There are 7 ways to get from Sydney to Bulgaria by plane, shuttle, or bus
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 Sofia Airport
best- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane SYD - SOF
26h 1m$664–1,117Fly to Istanbul, bus
cheapest- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Istanbul (IST)plane SYD - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Silivri Otogarbus
- Take the bus from Silivri to Burgas Westbus
31h 3m$497–940Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane SYD - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
28h 13m$683–1,396Fly to Varna Airport
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane SYD - VAR
27h 5m$648–1,646Fly to Burgas Airport
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane SYD - BOJ
26h 32m$564–1,619Fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, bus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane SYD - SAW
- Take the bus from Istanbul Kemal Pasa to Stara Zagora Autoscrapbus
33h 28m$579–1,312Fly to Tivat Airport, bus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Tivat Airport (TIV)plane SYD - TIV
- Take the bus from Tivat, Autobuska stanica to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Sofiabus
39h 31m$779–1,605
Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sydney to Bulgaria is to fly and bus which costs $490 - $950 and takes 31h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Sydney to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 26h 1m and costs $650 - $1,200.
The distance between Sydney and Bulgaria is 15458 km.
It takes approximately 26h 1m to get from Sydney to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Bulgaria is 9h behind Sydney. It is currently 3:57 AM in Sydney and 6:57 PM in Bulgaria.
There are 2130+ hotels available in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Sydney, NSW, Australia and Bulgaria?
Qatar Airways, Emirates, and two other airlines fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 4 times a day.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Varna Airport via Abu Dhabi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Varna Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 27m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Varna Airport via Dubai, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Varna Airport via Tan Son Nhat, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Varna Airport via Doha, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Varna Airport via Phuket, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 10m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul via Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–750
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tivat Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tivat Airport via Doha, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,800
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Sofia Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tivat Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $800–2,700
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Sofia Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tivat Airport via Doha, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $480–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–700
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul via Phuket
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–750
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,100
- Website
- interjet.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tivat Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tivat Airport via Doha, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Burgas Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,500
- Website
- israir.co.il
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Burgas Airport via Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Colombo, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,300
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Tivat Airport via Doha, Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
- 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
- $120–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- 0850 888 33 34
- info@hava.ist
- Website
- hava.ist
Bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Silivri Otogar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–9
- Website
- https://hava.ist/?lang=en
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Silivri to Burgas West
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–15
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $11–15
- Phone
- +90544 210 2535
- Website
- luksistanbul.com
Bus from Istanbul Kemal Pasa to Stara Zagora Autoscrap
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Schedules at
- luksistanbul.com
- Phone
- +389 2 2566668
- info@vardarexpress.com
- Website
- vardarexpress.com
Bus from Tivat, Autobuska stanica to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $53
- Schedules at
- vardarexpress.com
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Kumanovo to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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