Sofia to Bristol

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

Traveling from Sofia to Bristol 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 38m
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 24m3h 14m3h 10m€210.18551.3 kg24
  • 6h 24mFastest, 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 J246511:443h 24m15:08Sofia SOFBristol BRS

Door to door 6h 34mCO2 551.3 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€205.46
  1. Wizz Air WA452709:203h 14m12:34Sofia SOFBristol BRS

Door to door 6h 24mCO2 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 Sofia to Bristol
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Sofia to BristolTueSep 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

Arriving in September changes what you want from a room in Bristol. It is not a thing we sell, so here is who does.

A hotel room

A room in Bristol for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Bristol Temple Meads and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Sofia to Bristol

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

SofiaSofiaBristolBristol
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 Sofia 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.

Sofia

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

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

BRS is not in Bristol, 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 BRS into Bristol

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.
OperatorFrom
easyJet€178.32
Jet2.com€184.81
Ryanair€203.10
Wizz Air€182.45
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%

Check-in is at three and you will be in Bristol well before then. Lockers are not something we run.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Bristol

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Questions about Sofia to Bristol

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 Sofia to Bristol?

The fastest journey from Sofia to Bristol takes 6h 23m door to door, of which 3h 14m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 6h 38m, 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 Sofia to Bristol?

The cheapest fare from Sofia to Bristol 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 Sofia to Bristol?

The cheapest way from Sofia to Bristol is by Flight, at €210.18 for one passenger on September 22, 2026. That journey takes 6h 24m 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 Sofia to Bristol?

Fares from Sofia to Bristol 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 Sofia to Bristol?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Sofia to Bristol, 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 Sofia to Bristol?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Sofia to Bristol, 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 Sofia to Bristol?

4 operators sell services from Sofia to Bristol 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 Sofia to Bristol?

Every service we sell from Sofia to Bristol 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 Sofia to Bristol use?

Services from Sofia to Bristol by Flight leave from Sofia SOF and arrive at Bristol BRS. 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 Sofia to Bristol?

0 of the 4 operators we sell from Sofia to Bristol 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 Sofia to Bristol 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.

The flight is the simple part. What you do once you are in Bristol is somebody else's catalog.

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