maltamonument

Hi,

I want to go from Bucharest to Sofia by bus in April 2016. Can anyone tell me how to do this please? Do I need to buy tickets in advance? And how?

thanks!

thursdaysd

Have you thought about the train instead?

http://seat61.com/international-trai...arest_to_Sofia

maltamonument

Hi thanks. We considered the option, but the train takes 2 hrs longer, and that means 2 hours less in Bucharest.

annhig

well, if you know that the train takes 2 hours longer than the bus, you must have access to a timetable. and if you have a timetable, you will have a website.

so if you would like someone here to help you, you could post the link to the bus company's website.

I doubt if anyone here has ever taken that bus, and not many will have been to Bucharest or Sofia [I have and it's lovely].

you need to help us to help you.

thursdaysd

I rarely if ever take a bus if a train exists.

(And I prefer Sofia to Bucharest.)

annhig

thursdaysd - you are of course the exception that proves the rule.

maltamonument

nope I just saw several forums stating that, I didn't see any time table. Thats why I'm posting. I need someone who did the trip to tell me how it's done

thursdaysd

If I were going to do it by bus, which I wouldn't unless I wanted to stop off somewhere the bus went and the train didn't, I'd look for copies of the relevant Lonely Planet and/or Rough Guide guide books. They usually list bus companies. Otherwise I'd just wait until I got to Bucharest. If the bus didn't work out, you could always take the train.

flanneruk

Rome2Rio.com is your friend

It shows timetables, and refers you to the relevant websites.Buses are substantially faster than trains on this route - which seem to operate as if the Iron Curtain still exists, and was halfway between the two cities.

But I don't think there's a direct bus any more. You need to change at the border (and there's just one bus a day), and I don't think they've yet caught on at that border that they're both in the EU.

annhig

nope I just saw several forums stating that, I didn't see any time table. Thats why I'm posting. I need someone who did the trip to tell me how it's done>>

I stand corrected. but it would be ever so nice if posters starting threads would share that sort of information with us so we know where to start.