Vienna – Sofia
From Vienna to Sofia there is road travel distance of 1.000 – 1.100 km depending on travel route, this equals a bus travel time of 12 to 16 hours. Majority of the buses drive via Bratislava, Budapest and Belgrade where they collect or drop of passengers.
From Vienna most of the buses departure from the bus station „Stadioncenter“ which is located near the Ernst Happy soccer stadium. You can see all departures from Vienna to Sofia here. The most popular departure is the over night bus which departure mid afternoon from Vienna and arrive in Sofia early morning.
When you travel from Sofia to Vienna, the bus will in most cases departure from the main Bus station Serdika, which is located next to the main train station in Sofia. All departure from Sofia to Vienna you can see here. Also from Sofia the over night bus with departure late afternoon and with arrival early morning in Vienna is the most popular.
Other popular bus routes from Vienna:
| Vienna to Brno | Vienna to Wroclaw | Vienna to Zagreb |
| Vienna to Varna | Vienna to Split | Vienna to Sarajevo |
| Vienna to Rijeka | Vienna to Zadar | Vienna to Zurich |
What is the alternatives to taking the bus?
Well the easiest way of travelling from Vienna to Sofia or visa versa is undoubtedly by plane, each day there are several daily plane connection, of course the price tag is considerably higher than taking the bus.
Train is another option, if that is your preferred way of travelling you will have to travel via either Budapest or Bratislava, time wise trains is not faster than taking the bus
