There are 11 ways to get from Bulgaria to Dublin by bus, plane, train, ferry, car, car ferry, or busferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Dublin Airport
best- Take the bus from Ruse to Buchurestbus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane OTP - DUB
8h 30m€74–274Fly Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane SOF - DUB
7h 7m€67–231Bus, train, ferry via Rotterdam
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Rotterdambus
- Take the train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intltrain Eil
- Take the train from London Euston to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry 0
2d 3h€448–721Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Port of Cherbourgcar
- Take the carferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1carferry
43h 42m€899–2,076Fly Burgas Airport to Dublin Airport
- Fly from Burgas Airport (BOJ) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BOJ - DUB
7h 4m€72–221Fly Varna Airport to Dublin Airport
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane VAR - DUB
8h 40m€158–374Bus to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the bus from Ruse to Buchurestbus
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BBU - DUB
11h 23m€71–282Bus to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to George Best Belfast City Airport, train
- Take the bus from Ruse to Buchurestbus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane OTP - BHD
- Take the train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connollytrain
13h€101–296Bus, bus and ferry, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Sofia to Drobeta-Turnu Severinbus
- Take the bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Motrubus
- Take the busferry from Motru to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry 0
2d 14hBus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
2d 15h€95–289Bus, train, ferry
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Saint-Denisbus
- Take the train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourgtrain
- Take the ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry
2d 16h
Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bulgaria to Dublin is to fly which costs €65 - €240 and takes 7h 7m.
The fastest way to get from Bulgaria to Dublin is to fly which takes 7h 4m and costs €70 - €230.
No, there is no direct bus from Bulgaria station to Dublin. However, there are services departing from Sofia Central Bus Station and arriving at Dublin via Bucharest, Bucharest Otopeni Airport and Rădăuți. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 15h.
The distance between Bulgaria and Dublin is 2638 km.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Dublin without a car is to bus and train and ferry via Rotterdam which takes 2 days 3h and costs €440 - €750.
It takes approximately 8h 30m to get from Bulgaria to Dublin, including transfers.
Bulgaria to Dublin bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
The best way to get from Bulgaria to Dublin is to fly which takes 7h 7m and costs €65 - €240. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €95 - €290 and takes 2 days 15h.
Bulgaria to Dublin bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, arrive at Bucharest station.
Dublin is 2h behind Bulgaria. It is currently 00:11 in Bulgaria and 22:11 in Dublin.
What companies run services between Bulgaria and Dublin, Ireland?
Ryanair flies from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dublin Airport (DUB) 4 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Dublin via Bucharest, Bucharest Otopeni Airport, Rădăuţi, Rădăuți, and Dublin in around 2d 15h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport via Leeds Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–220
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Burgas Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Varna Airport to Dublin Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Varna Airport to Dublin Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Dublin Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–260
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Dublin Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Dublin Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Dublin Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Burgas Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €85–550
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Dublin Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Leeds Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–400
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–470
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Dublin Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €180–310
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €100–170
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €15–22
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €50–80
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- omega_group@abv.bg
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Buchurest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Buchurest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Ruse to Buchurest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- +381 11 8728111
- office@trans-jug.com
- Website
- Trans-Jug
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €37–40
- Website
- Trans-Jug
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Rotterdam
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Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Sofia to Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +4-0745-779.908
- Website
- dikeltour.autogari.ro
Bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Motru
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- dikeltour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Motru to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.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
- 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
- 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
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +359 2 981 58 56
- booking_matpu@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–26
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
- Phone
- +381 65 567 12 19
- resavareisendoo@gmail.com
- Website
- resavareisen.ch
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Saint-Denis
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- resavareisen.ch
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- Stena Line
Ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Stena Line
Ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Stena Line
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €500–1,500
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €380–1,100
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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