There are 7 ways to get from Melbourne to Varna by plane, shuttle, bus, 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 to Varna Airport
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane MEL - VAR
26h 1m$585–1,615Fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane MEL - SAW
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Varnabus
33h 35m$515–1,171Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane MEL - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Varna
29h 29m$810–1,550Fly to Constanţa Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Constanţa Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport (CND)plane MEL - CND
- Take the bus from Mihail Kogalniceanu Aeroport to Varnabus
30h 25m$855–2,470Fly to Burgas Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane MEL - BOJ
- Take a shuttle bus from Sunny Beach to Varna
28h 42m$612–1,693Fly to Istanbul, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Istanbul (IST)plane MEL - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Silivri Otogarbus
- Take the bus from Silivri to Varnabus
33h 9m$516–1,179Fly to Sofia Airport, train
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MEL - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Varnatrain
32h 47m$637–1,149
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Varna Airport (VAR) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Varna is to fly and bus which costs $500 - $1,200 and takes 33h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Varna is to fly which takes 26h 1m and costs $550 - $1,700.
The distance between Melbourne and Varna is 14806 km.
It takes approximately 26h 1m to get from Melbourne to Varna, including transfers.
Varna is 9h behind Melbourne. It is currently 1:24 PM in Melbourne and 4:24 AM in Varna.
There are 1905+ hotels available in Varna.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Varna, Bulgaria?
Etihad, El Al, and five other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Varna Airport (VAR) 3 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Varna Airport via Abu Dhabi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Varna Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Varna Airport via Dubai, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Varna Airport via Doha, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Varna Airport via Tan Son Nhat, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Constanţa Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Constanţa Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport via Singapore Changi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Constanţa Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Constanţa Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport via Dubai, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,800
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Constanţa Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport via Doha, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $530–580
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,100
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $700–950
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Sofia Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Sofia Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $530–580
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,100
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,500
- Website
- elal.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Varna Airport via Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Burgas Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,400
- Website
- israir.co.il
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Burgas Airport via Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Burgas Airport via Doha, Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,300
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $16–22
- 1st Class
- $21–28
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $240–330
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
Shuttle from Sunny Beach to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–170
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- 0722 265 779
- sudmsc@yahoo.com
- Website
- mercado-sud.ro
Bus from Mihail Kogalniceanu Aeroport to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- mercadosud.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- kamilkoc@kamilkoc.com.tr
- Website
- flixbus.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–48
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $14–18
Bus from Silivri to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–48
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $13–17
- Phone
- 0850 888 33 34
- info@hava.ist
- Website
- hava.ist
Bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Silivri Otogar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–9
- Website
- https://hava.ist/?lang=en
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