There are 8 ways to get from Salzburg to Sofia by plane, bus, car, or train
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 Salzburg Airport
best- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane SZG - SOF
7h 18m$113–444Train, bus to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly
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 18m$53–346Bus
- Take the bus from Salzburg to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Stationbus
18h 30m$110–160Drive 1,199.7 km
- Drive from Salzburg to Sofiacar 1,199.7 km
11h 10m$226–326Train to Munich International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MUC - SOF
7h 4m$134–387Train to Innsbruck Airport, fly
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Innsbruck Airport (INN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane INN - SOF
9h 15m$153–619Train, train to Vienna International Airport, fly
- 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 3m$89–326Bus via Salzburg South
- Take the bus from Salzburg South to Sofiabus N981
20h 34m$78–183
Salzburg to Sofia by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Salzburg to Sofia is to bus via Salzburg South which costs $75 - $190 and takes 20h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Salzburg to Sofia is to train and fly which takes 7h 3m and costs $85 - $330.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Salzburg and arriving at Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station station. Services depart three times a week, and operate Monday, Friday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 18h 30m.
The distance between Salzburg and Sofia is 1012 km. The road distance is 1199.7 km.
The best way to get from Salzburg to Sofia without a car is to bus which takes 18h 30m and costs $110 - $160.
It takes approximately 7h 18m to get from Salzburg to Sofia, including transfers.
Salzburg to Sofia bus services, operated by Air Kona, depart from Salzburg station.
The best way to get from Salzburg to Sofia is to fly which takes 7h 18m and costs $110 - $450. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $110 - $160 and takes 18h 30m.
Salzburg to Sofia bus services, operated by Air Kona, arrive at Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station.
Sofia is 1h ahead of Salzburg. It is currently 02:47 in Salzburg and 03:47 in Sofia.
What companies run services between Salzburg, Austria and Sofia, 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. Yubim also services this route once a week.
- 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 Innsbruck Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–200
- 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
- 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
- airserbia.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–320
- 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
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–340
- 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 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 Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- 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 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 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
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- $28–45
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- *
- $35–55
Train from Salzburg Hbf to St.Poelten Hbf
- *
- $40–65
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Flughafen Wien
- *
- $19–29
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- *
- $28–45
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23–45
- 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 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
- 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
- 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)
- 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
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Salzburg to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- 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
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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