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)PHL - SOF
14h 24m$410–675Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
cheapest- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)EWR - SOF
15h$311–970Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)PHL - BOJ
14h 45m$408–1,524Fly Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)PHL - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
15h 36m$531–967Train to Newark Liberty International Airport, fly to Varna Airport
- Take the train from 30th Street Station to Newark Liberty International Airport
- Fly from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Varna Airport (VAR)EWR - VAR
17h 28m$370–1,199Train 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 Station
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)JFK - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
15h 2m$466–1,555
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 $310 - $1,000 and takes 15h.
The fastest way to get from Philadelphia to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 14h 24m and costs $410 - $700.
The distance between Philadelphia and Bulgaria is 7761 km.
It takes approximately 14h 24m to get from Philadelphia to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Bulgaria is 7h ahead of Philadelphia. It is currently 2:04 AM in Philadelphia and 9:04 AM in Bulgaria.
There are 2061+ 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
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–750
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Varna Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–700
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–750
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–700
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–850
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–700
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport via Zurich, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–850
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,200
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–850
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Sofia Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $230–900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–850
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Burgas Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,600
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Philadelphia International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Newark Liberty International Airport to Varna Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–600
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $370–550
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.html
- 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.html
- 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
- $10–65
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Coach Seat - Advance Purchase
- $18–29
- Coach Seat short notice purchase
- $10–65
- Business - advance purchase
- $13–95
- Business Class
- $23–180
Train from 30th Street Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–310
- 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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