There are 9 ways to get from Villach to Sofia by plane, train, bus, 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 from Klagenfurt Airport
best- Fly from Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane KLU - SOF
7h 6m$145–421Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Villach Hbf to Sofiabus N981
16h 55m$95–170Train, bus
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljanatrain 19 / ...
- Take the bus from Ljubljana to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
14h 31m$154–213Drive 1,020.5 km
- Drive from Villach to Sofiacar 1,020.5 km
9h 29m$192–278Train to Graz Airport, fly
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbftrain
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane GRZ - SOF
8h 43m$157–348Train to Ljubljana, fly
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Kranjtrain
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LJU - SOF
9h 47m$134–312Train to Vienna International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane VIE - SOF
8h 31m$106–340Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MUC - SOF
9h 16m$152–528Train, bus via Graz
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbftrain Rj / ...
- Take the bus from Graz to Sofiabus
19h 21m$124–163
Villach to Sofia by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Villach to Sofia is to bus which costs $95 - $170 and takes 16h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Villach to Sofia is to fly which takes 7h 6m and costs $140 - $430.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Villach Hbf and arriving at Sofia. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 16h 55m.
The distance between Villach and Sofia is 900 km. The road distance is 1020.5 km.
The best way to get from Villach to Sofia without a car is to train and bus which takes 14h 31m and costs $150 - $220.
It takes approximately 7h 6m to get from Villach to Sofia, including transfers.
Villach to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Villach Hbf station.
The best way to get from Villach to Sofia is to fly which takes 7h 6m and costs $140 - $430. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $95 - $170 and takes 16h 55m.
Villach to Sofia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Sofia station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Villach. It is currently 3:23 AM in Villach and 4:23 AM in Sofia.
What companies run services between Villach, Austria and Sofia, Bulgaria?
Austrian Airlines flies from Klagenfurt Airport (KLU) to Sofia Airport (SOF) twice daily. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Villach Hbf to Sofia once daily. Tickets cost $95–160 and the journey takes 16h 55m. Yubim also services this route once a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from Graz Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–600
Flights from Ljubljana to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–490
Flights from Ljubljana to Sofia Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–460
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–360
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Klagenfurt Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Graz Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–490
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–160
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–380
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Graz Airport to Sofia Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–750
Flights from Ljubljana to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–750
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Sofia Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–260
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Sofia Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–140
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–360
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Villach Hbf to Kranj
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $90–170
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- $30–50
Train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- $60–95
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- $30–55
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- $29–45
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- $30–50
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Villach Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
Train from Villach Hbf to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Villach Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–105
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $95–105
- Couchette Carriage
- $60–70
- Seating Carriage
- $23–28
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- [email protected]
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $28–60
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- [email protected]
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–90
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 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
- $92
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- [email protected]
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Ljubljana to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
Bus from Villach Hbf to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Villach Hbf to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $95–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- airkona.com
Bus from Graz to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $99
- Website
- https://airkona.com/
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