Arrivals
Sofia has two passenger terminals in separate buildings, linked by a free shuttle bus. Most charter and regional flights use Terminal 1; most scheduled international flights use Terminal 2. Clear passport control, collect your cases, then pick up skis and oversized bags from the outsize baggage belt. Your e-ticket names your driver and gives you a number to call.
Private transfers
Your driver waits in the arrivals hall of your terminal, past the barrier, holding a sign that shows your name or the 'hoppa' logo.
Coaches
Walk out to the coach park, signed from the terminal door. Give your terminal number at booking so the coach is at the right building.
Delays & Driver Info
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Free waiting time
You get up to 60 minutes of free waiting after your flight lands. On an international arrival a 30-minute buffer is added before the waiting time starts, which covers the outsize belt handing back skis and boards.
Delayed, diverted or landing early?
Your driver follows your flight from the moment you board. Winter fog on the Sofia plain is the local hazard and occasionally sends an arrival to Plovdiv or Varna. Your driver sees it before the hall does and will contact you to reposition or rebook. A delayed flight simply moves your pick-up, with nothing for you to do.
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Can't find your driver?
Stay in the arrivals hall of the terminal you landed at and call the number on your e-ticket. hoppa's team picks up in an average of 11 seconds, a 99.7% call answer rate: a real person, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The hoppa help centre answers most questions before you need to call.
What to do around Sofia?
If your flight home leaves late in the day, the city repays an afternoon.
- The Alexander Nevsky cathedral holds one of the largest Orthodox collections of icons in the world, in a crypt beneath the gold domes.
- Roman Serdica sits exposed under the city centre, with excavated streets and buildings visible between the metro entrances.
- Vitosha rises straight off the southern edge of the city and has its own lifts, so a spare afternoon can still be a day on the mountain.