There are 6 ways to get from Philadelphia to Bulgaria by plane, train, or shuttle
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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 12m$504–854Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
cheapest- 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
15h 2m$303–1,950Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane PHL - BOJ
17h 35m$604–1,206Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane PHL - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
15h 41m$523–1,043Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
- 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 28m$347–1,366Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- 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 a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
14h 52m$406–1,605
Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Philadelphia to Bulgaria is to train and fly which costs $300 - $2,000 and takes 15h 2m.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 14h 12m and costs $500 - $900.
The distance between Philadelphia and Bulgaria is 7761 km.
It takes approximately 14h 12m to get from Philadelphia to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Bulgaria is 7h ahead of Philadelphia. It is currently 9:05 PM in Philadelphia and 4:05 AM in Bulgaria.
There are 328+ hotels available in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Philadelphia, PA, USA and Bulgaria?
Airbus France, Lufthansa, and four other airlines fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 4 times a day.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–750
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–2,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–2,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–750
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–750
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–2,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–2,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–750
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $220–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,100
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 17m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,400
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Sofia Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 2m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–2,400
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,200
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,300
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $230–600
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Northeast Regional
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–220
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $10–220
- Business Class
- $55–260
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–230
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/northeast-regional-train
- Coach
- $12–230
- Business Class
- $60–270
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $22–50
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–60
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–600
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $20–460
- First Class
- $130–600
- 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/
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