Cheapest€18.33
- FlixBus FB321306:225h 39m12:01Sofia Central Bus StationVarna Avtogara
Door to door 6h 23mCO2 10.2 kgChanges 0Changeable for a fee
Sofia to Varna bus
Buses from Sofia to Varna start at €21.63 and take 5h 45m at their fastest.
The Buses from Sofia to Varna starts at €21.63 and takes 5h 45m door to door, run by 1 operator over 378 km, with around 8 departures a day. Fares bottom out about 30 days before departure.
- 5h 45mDoor to door
- 5h 1mMoving
- €21.63From
- 10.2 kgCO2
The cheapest and the fastest on 22 September 2026
Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.
Bus operators
Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.
| Operator | From | Fastest | Typical speed | Flexibility | On board |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 FlixBus | €18.33 | 5h 42m | 72 km/h | Changeable | Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi |
Varna sits on the water, which usually settles which side of town you want to wake up on. Rooms are not ours to sell.
Rooms within reach of Varna
Hotels and flats near the centre, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.
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When to book Sofia to Varna
The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.
- €24.3890 days
- €17.7860 days
- €22.7345 days
- €17.2330 days
- €18.8821 days
- €21.6314 days
- €27.687 days
- €45.833 days
- €34.831 days
- Cheapest lead time
- Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €17.23.
- How much it moves
- The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 166 percent. The dearest point is €45.83, 3 days out.
- What that means
- Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
Which departure day costs least
Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.
- €24.93Sun
- €21.63Mon
- €21.63Tue
- €26.58Wed
- €29.88Thu
- €31.53Fri
- €26.58Sat
Where you leave from and where you arrive
The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.
Sofia
Coach
- Sofia Central Bus Station
- спирка Ехо
Varna
Coach
- Varna Avtogara
- Varna Airport Transfer
What the journey actually looks like
Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.
- Direct or connecting
- 71% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 29% involve one connection.
- How far it really runs
- The route covers 378 km against 378 km in a straight line, a detour of 2 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
- Where the change is
- Connections are made at Stara Zagora, Burgas, Ruse, Plovdiv. The gap between arriving and leaving is 60 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
- If the connection is missed
- The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.
- First and last departure
- The first service of the day leaves Sofia at 06:22 and the last at 18:06, across 8 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Buses against the other ways to make this journey
The same corridor, door to door, with every mode that runs it.
| Mode | Door to door | Moving | At the ends | From | CO2 | Per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flight | 4h 6m | 56m | 3h 10m | €47.93 | 95.7 kg | 6 |
| Coach | 5h 45m | 5h 1m | 44m | €21.63 | 10.2 kg | 8 |
Questions about Sofia to Varna
The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.
How long does the Coach from Sofia to Varna take?
The Coach from Sofia to Varna takes 5h 45m door to door, of which 5h 1m is spent moving. The route runs 378 km. The difference between the two times is reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end, which every time on this page includes.
How much does the Coach from Sofia to Varna cost?
The Coach from Sofia to Varna starts at €21.63 for one passenger, checked on 22 September 2026. A typical fare is €25.21. Both are the total including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so the price here is the price at checkout.
Who runs the Coach from Sofia to Varna?
1 operators run the Coach from Sofia to Varna: FlixBus. Between them they file around 8 departures a day. The operator table on this page compares them on fare, journey time, cruising speed, fare conditions and what is provided on board.
Which terminal does the Coach from Sofia to Varna use?
The Coach from Sofia to Varna leaves from Sofia Central Bus Station and arrives at Varna Avtogara. Allow about 44m for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one. That time is already inside every door to door figure quoted on this page.
Is the Coach the best way from Sofia to Varna?
Travelling from Sofia to Varna by Flight costs €47.93 and takes 4h 6m door to door, against 5h 45m by Coach. Which is better depends on whether the money or the hours matter more on this trip. The comparison table on this page shows every mode side by side.
When should I book the Coach from Sofia to Varna?
Fares for the Coach from Sofia to Varna bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €17.23. The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time across the window is 166 percent, measured on 22 September 2026. Booking inside the final week has consistently cost more.
How much CO2 does the Coach from Sofia to Varna produce?
The Coach from Sofia to Varna produces about 10.2 kg of CO2 per passenger over 378 km, which works out at roughly 27 grams per passenger kilometre. That figure is for the whole journey and for one traveller, not for the vehicle.
What is provided on board the Coach from Sofia to Varna?
Operators on the Coach from Sofia to Varna publish Power sockets, Toilets, Wi-Fi. That is what 1 carriers on this corridor state about their own fleets, across a journey of 5h 45m door to door. Where a carrier publishes nothing, this page lists nothing for it.
Where these numbers come from
Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modelled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon
- On this page
- Every figure above was computed for Sofia to Varna on 7 September 2026: 378 km of route against 378 km in a straight line, 8 services a day, 1 operators, a cheapest fare of €21.63, and 5h 45m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.
Related journeys
Being on the water gives Varna a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.
What to book in Varna before you go
The tickets worth having in advance, because the queue at the door is usually the whole morning.
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