There are 6 ways to get from Washington to Bulgaria by subway, plane, shuttle, or train
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Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport
best- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane IAD - SOF
14h 52m$373–909Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Burgas Airport
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane IAD - BOJ
14h 46m$433–1,811Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Varna Airport
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane IAD - VAR
16h 4m$497–1,838Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane IAD - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
15h 52m$442–1,488Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane DCA - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
18h 7m$887–2,085Train to John F. Kennedy International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Stationtrain
- Fly from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane JFK - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
16h 27m$518–1,186
Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Bulgaria is to subway and fly which costs $370 - $950 and takes 14h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Bulgaria is to subway and fly which takes 14h 46m and costs $430 - $1,900.
The distance between Washington and Bulgaria is 7999 km.
It takes approximately 14h 52m to get from Washington to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Bulgaria is 7h ahead of Washington. It is currently 1:33 PM in Washington and 8:33 PM in Bulgaria.
There are 2233+ hotels available in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Washington to Bulgaria. However, you can take the subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform, walk to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) airport, fly to Sofia Airport (SOF), walk to Sofia Airport, then take the subway to Sofia Serdica. Alternatively, you can take the subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform, walk to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) airport, fly to Burgas Airport (BOJ), walk to Burgas Airport, then take the line 15 bus to Dunav.
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,500
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Boston, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,500
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Halifax, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–1,800
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,700
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,800
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Boston, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,500
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–450
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sofia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Ottawa, Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Burgas Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–2,200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,400
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–550
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Burgas Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Burgas Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,800
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Burgas Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,700
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Burgas Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,800
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Burgas Airport via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Varna Airport via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,700
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Varna Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,700
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Ottawa, London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $350–750
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–900
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $5–8
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak Acela
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–750
- Schedules at
- https://www.amtrak.com/acela-train
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- Business Class
- $50–490
- First Class
- $200–750
Rome2Rio's guide to Amtrak
Contact Details
- Phone
- +1 800-872-7245
- Website
- amtrak.com
Train from Washington Union Station to Ny Moynihan Train Hall At Penn Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–140
- Website
- https://www.amtrak.com/home.html
- 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/
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