Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
MACEDONIA
Buses between Macedonia and Bulgaria arrive at and depart from Sofia and Blagoevgrad.
Buses from Sofia go to Skopje (32 lv, six hours) and Ohrid (48 lv, nine hours). From Bla-
goevgrad, a daily service runs to Bitola (35 to 40 lv, seven to eight hours).
See
www.matpu.com
for more details (in Bulgarian) on buses to destinations in Mace-
donia.
ROMANIA
Regular buses to/from Romania depart from and arrive at Sofia, Ruse and Varna.
»
Sofia-Bucharest
(50 to 60 lv, nine hours)
»
Ruse-Bucharest
(20 lv, three hours)
»
Varna-Constanta
(20 lv, two to three hours)
SERBIA
Buses to/from Serbia depart from and arrive at Sofia (Serdika Bus Station, also known as
the Trafik Market).
»
Sofia-Belgrade
(40 lv, eight hours)
»
Sofia-Niš
(25 lv, 2½ hours)
TURKEY
Several companies operate bus services to/from Turkey, and this is the quickest, most
comfortable and safest way to travel between the two countries.
»
Sofia-Istanbul
(50 to 60 lv, 18 hours)
»
Burgas-Istanbul
(60 lv, seven to eight hours)
»
Varna-Istanbul
(60 lv, 10 hours)
»
Plovdiv-Istanbul
(40 to 50 lv, nine to ten hours)
Car & Motorcycle
In order to drive on Bulgarian roads, you will need to purchase a
vignette
, sold at all bor-
der crossings into Bulgaria, petrol stations and post offices. Petrol stations and car-repair
shops are common around border crossing areas and along main roads. See
Click here
f
or
information on road rules.
