach Hbf to Sofia once daily. Tickets cost $100–150 and the journey takes 16h 55m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–200
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–350
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–440
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 27h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–340
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Monday, Friday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $35–170
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–240
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Ljubljana to Sofia Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $160–480
Flights from Ljubljana to Sofia Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–430
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–280
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Sofia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–350
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Varna Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–480
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–340
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–22
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbf
- *
- $60–90
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- $50–80
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $85–140
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–140
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–95
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- [email protected]
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Ljubljana to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $89
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Villach Hbf to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- [email protected]
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Villach to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $95–160
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Klagenfurt - Hauptbahnhof to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $95–169
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- $169
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