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Sofia | Arrival & Transport | Buses

Opened in 2004, Sofia’s sparkly glass-fronted bus terminal is everything that the train station fails to be: bright, clean, and well furnished with toilets, cafes, and nappy-changing areas so delightful that we almost wish we still wore them. Finding out where to buy a ticket can be a bit of a hassle: a main ticket counter handles most services, but there are over 40 smaller sales desks serving individual bus companies - some of these offer a wide range of popular destinations in Bulgaria and abroad, while others operate a once-in-a-blue-moon service to Outer Mongolia and precious little else. An information desk near the entrance may direct you to the ticket desk you require, but only if the staff are in a good mood.
There are plenty of companies here offering direct services to European cities: doing international trips by bus is usually faster and more comfortable than by train.  [...]


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bul. Maria Luiza 100
tel. +359 (0) 00 21 000
fax. +359 2 813 31 44

Open:
00:00-24:00
Several domestic services to destinations south of Sofia (such as Dupnitsa, Rila Monastery and Melnik) leave from Ovcha kupel bus station, 5km southwest of the centre. To get there take tram No. 5 from ul. Alabin or tram No. 19 from the Central Station.
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bul. Ovcha kupel 1
tel. +359 2 955 53 62

Open:
06:30-18:30
Many international bus services (including plenty to Macedonia and Greece) leave from this parking lot immediately to the west of the Central Bus Station. There’s a timetable board detailing departures, a confusion of kiosks selling tickets for individual services, and plenty of shops and caf [...]


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bul. Maria Luiza
tel. +359 2 981 29 79
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This hard-to-find bus station hidden beneath a road bridge is the place to catch buses to the town of Samokov southeast of Sofia, which is in turn the main jumping-off point for the ski resort of Borovets. To reach the bus station take tram No.18 to the Hotel Moskva and walk the rema [...]


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bul. Dragan Tsankov 23
tel. +359 2 872 23 45

Open:
08:00-18:00