
Kapitan Andreevo is situated 340 km southeast of Sofia and Sofia airport, 15 km south of Svilengrad, 19 km west of Edirne and 265 km northwest of Istanbul. Kapitan Andreevo is the busiest Bulgarian border checkpoint because it is the only major connection between Europe and Turkey, Syria and Iran in Asia. Through Kapitan Andreevo passes high volume of traffic as it is a significant entrance point to the European Union. To transfer you to the Bulgarian-Turkish border at Kapitan Andreevo-Kapikule from Sofia/airport, it will take five hours and forty minutes along some of the main highways in Bulgaria.