There are 12 ways to get from Bulgaria to Ireland by plane, bus, car, car ferry, train, night train, or 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 Dublin Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane SOF - DUB
7h 34m€74–233Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
2d 15h€95–288Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Port of Cherbourgcar
- Take the carferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1carferry
43h 53m€900–2,079Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the bus from Ruse to Buchurestbus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane OTP - DUB
8h 57m€76–286Fly Sofia Airport to Cork Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane SOF - ORK
9h 19m€101–345Fly Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane SOF - SNN
9h 50m€77–297Fly Burgas Airport to Dublin Airport
- Fly from Burgas Airport (BOJ) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BOJ - DUB
7h 31m€79–203Fly Plovdiv Airport to Dublin Airport
- Fly from Plovdiv Airport (PDV) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane PDV - DUB
10h 23m€84–508Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport, train
- Take the bus from Ruse to Buchurestbus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane OTP - BHD
- Take the train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalktrain
12h 59m€79–296Train, night train, bus
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsatrain Ic / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the train from Bucharest to Suceavatrain
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
2d 16h€98–282Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Sofia to Aradbus
- Take the bus from Arad to Rennesbus
- Take the bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Garebus
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
3d 3h€635–1,491Bus via Cluj-Napoca
- Take the bus from Sofia to Râmnicu Vâlceabus 983
- Take the bus from Ramnicu Valcea Bus Station to Cluj-Napocabus
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
3d 5h€158–357
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bulgaria to Ireland is to fly which costs €75 - €300 and takes 9h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Bulgaria to Ireland is to fly which takes 7h 31m and costs €75 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Bulgaria station to Ireland. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at Dublin via Bucharest, Bucharest Otopeni Airport and Rădăuți. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 15h.
The distance between Bulgaria and Ireland is 2512 km.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Ireland without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 15h and costs €90 - €290.
It takes approximately 7h 34m to get from Bulgaria to Ireland, including transfers.
Bulgaria to Ireland bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Ireland is to fly which takes 7h 34m and costs €70 - €240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €90 - €290 and takes 2 days 15h.
Bulgaria to Ireland bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, arrive at Bucharest station.
Ireland is 2h behind Bulgaria. It is currently 4:57 PM in Bulgaria and 2:57 PM in Ireland.
What companies run services between Bulgaria and Ireland?
Ryanair flies from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dublin Airport (DUB) 6 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Dublin via Bucharest, Bucharest Otopeni Airport, Rădăuţi, Rădăuți, and Dublin in around 2d 15h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–190
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport via Leeds Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday and Monday
- Estimated price
- €90–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–340
Flights from Burgas Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Plovdiv Airport to Dublin Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Plovdiv Airport to Dublin Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Plovdiv Airport to Dublin Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Plovdiv Airport to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Plovdiv Airport to Dublin Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–490
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–400
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–450
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–600
Flights from Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–650
Flights from Burgas Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–600
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Leeds Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–260
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €150–550
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–270
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–350
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–350
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €9–13
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €4–6
- 1st Class
- €4–6
Night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €3–5
- 1st Class
- €3–5
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucharest to Suceava
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €34–37
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- callcenter@likebus.ua
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–28
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Buchurest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Buchurest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Sofia to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Arad to Rennes
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €200–300
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Sofia to Râmnicu Vâlcea
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +33 806 07 95 30
- contact@capcotentin.fr
- Website
- Cap Cotentin
Bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Gare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €1–2
- Schedules at
- Cap Cotentin
- Pre-purchased ticket
- €1
- On board ticket
- €2
- Phone
- +4-0726.922.277
- Website
- obada-transmontana.ro
Bus from Ramnicu Valcea Bus Station to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 3m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €31
- Schedules at
- obadabus.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40744-530.349
- Website
- transportautoradauti.autogari.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €32
- Schedules at
- transportautoradauti.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Want to know more about travelling around Ireland
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
5 delightfully under-the-radar French towns you need to visit
Read the travel guide
Travelling to the UK: What do I need to know?
Read the travel guide
Want to know more about Flixbus?
Read the travel guide
Booking & Getting There
There are 1131+ hotels available in Ireland.































