There are 6 ways to get from Philadelphia to Bulgaria by plane or train
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Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport
best- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane PHL - SOF
14h 22m$604–1,005Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
cheapest- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane JFK - SOF
15h 30m$286–1,366Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane PHL - BOJ
15h 25m$604–2,407Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airporttrain
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane EWR - SOF
14h 58m$364–1,017Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, train
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane JFK - OTP
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain
16h 18m$299–1,385Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, train
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane PHL - OTP
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Rusetrain
17h 44m$617–1,024
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Philadelphia to Bulgaria is to train and fly which costs $360 - $1,100 and takes 14h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 14h 22m and costs $600 - $1,000.
The distance between Philadelphia and Bulgaria is 7761 km.
It takes approximately 14h 22m to get from Philadelphia to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Bulgaria is 7h ahead of Philadelphia. It is currently 7:00 PM in Philadelphia and 2:00 AM in Bulgaria.
There are 2286+ hotels available in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Philadelphia, PA, USA and Bulgaria?
Airbus France, Lufthansa, and five other airlines fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 3 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–750
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–750
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,000
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport via Zurich, Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–850
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $650–2,400
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–950
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–750
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–750
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sofia Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–750
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–750
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–700
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $380–800
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–80
- Website
- Amtrak
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- Amtrak
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- Amtrak Acela
- Website
- Amtrak
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
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