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Bristol to Sofia

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Bristol to Sofia. From €178.32, fastest 6h 23m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Bristol to Sofia costs €178.32 at the cheapest and takes 6h 23m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 4 operators. The route covers 2,241 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 7, 2026Priced for September 22, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
2,241 km
Fastest
6h 23m
Average
6h 37m
Services per day
24
Cheapest
€178.32
CO2 per passenger
551.3 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 22, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight6h 25m3h 15m3h 10m€210.18551.3 kg24
  • 6h 25mFastest, by Flight
  • €210.18Cheapest, by Flight
  • 551.3 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 2,241 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 22, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€178.32
  1. easyJet J868611:443h 28m15:12Bristol BRSSofia SOF

Door to door 6h 38mCO2 551.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€246.17
  1. Ryanair R221417:093h 15m20:24Bristol BRSSofia SOF

Door to door 6h 25mCO2 551.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Bristol to Sofia
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Bristol to SofiaTueSep 8WedSep 9ThuSep 10FriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21
Flight€369.48€341.75€430.25€334.67€334.08€309.30€270.36€210.18€230.83€286.88€260.33€270.95€249.71€214.90

Cheapest day: 2026-09-22 · €178.32

That is the traveling done. What happens after you walk out into Sofia is not something we sell.

A hotel room

Rooms within reach of Sofia Central

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Booking window

When to book Bristol to Sofia

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €210.7790 days
  2. €164.1660 days
  3. €194.2545 days
  4. €151.1830 days
  5. €184.8121 days
  6. €214.9014 days
  7. €270.367 days
  8. €430.253 days
  9. €369.481 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €151.18.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 185 percent. The most expensive point is €430.25, 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.
€430.25€151.181371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €249.71Sun
  2. €214.90Mon
  3. €210.18Tue
  4. €230.83Wed
  5. €286.88Thu
  6. €260.33Fri
  7. €270.95Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €210.18Sep
  2. €196.61Oct
  3. €170.65Nov
  4. €177.14Dec
  5. €167.70Jan
  6. €146.46Feb

The route

BristolBristolSofiaSofia
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

How far it really runs
The route covers 2,241 km against 2,175 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Bristol at 06:14 and the last at 20:13, across 24 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Bristol

Rail
  • Bristol Temple Meads
  • Bristol Parkway railway station
  • Bristol Brabazon railway station
Bus
  • Bristol Bond Street
  • Bristol Bus & Coach Station
Air
  • BRS
Ferry
  • Bristol Marina
  • Bristol Packet Office

Sofia

Rail
  • Sofia Central
  • Sofia-Sever
  • Sofia railway station
Bus
  • Sofia Central Bus Station
  • спирка Ехо
Air
  • SOF

SOF is not in Sofia, and the drive in from it is the part of the trip nobody plans. We sell the flight and stop at the terminal door.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from SOF into Sofia?

A price agreed before you fly, a driver at arrivals, and a car big enough for the bags.

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Carriers

Who runs this route

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastest
easyJet€178.326h 23m
Jet2.com€184.816h 23m
Ryanair€203.106h 24m
Wizz Air€182.456h 24m
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-22, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€143.5080%
Taxes€25.8314%
Supplier fees€7.004%
Our service fee€1.991%
Total you pay€178.32100%

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Sofia

Most of the points near Sofia Central open before the first train and close after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Bristol to Sofia

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 it take to get from Bristol to Sofia?

The fastest journey from Bristol to Sofia takes 6h 23m door to door, of which 3h 15m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 6h 37m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Bristol to Sofia?

The cheapest fare from Bristol to Sofia is €178.32, checked on September 22, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €306.35. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Bristol to Sofia?

The cheapest way from Bristol to Sofia is by Flight, at €210.18 for one passenger on September 22, 2026. That journey takes 6h 25m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Bristol to Sofia?

Fares from Bristol to Sofia bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €151.18. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 185 percent, measured on September 22, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Bristol to Sofia?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Bristol to Sofia, at €210.18. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 22, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Bristol to Sofia?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Bristol to Sofia, at €146.46 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Bristol to Sofia?

4 operators sell services from Bristol to Sofia across 1 modes: easyJet, Jet2.com, Ryanair, Wizz Air. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Bristol to Sofia?

Every service we sell from Bristol to Sofia is direct, with around 24 departures a day and a fastest journey of 6h 23m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

Which station or terminal do services from Bristol to Sofia use?

Services from Bristol to Sofia by Flight leave from Bristol BRS and arrive at Sofia SOF. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Bristol to Sofia?

0 of the 4 operators we sell from Bristol to Sofia allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

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 modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Bristol to Sofia on September 7, 2026: 2241 km of route against 2175 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €178.32, and 6h 23m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Plenty of what is worth seeing sits outside Sofia and elsewhere in Bulgaria. None of it is ours to sell.

A guided tour group

What to book in Sofia before you go

The tickets worth having in advance, because the line at the door is usually the whole morning.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

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