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Istanbul to Sofia

1 operator run this water, from 1 h 05.

Every way across

One row per operator and speed. Where a service is sold as fast and its average does not clear 45 km/h, the word appears in quotation marks — the boat is fast craft, the crossing is not.

Turkish Airlines IST → SOF 469 km non-stop 320 738 in the air 2 h 35 est. rate not held 432 km/h average

Other ways to reach Sofia

If this crossing does not suit, these quays also reach Sofia without a change. It is the question a single-route page cannot answer about itself and an atlas can.

Otopeni – Sofia 52 min Bulgaria Air
Burgas – Sofia 55 min Bulgaria Air
Belgrade – Sofia 56 min Air Serbia
Varna – Sofia 57 min Bulgaria Air
Spata-Artemida – Sofia 1 h 10 Aegean Airlines
Vienna – Sofia 1 h 30 Austrian Airlines
Rome – Sofia 1 h 39 Alitalia
Bologna – Sofia 1 h 45 Wizz Air
Warsaw – Sofia 1 h 50 Bulgaria Air
Prague – Sofia 1 h 51 Bulgaria Air

And other ways to reach Istanbul

Altıntaş – Istanbul 50 min Turkish Airlines
Constanța – Istanbul 56 min Turkish Airlines
Gaziemir – Istanbul 57 min Atlasjet
Ankara – Istanbul 58 min Ariana Afghan Airlines
Denizli – Istanbul 1 h 00 Turkish Airlines
Isparta – Istanbul 1 h 00 Turkish Airlines
Kastamonu – Istanbul 1 h 02 Turkish Airlines
Otopeni – Istanbul 1 h 02 Tarom
Bodrum – Istanbul 1 h 04 Atlasjet

Where else these quays go

Which months this runs

Season not heldwe can say when we looked, not which months run

Our records for the Istanbul–Sofia crossing were read on 11 August 2026 and describe the network as it ran that week. We hold no month-by-month variation, so this page cannot tell you whether a crossing runs in February.

If you are travelling well outside August 2026, confirm with the operator before you plan around it.

What we do not know

No fares. Not for this crossing, not for any crossing, not for any mode.

No departure times. No rate is held for this pair either, so we cannot say how often it runs.