There are 7 ways to get from Cork to Plovdiv by plane, car, car ferry, bus, shuttle, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Cork Airport to Plovdiv Airport
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)plane ORK - PDV
14h 39m$112–394Fly Cork Airport to Sofia Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ORK - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
13h 3m$89–286Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cork to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Plovdivcar
47h 56m$678–1,254Bus, shuttle
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walkbus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Bucharest Otopeni Airportbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Plovdiv
2d 19h$371–754Bus to Shannon Airport, fly to Plovdiv Airport
- Take the bus from Cork Bus Station to Shannon Airportbus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)plane SNN - PDV
16h 29m$139–427Bus to Shannon Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Cork Bus Station to Shannon Airportbus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane SNN - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
16h 13m$101–289Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DUB - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontiumbus
11h 56m$116–259
Cork Airport (ORK) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Plovdiv is to bus and fly which costs $100 - $290 and takes 16h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Plovdiv is to train and fly and bus which takes 11h 56m and costs $110 - $260.
The distance between Cork and Plovdiv is 2746 km.
The best way to get from Cork to Plovdiv without a car is to bus and shuttle which takes 2 days 19h and costs $370 - $800.
It takes approximately 14h 39m to get from Cork to Plovdiv, including transfers.
Plovdiv is 2h ahead of Cork. It is currently 12:32 PM in Cork and 2:32 PM in Plovdiv.
There are 756+ hotels available in Plovdiv.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Plovdiv, Bulgaria?
Ryanair flies from Cork Airport (ORK) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV) 3 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–390
Flights from Cork Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–380
Flights from Cork Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–380
Flights from Shannon Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–390
Flights from Shannon Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 38m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–390
Flights from Shannon Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–390
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $70–260
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $75–270
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–330
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–450
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–390
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–490
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- $27–40
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–240
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–35
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $280–420
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Cork Bus Station to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- +359 2 493 0191
- info@traventuria.com
- Website
- traventuria.com
Bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Plovdiv Hotel Trimontium
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $14–19
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $220–538
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- $538
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