There are 11 ways to get from Sofia to Ireland by plane, train, night train, bus, car, car ferry, or ferry
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Fly to Dublin Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane SOF - DUB
6h 55m€59–174Fly to Kerry Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Kerry Airport (KIR)plane SOF - KIR
- Take the bus from Kerry Airport to Limerick Colbert Stationbus
11h 8m€57–173Train, night train, bus
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsatrain
- Take the night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the train from Bucharest to Suceavatrain
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
2d 16h€103–292Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Port of Cherbourgcar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1carferry
43h 11m€455–719Fly to Cork Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane SOF - ORK
8h 47m€60–217Fly to Shannon Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane SOF - SNN
11h€67–217Fly 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
11h 22m€60–179Fly 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 West Airport to Galway Ceannt Stationbus
12h 18m€77–233Fly 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
9h 45m€73–247Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest Henri Coanda Airport Arrival Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
2d 16h€82–283Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Rennes Place de la Garebus
- Take the bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Garebus
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
2d 19h
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 - €220 and takes 11h.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Ireland is to fly which takes 6h 55m and costs €55 - €180.
The distance between Sofia and Ireland is 2517 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Ireland without a car is to train and night train and bus which takes 2 days 16h and costs €100 - €300.
It takes approximately 6h 55m to get from Sofia to Ireland, including transfers.
The best way to get from Sofia to Ireland is to fly which takes 6h 55m and costs €55 - €180. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €80 - €290 and takes 2 days 16h.
Ireland is 2h behind Sofia. It is currently 6:56 PM in Sofia and 4:56 PM in Ireland.
There are 1080+ hotels available in Ireland.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Ireland?
Ryanair flies from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dublin Airport (DUB) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Dublin via Bucharest Henri Coanda Airport Arrival Terminal, Bucharest Otopeni Airport, Rădăuţi, Rădăuți, and Dublin in around 2d 16h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 20m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–250
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kerry Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kerry Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kerry Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kerry Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 36m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–230
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–360
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–370
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kerry Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €7–11
- 1st Class
- €10–13
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
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Suceava
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–39
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- 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
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- 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
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Kerry Airport to Limerick Colbert Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Ireland West Airport to Galway Ceannt Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest Henri Coanda Airport Arrival Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 16m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Serdica Bus Stop to Rennes Place de la Gare
- Ave. Duration
- 42h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–30
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +33 806 07 95 30
- contact@capcotentin.fr
- Website
- capcotentin.fr
Bus from Rennes-Gare Routiere to Cherbourg-Gare
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- capcotentin.fr
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–85
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- €210–1,000
- On Foot
- €70–85
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