There are 9 ways to get from Bulgaria to Belfast by plane, bus, night train, train, busferry, shuttle, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane SOF - BHD
9h 13m£58–203Fly Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane SOF - BFS
9h 42m£44–152Bus, night train, train, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platzbus
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midinighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from King's Cross to Glasgow Queen Streettrain
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
2d 2hBus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Birminghambus
- Take the bus from Newhall St to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
2d 7hShuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Ruse to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane OTP - BHD
9h 50m£132–411Fly Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport, bus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane SOF - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centrebus
9h 5m£63–158Shuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Dublin Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Ruse to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane OTP - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centrebus
9h 47m£147–396Fly Burgas Airport to Dublin Airport, bus
- Fly from Burgas Airport (BOJ) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BOJ - DUB
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centrebus
9h 7m£89–289Bus, bus and ferry, car ferry
- Take the bus from Sofia to Orșovabus
- Take the busferry from Orșova Lukoil to Liverpool Elmway closebusferry
- Take the car ferry from Liverpool to Belfastcarferry
2d 15h£145–279
Sofia Airport (SOF) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bulgaria to Belfast is to fly which costs £40 - £160 and takes 9h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Bulgaria to Belfast is to fly and bus which takes 9h 5m and costs £60 - £160.
No, there is no direct bus from Bulgaria station to Belfast. However, there are services departing from Sofia Serdica Bus Station and arriving at Belfast, Europa Buscentre via Praha, ÚAN Florenc, Newhall St and Glasgow Buchanan. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 7h.
The distance between Bulgaria and Belfast is 1576 miles.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Belfast without a car is to bus and night train and train and bus and ferry which takes 2 days 2h and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 13m to get from Bulgaria to Belfast, including transfers.
Bulgaria to Belfast bus services, operated by Racic Eurobus, depart from Sofia Serdica Bus Station.
Bulgaria to Belfast bus services, operated by Racic Eurobus, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Belfast is 2h behind Bulgaria. It is currently 10:11 PM in Bulgaria and 8:11 PM in Belfast.
There are 1235+ hotels available in Belfast.
What companies run services between Bulgaria and Belfast, Northern Ireland?
British Airways, Bulgaria Air, and four other airlines fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) 3 times a day.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £40–160
Flights from Burgas Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–270
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–340
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Leeds Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–210
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–210
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £100–280
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £55–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Leeds Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–210
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–210
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
Flights from Burgas Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- £70–350
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £50–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- £75–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- £35–140
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £100–280
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–380
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–140
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £60–180
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Wien Hbf to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £75–250
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- £220–250
- Couchette Carriage
- £140–170
- Seating Carriage
- £75–100
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £65–250
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 0800 031 8542
- Passengerassistance@lumo.co.uk.
- Website
- lumo.co.uk
Train from King's Cross to Glasgow Queen Street
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £40–110
- Website
- https://www.lumo.co.uk/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Vienna, Central Station Südtiroler Platz
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £45–65
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–80
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–75
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £40–60
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- £55–150
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Newhall St to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Sofia to Orșova
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- £26–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Ruse to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- £85–210
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £13–18
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Orșova Lukoil to Liverpool Elmway close
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Car ferry from Liverpool to Belfast
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- £35–60
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
Want to know more about travelling around United Kingdom
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Travelling to the UK: What do I need to know?
Read the travel guide
Want to know more about Flixbus?
Read the travel guide

















































