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busses Sofia
32 Reviews Bulgaria's train network is rather comprehensive, but many routes are not very direct and trains usually take longer to reach their destination than buses do. Buses tend to be some 30% than trains,...
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trains Sofia
21 Reviews We bought the ticket to Nis at the Rila office in the railway station. When you enter the main hall there is a passage to your left and at the end of the passage you will find the Rila office. Even...
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air transport Sofia
27 Reviews Sofia's airport is located about 12km from the city centre and has recently opened a new terminal (2), mainly for international flights. A lot of European commercial aswell as some budget airlines...
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taxis Sofia
15 Reviews Sofia is a relatively small city so far as European capitals go and all the main sights, hotels and attractions are clustered around the central area. This makes the city easily walkable and so about...
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trams Sofia
10 Reviews Using the tram in Sofia is good fun. We just entered at the front and bought our ticket from the driver. Tickets cost 1 lev. After buying a ticket you must hole punch it in the little orange hole...
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subway Sofia
8 Reviews Sofia is home to Bulgaria's only metro system. It was opened in 1998 and up to now only consists of one line with about 14 stations. This line leads from north to south and the last linking bit...
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rent a car Sofia
9 Reviews Autorental Bulgaria is a small rent a car company with very friendly stuff, very good cars, affordable prices. I rented a car and went to Greece - no problems and the car was very economical! If you...
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streets and roads Sofia
11 Reviews The best way to see Sofia's on foot. Not to mention that all the main sights are in the centre and can be visited on foot. Walk up and down the city's tree-lined grand boulevards, take a look at the...
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Traffic Sofia
2 Reviews The means of travelling around the city really depends on what you came for. If you've come to see the monuments, I suggest you simply walk around the downtown area. Distances are not that big. When...
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Travelling by bus is usually a faster way to get around Bulgaria. There are hundreds of different companies which serve even the smallest village.Buses travelling between the larger town and the Black Sea resorts are mostly new and modern, but prices are still quite low. Buses serving the rural areas certainly have seen better days..Some prices: Sofia-Plovdiv: 10BGNPlovdiv-Devin: 7BGNSozopol-Sofia: 23BGNNOTE: The link is for the Central Bus Station in Sofia
In Sofia there is a big bus station.There are connections to most countries in Europe.Several busses a day connect the neighbouring countries.But there are also plenty of connections inside the country
The second big charter flight Airport is Bourgas (BOJ) Airport at the black sea cost. It's arround 10km north of Bourgas City Center (Connected with Bus Line 15) and you can also go from here to Nessebar and Pomorie and Sunny Beach Resorts. In Summer times the airport is very crowded, because so much charter flights are comming and arriving here - normaly it's hard to get a seating place in the overcrowded common gate hall. Be a minimum of 2h at the airport, before your flight goes back, because also the small check-in hall is normaly very crowded and you have to wait at customs/passport contol after check in for long time!
trains are still the cheapest way to travel around Bulgaria and from Bulgaria to neughbouring countries...but some of them are really not comfortable at all..even i find them dirty. The Bulgarian State Railways are called BDZ.For some long distances it's better to hop ina overnight rail sleeper (aka sleeping car), as it is safer and comfy. I always use them from Sofia to Dobrich for example. They are not expensive- i think is 20leva on top of the regular ticket itself.
buses are the better and faster option most of the times. here's the website for the central bus station in sofia (it's a new one); most of the info unfortunately is in bulgarian, but the timetables for international and domestic destinations in english. It's @ Boulevard "Maria Louisa" #100phone numbers:(02) 8133 202(02) 8133 203(02) 8133 232and this one is for 24/7 info: 0900 21 000
i'm reffering you to the Sofia Airport and Varna Airport websites for links to the Air Companies that fly to/from Sofia / Varna The ticket Sofia - Varna - Sofia is 105 & u can purchase it online, but u need to pick it up from the office of Hemus air at the airportinteresting but fact, sometimes it's cheaper to fly to Varna than to Sofia. Especially during the summer season there are lots of flights taking tourists to the seaside as Varna is at the Black Sea coast
A narrow gauge railway links the mountain resort of Bansko to the main Sofia-Plovdiv line at Septemvri. It may be one of the slowest train trips you will ever make, but it will also be one of the most scenic. The train passes through a wonderfully varied landscape of valleys, gorges, mountain ranges, farms, forests, isolated villages, and the highest station in the Balkans. And it's slow enough to stick your head out the window to take photos. There are only a few trains daily so plan in advance. The journey lasts about 5 hours one way,
On all my trips Bulgaria, I take the Bulgarian State Railway trains (BDZ). It's a good way to travel & to see the many beautiful views of Bulgaria. You can catch the train in many cities across the country. There is a cental station in Sofia about a 15 min drive from the airport.
Bus is the main form of public transport for getting around Bulgaria and the network comprehensively covers the whole country. However it is quite a difficult network to get online information for travel to smaller towns and villages as there seems to be no definitive site (as yet) where you can easily access routes and timetables. The problem is is that the system is run by literally dozens of independent operators, both local and national, and timetables and routes change seasonally. One of the best sites is listed below - you might find the "search" a bit tempermental but the "most requested timetables" is pretty useful. Note though that information on it isn't always up-to-date and so is best double-checked at the local bus station.Travelling between the main towns and cities is normally quite simple though and services between these are run by four main companies: Hebros...
For those of you who might want to travel directly from Sofia to Budapest, it is possible to buy a through ticket in Sofia, even for the train that is not direct, the night train from Sofia that changes in Belgrade in the morning, a safer and more sure train for the connection it seems - This avoids the need to buy a a second one in Belgrade - My night train with a three person cabin - which by the way is not more comfortable than a six because the three bunks are piled up on top of each other - was 68 leva + change - It was one hour late, still leaving two hours for the transition in Belgrade - The day train Belgrade-Budapest was 15 euros, and is a pretty decent train - In Belgrade it wasn't too hard, the ticket office is on the ground floor not far from where I got off the train and if I had had my ticket I could have just waited a while on the quai because the train to Budapest was...
Grand Hotel Sofia Sofia
6 Reviews and 104 Opinions I also stayed here on business and was very happy with the accomodations. The fitness facilities...
Splendid Hotel Varna
1 Review and 38 Opinions The hotel is just across the road from Varna Cathedral, its name is Splendid and that sums it it...
Trimontium Princess Hotel Plovdiv
6 Reviews and 57 Opinions this hotel is a part of famous Turkish hotel chain "Dedeman" They have many hotels in Bulgaria...
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Q: Hey all. Me and a couple of mates are heading to the Romanian and Bulgarian black sea coast this summer and would like to know...
A: Bulgaria's two main Black Sea resorts are Golden Sands and Sunny Beach both of which are lively with good beaches. Of the two Golden Sands is slightly more upscale and...
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