There are 13 ways to get from Sofia to Ireland by plane, train, night train, bus, car ferry, car, shuttle, or busferry
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Fly Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane SOF - DUB
7h 13m€70–170Fly Sofia Airport to Cork Airport
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane SOF - ORK
10h 8m€68–102Train, night train, bus, car ferry
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsatrain Ic / ...
- Take the night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Liverpool, Liverpool Onebus
- Take the car ferry from Liverpool to Isle of Man Douglascarferry
- Take the car ferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Dublin Terminal 1carferry
39h 41m€89–429Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Port of Cherbourgcar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1carferry
43h 53m€506–1,308Fly Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane SOF - SNN
9h 34m€95–167Fly Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane SOF - BHD
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalktrain
10h 23m€108–275Fly Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane SOF - BFS
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalktrain
10h 30m€68–166Fly Sofia Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock, bus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC)plane SOF - NOC
- Take the bus from Ireland W Airport to Galway Ceanntbus
11h 7m€90–260Shuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take a shuttle bus from Sofia to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane OTP - DUB
11h 46m€308–542Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
- Take the bus from Grand Central Station to Westland Rowbus 785
2d 8hShuttle, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Sofia to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
2d 14h€295–587Bus, train
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharestbus
- Take the train from Bucharest to Romantrain
- Take the bus from Roman to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
2d 14h€122–301Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Râmnicu Vâlceabus 983
- Take the bus from Râmnicu Vâlcea to Romanbus
- Take the bus from Roman to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
2d 23h€104–339
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Ireland is to fly which costs €65 - €110 and takes 10h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Ireland is to fly which takes 7h 13m and costs €70 - €170.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Ireland. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at Westland Row via Praha, ÚAN Florenc, London Victoria, Glasgow Buchanan and Grand Central Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 8h.
The distance between Sofia and Ireland is 2509 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Ireland without a car is to train and night train and bus and car ferry which takes 39h 41m and costs €85 - €430.
It takes approximately 7h 13m to get from Sofia to Ireland, including transfers.
Sofia to Ireland bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Ireland is to fly which takes 7h 13m and costs €70 - €170. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €100 - €340 and takes 2 days 23h.
Sofia to Ireland bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Praha, ÚAN Florenc station.
Ireland is 2h behind Sofia. It is currently 10:47 AM in Sofia and 8:47 AM in Ireland.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Ireland?
Ryanair flies from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dublin Airport (DUB) 5 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia to Burlington Road via Râmnicu Vâlcea, Roman, Rădăuţi, Rădăuți, Dublin, and Navan Rd Stn in around 2d 23h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–95
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–95
Flights from Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–250
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport via Leeds Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–420
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–140
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
Flights from Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–390
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–450
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–100
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €7–11
- 1st Class
- €11–13
Night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €5–10
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €5–9
- 1st Class
- €8–10
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dundalk
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €9–13
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Roman
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27–30
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Liverpool, Liverpool One
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Ireland W Airport to Galway Ceannt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Sofia to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €240–340
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Sofia to Râmnicu Vâlcea
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €90–220
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 903 9508
- customerrelations@dublinexpress.ie
- Website
- dublinexpress.ie
Bus from Grand Central Station to Westland Row
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–150
- Website
- https://www.dublinexpress.ie/
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–29
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Roman to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- callcenter@likebus.ua
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- 0742.945.755
- contact@geo-tur.ro
- Website
- geotur.autogari.ro
Bus from Râmnicu Vâlcea to Roman
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €6–40
- Schedules at
- geotur.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +44 8722 992 992
- Website
- steam-packet.com
Car ferry from Liverpool to Isle of Man Douglas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–19
- Website
- https://www.steam-packet.com/
Car ferry from Isle of Man Douglas to Dublin Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €17–325
- Website
- https://www.steam-packet.com/
- Foot Passanger
- €46
- Motorcycle&Adult
- €166
- Car&Adult
- €325
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €120–750
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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