There are 8 ways to get from Dublin to Ruse by plane, shuttle, ferry, train, bus, car, car ferry, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane DUB - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
7h 47m$185–504Ferry, train, bus
cheapest- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
- Take the train from Holyhead to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
33h 50m$167–266Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Dublin to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Rusecar
2d 1h$660–1,243Fly to Varna Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane DUB - VAR
- Take a shuttle bus from Varna Airport to Ruse
12h 32m$200–514Fly to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)plane DUB - BBU
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest to Ruse
10h 36m$205–549Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from The Gresham Hotel to Europa Bus Centrebus
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
2d 4hFerry, train, bus via London
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
- Take the train from Holyhead to London Eustontrain
- Take the bus from London Stonebridge to Bucureşti Autogara Oborbus
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
2d 11hFerry, train, bus and ferry
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferryferry 0
- Take the train from Holyhead to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharestbusferry
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain
3d 5h$222–429
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dublin to Ruse is to ferry and train and bus which costs $160 - $270 and takes 33h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Dublin to Ruse is to fly and shuttle which takes 7h 47m and costs $180 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Dublin to Ruse. However, there are services departing from The Gresham Hotel and arriving at Ruse via Belfast, Europa Buscentre, Buchanan Bus Station, London Victoria and Buchurest. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 4h.
The distance between Dublin and Ruse is 2638 km.
The best way to get from Dublin to Ruse without a car is to ferry and train and bus which takes 33h 50m and costs $160 - $270.
It takes approximately 7h 47m to get from Dublin to Ruse, including transfers.
Dublin to Ruse bus services, operated by Aircoach, depart from The Gresham Hotel station.
Dublin to Ruse bus services, operated by Aircoach, arrive at Europa Bus Centre station.
Ruse is 2h ahead of Dublin. It is currently 10:12 PM in Dublin and 12:12 AM in Ruse.
There are 213+ hotels available in Ruse.
What companies run services between Dublin, Ireland and Ruse, Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Dublin to Ruse. However, you can take the bus to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2, walk to Dublin Airport (DUB) airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP), walk to Bucharest Otopeni Airport, then take the shuttle to Ruse. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Ruse via Holyhead Ferry, Holyhead, Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester, Coach Station, Bucharest Obor, Piata Iancului, Gara de Nord, and Buchurest in around 33h 50m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–380
Flights from Dublin Airport to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $85–600
Flights from Dublin Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–410
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Varna Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–290
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–210
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–170
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–380
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–410
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Dublin Airport to Varna Airport via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–290
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Varna Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–290
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–210
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–190
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $65–200
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $85–410
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $45–210
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Holyhead to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–140
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–16
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–290
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
Shuttle from Varna Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–260
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
Shuttle from Bucharest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $110–260
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en/transport_company/omega+group+84
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from The Gresham Hotel to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–25
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $165
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from London Stonebridge to Bucureşti Autogara Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 46h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85–210
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.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
- $210–532
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- $532
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