There are 10 ways to get from Salzburg to Bulgaria by plane, bus, car, or train
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Fly Salzburg Airport to Sofia Airport
best- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane SZG - SOF
7h 34m$114–445Train, bus to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly to Sofia Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Take the bus from München to Memmingen Airportbus
- Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FMM - SOF
8h 35m$54–347Bus via Централни Хали
- Take the bus from Salzburg to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Stationbus
18h 42m$122Drive 1,199.7 km
- Drive from Salzburg to Sofiacar 1,199.7 km
11h 10m$226–326Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MUC - SOF
7h 21m$135–388Train, train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbftrain
- Take the train from St.Poelten Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane VIE - SOF
7h 20m$90–327Train, train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Varna Airport
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbftrain
- Take the train from St.Poelten Hbf to Flughafen Wientrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane VIE - VAR
7h 51m$219–516Train to Munich International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane MUC - OTP
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
9h 40m$132–333Bus
- Take the bus from Salzburg Hbf to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
19h 30m$110–160Bus via Salzburg South
- Take the bus from Salzburg South to Sofiabus N981
20h 41m$79–184
Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Salzburg to Bulgaria is to bus via Salzburg South which costs $75 - $190 and takes 20h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Salzburg to Bulgaria is to train and fly which takes 7h 20m and costs $85 - $330.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Salzburg Hbf and arriving at Sofia Central Bus Station station. Services depart once a week, and operate Monday. The journey takes approximately 19h 30m.
The distance between Salzburg and Bulgaria is 1016 km. The road distance is 1199.7 km.
The best way to get from Salzburg to Bulgaria without a car is to bus via Централни Хали which takes 18h 42m and costs $122.
It takes approximately 7h 34m to get from Salzburg to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Salzburg to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Yubim, depart from Salzburg Hbf station.
The best way to get from Salzburg to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 7h 34m and costs $110 - $450. Alternatively, you can bus via Централни Хали, which costs $122 and takes 18h 42m.
Salzburg to Bulgaria bus services, operated by Yubim, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Salzburg. It is currently 10:27 in Salzburg and 11:27 in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Salzburg, Austria and Bulgaria?
Air Serbia, Lufthansa, and four other airlines fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 4 times a day. Alternatively, Air Kona operates a bus from Salzburg to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station twice a week. Tickets cost $122 and the journey takes 18h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–550
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–340
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–360
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–360
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–270
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–370
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–340
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–360
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–320
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–210
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–320
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–490
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $85–370
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $21–230
- 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
- $40–170
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–360
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–650
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–210
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- $28–45
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- *
- $40–65
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- *
- $19–29
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- *
- $40–65
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- *
- $19–29
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- $28–45
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- *
- $28–45
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- Österreichische Bundesbahnen
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–100
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $13
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- tickets@airkona.com
- Website
- Air Kona
Bus from Salzburg to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $122
- Website
- Air Kona
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- +49 (0) 8331 9842 00 509
- info@aaexpress.de
- Website
- allgaeu-airport-express.de
Bus from München to Memmingen Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–35
- Schedules at
- allgaeu-airport-express.de
- On Board Fare
- $25
- Internet fare
- $11
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Salzburg Hbf to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Salzburg South to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- operations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Salzburg South to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–140
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Salzburg South to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75–100
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- Arda Tur
Bus from Salzburg South to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $174
- Website
- Arda Tur
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