Plane

Take the taxi at the Istanbul Esenler Otogar.

The journey takes approximately 28 m. Ticket price is about €10 The travel distance is 39 km.

Carrier is Online Taxi.

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Get off at the Istanbul (IST).
Fly out to Istanbul (IST) of the Sofia (SOF) airport.

The journey takes approximately 1 h 10 m. Ticket price is about €95

Carrier is Turkish Airlines.

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Get off at the Sofia (SOF).
Take the transport at the Sofia Airport station.

The journey takes approximately 8 m. Ticket price is about €40 The travel distance is 8 km.

Carrier is Atlas Taxi.

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Get off at the Sofia.


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Bus

Take the Citylines bus at the Istanbul Esenler Otogari station .

The journey takes approximately 9 h Ticket price is about €28 The travel distance is 581 km.

Carrier is Citylines.

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Get off at the Sofia Serdica Knyaginya Maria Luiza.


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Bus

Take the MetroTurizm bus at the Istanbul Otogari station .

The journey takes approximately 9 h 30 m. Ticket price is about €11 The travel distance is 603 km.

Carrier is MetroTurizm.

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Get off at the Sofia.


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Train

Take the train Yenikapi at the station Turkish Railways (TCDD).

The journey takes approximately 32 m. The travel distance is 21 km.

Carrier is Turkish Railways (TCDD).

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Get off at the Halkali.
Take the train Halkali at the station Turkish Railways (TCDD).

The journey takes approximately 5 h 15 m. Ticket price is about €3 The travel distance is 275 km.

Carrier is Turkish Railways (TCDD).

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Get off at the Kapikule.
Take the train Kapikule at the station Bulgarian Railways (BDZh).

The journey takes approximately 20 m. Ticket price is about €1 The travel distance is 19 km.

Carrier is Bulgarian Railways (BDZh).

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Get off at the Svilengrad.
Take the train Svilengrad at the station Bulgarian Railways (BDZh).

The journey takes approximately 4 h 55 m. Ticket price is about €5 The travel distance is 296 km.

Carrier is Bulgarian Railways (BDZh).

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Get off at the Sofia.


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Night train train

Take the train Istanbul (IST) at the station Turkish Railways (TCDD).

The journey takes approximately 32 m.

Carrier is Turkish Railways (TCDD).

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Get off at the Sofia (SOF).
Take the train Halkali at the station Bulgarian Railways (BDZh).

The journey takes approximately 11 h 15 m. Ticket price is about €7 The travel distance is 386 km.

Carrier is Bulgarian Railways (BDZh).

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Get off at the Stara Zagora.
Take the train Stara Zagora at the station Bulgarian Railways (BDZh).

The journey takes approximately 4 h 3 m. Ticket price is about €5 The travel distance is 240 km.

Carrier is Bulgarian Railways (BDZh).

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Get off at the Sofia.


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Drive

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The journey takes approximately 5 h 8 m. The travel distance is 541 km.

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The cheapest way to travel from Istanbul to Sofia is by taking a Train with an average price of €9. The journey takes approximately 14 ч. 2 мин.

Plane is the fastest way to travel from Istanbul to Sofia. Tickets cost €146. The journey takes approximately 1 ч. 48 мин.

Istanbul is approximately 541 km away from Sofia. The trip by car takes 5 h 8 m.

Yes! There is a direct bus with no transfers to this destination. The route is served by the MetroTurizm company. Tickets cost about €11. A bus trip from Istanbul to Sofia will take 9 h 30 m.

The average journey time by car between Istanbul and Sofia is 5 h 8 m.

From Istanbul

To Sofia