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Sofia Airport is situated about 3 miles east of the city. For a European capital city this is quite a small airport serving mostly European carriers and destinations. There's two terminals, Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 - HA! Don't laugh, this is Sofia don't forget! T1 is the smaller of the two, handling mostly the budget airlines with the more modern T2 (opened Dec 2006) taking care of the big boys. One thing that I didn't notice was any form of transit between the two terminals but perhaps that's because Sofia is a destination or departure airport rather than a hub.
Personally I've only used T1 which has fairly basic facilities but adequate for the task (although a landside beer cost me 6 Leva for a small bottle!). Immigration, customs and security are perfectly efficient and on neither my arrival nor departure were there any delays or queues.
To get to and from the city you can take the public buses, #84 from T1 and #284 from T2, both of which don't actually go into the city centre proper but rather skirt the eastern edge at the university before returning to the airport. Orlov Most (Eagle Bridge) is probably the best (or most easily recognised) stop to get off for downtown access. The single fare for either route is, at the time of writing, 1 Leva with a surcharge for any baggage over the size of hand luggage. Tickets can be bought from the shop at arrivals or from the bus driver - don't forget to validate them on the bus.
Written Nov 12, 2009
Website: http://WWW.SOFIA-AIRPORT.BG
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We flew with Wizzair from Dortmund to Sofia to the old terminal.
In the arrival hall there was one ATM and a café. The toilets were downstairs. There is an information counter but there was no real information there. The ATM wouldn’t take my debit card but luckily my travel mate managed to get some money out. We were approached by a taxi driver inside the building and a lady that claimed that their tourist bus which would drop you off at your hotel would be cheaper than the public bus. Don’t believe such a thing. There is an information panel of the public transport hanging inside the building by the exit. But you need to be able to read cyrillic letters.
Written Oct 24, 2009
Website: http://WWW.SOFIA-AIRPORT.BG
Used Sofia airport to fly back to the UK, a Wizz air flight - punctual and comfortable.
The airport can be reached by bus (see website) though a taxi from the city centre was just 16Lv.
The usual array of duty free shops await you once through security.
Written Jun 18, 2009
Website: http://WWW.SOFIA-AIRPORT.BG
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Amsterdam - 2164km
Athens - 784 km
Barcelona - 2322km
Belgrade - 385km
Bern - 1761km
Bruxelles - 2122km
Budapest - 775km
Warsowie - 1457km
Wien - 1020km
Geneve - 1724km
Copenhagen - 2001km
Koln - 1899km
Laipzig - 1552km
London - 2249km
Madrid - 2934km
Munich - 1440km
Oslo - 2451km
Paris - 2265km
Prague - 1291km
Rome - 1662km
Stockholm - 1812km
Frankfurt - 1735km
Helsinki - 2461km
Zurich - 1760km
Stuttgart - 1667km
I appologize about the mispelling of some cities, I will get the time to check the proper spelling later...
Updated Apr 22, 2005
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If you come from another continent you should travel by plane or if you are for example in France is better to travel again by plane.
It could be also possible to travel by bus,but u know it's too tiring.
You can get around Sofia by car or by bus,of course.
Updated Aug 26, 2002
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The new Sofia airport have been constructed to a efficient, small airport. The terminal building is new and modern. And it is not far from the city centre, only 25 minutes drive with a taxi.
Updated Sep 2, 2009
Website: http://WWW.SOFIA-AIRPORT.BG
comprare plane tickets from various airlines.
Written Jun 28, 2009
Website: http://www.esky.bg/
Thanks so much for your helpful guidelines.
Cheers
Ly
Written Oct 14, 2008
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Hers a LOOK FROM ABOVE THE NEW INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN SOFIA THAT WILL BE COMPLETED IN oct 2005.
Updated May 30, 2005
Website: WWW.SOFIA-AIRPORT.BG
Fly with a YAK 40 airplane - a small and slow jet, but neat and on time.
Written Sep 23, 2004
Website: http://WWW.SOFIA-AIRPORT.BG
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