There are 5 ways to get from Cape Town to Bulgaria by plane or bus
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Fly to Sofia Airport
best- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane CPT - SOF
16h 18m$358–1,109Fly to Varna Airport
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane CPT - VAR
16h 19m$562–1,528Fly to Burgas Airport
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane CPT - BOJ
15h 51m$609–1,611Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane CPT - OTP
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
17h 57m$516–875Fly to Istanbul, bus
- Fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Istanbul (IST)plane CPT - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Silivri Otogarbus
- Take the bus from Silivri to Burgas Westbus
19h 32m$407–842
Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cape Town to Bulgaria is to fly and bus which costs $400 - $850 and takes 19h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Cape Town to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 15h 51m and costs $600 - $1,700.
The distance between Cape Town and Bulgaria is 8573 km.
It takes approximately 16h 18m to get from Cape Town to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Bulgaria is 1h ahead of Cape Town. It is currently 7:33 AM in Cape Town and 8:33 AM in Bulgaria.
There are 2305+ hotels available in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Cape Town, South Africa and Bulgaria?
Turkish Airlines, Qatar Airways, and Lufthansa fly from Cape Town International Airport (CPT) to Sofia Airport (SOF) 3 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,400
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Varna Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Burgas Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,400
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Istanbul via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Varna Airport via Johannesburg, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,500
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $330–1,000
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Sofia Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,200
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,300
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,300
- Website
- ethiopianairlines.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Istanbul via Addis Ababa
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,100
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Burgas Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Burgas Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- Website
- israir.co.il
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Burgas Airport via Addis Ababa, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Cape Town International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- 0850 888 33 34
- [email protected]
- Website
- hava.ist
Bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Silivri Otogar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–10
- 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
- $17–24
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $17–24
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