There are 10 ways to get from Sofia to Ireland by plane, shuttle, bus, car, car ferry, train, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Dublin Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane SOF - DUB
7h 3m€60–153Shuttle, 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€296–588Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Port of Cherbourgcar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1carferry
43h 11m€499–852Fly to Cork Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane SOF - ORK
10h 29m€69–221Fly to Shannon Airport
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane SOF - SNN
10h 9m€68–180Fly 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 19m€72–215Fly to Kerry Airport, bus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Kerry Airport (KIR)plane SOF - KIR
- Take the bus from Kerry Airport to Limerick Colbert Stationbus
11h 12m€61–168Fly 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
11h 27m€82–239Train, 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 Romantrain
- Take the bus from Roman to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
2d 15h€108–296Bus, car ferry, train
- Take the bus from Sofia to Burgosbus
- Take the bus from Burgos to Santurce/Santurtzibus
- Take the car ferry from Bilbao to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Take the train from Rosslare Europort to Grand Canal Docktrain Ic
3d 9h€197–759
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Ireland is to fly which costs €60 - €160 and takes 7h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Ireland is to fly which takes 7h 3m and costs €60 - €160.
The distance between Sofia and Ireland is 2509 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Ireland without a car is to shuttle and bus which takes 2 days 14h and costs €290 - €600.
It takes approximately 7h 3m to get from Sofia to Ireland, including transfers.
Ireland is 2h behind Sofia. It is currently 9:49 PM in Sofia and 7:49 PM in Ireland.
There are 1147+ 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.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–130
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 3m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kerry Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kerry Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kerry Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kerry Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Cologne Bonn
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 33m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–330
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, 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
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–380
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
Flights from Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–390
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kerry Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–330
- 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
Train from Rosslare Europort to Grand Canal Dock
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €14–21
- 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
- €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
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Roman
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €28–31
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- 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
- 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
- €11–30
- 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
- +40 230 560 555
- 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
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Sofia to Burgos
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €110–150
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- alsa@alsa.es
- Website
- alsa.com
Bus from Burgos to Santurce/Santurtzi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- 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
- €110–290
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Phone
- +353 21 427 7801
- reservations@brittanyferries.ie
- Website
- brittanyferries.ie
Car ferry from Bilbao to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 29h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €45–550
- Website
- Brittany Ferries
- Single Ticket
- €45–210
- Car Single Ticket
- €140–550
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