There are 9 ways to get from Ireland to Borovets by plane, train, bus, night train, car ferry, car, or taxi
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport, train, bus
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DUB - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Kostenetstrain
- Take the bus from Kostenets to Samokovbus
11h 27m$70–256Bus, train, night train
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the train from Suceava to Bucharesttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Stara Zagoranighttrain
- Take the train from Stara Zagora to Kostenetstrain Ic
2d 16h$127–362Car ferry, drive
- Take the carferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Drive from Port of Cherbourg to Borovetscar
45h 16m$1,051–2,502Fly Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane SNN - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Kostenetstrain
- Take the bus from Kostenets to Samokovbus
14h 8m$91–332Fly Cork Airport to Sofia Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ORK - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Kostenetstrain
- Take the bus from Kostenets to Samokovbus
13h 55m$101–314Bus to Ireland West Airport Knock, fly to Sofia Airport, train, bus
- Take the bus from Galway Ceannt to Ireland W Airportbus
- Fly from Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane NOC - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Kostenetstrain
- Take the bus from Kostenets to Samokovbus
14h 11m$112–332Train to Belfast International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, train, bus
- Take the train from Dundalk to Belfast Great Centraltrain
- Fly from Belfast International Airport (BFS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BFS - SOF
- Take the train from Iskarsko Shose to Kostenetstrain
- Take the bus from Kostenets to Samokovbus
14h 51m$96–279Fly Dublin Airport to Plovdiv Airport, train, bus
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)plane DUB - PDV
- Take the train from Plovdiv to Kostenetstrain
- Take the bus from Kostenets to Samokovbus
14h 29m$95–411Train, car ferry, bus, taxi
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Nuremberg central bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Nuremberg Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the taxi from Sofia Serdica Bus Station to Borovetstaxi
2d 20h$887–1,319
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Borovets is to fly and train and bus which costs $70 - $260 and takes 11h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Borovets is to fly and train and bus which takes 11h 27m and costs $70 - $260.
The distance between Ireland and Borovets is 2628 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Borovets without a car is to bus and train and night train which takes 2 days 16h and costs $120 - $370.
It takes approximately 11h 27m to get from Ireland to Borovets, including transfers.
Borovets is 2h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 4:27 PM in Ireland and 6:27 PM in Borovets.
There are 526+ hotels available in Borovets.
What companies run services between Ireland and Borovets, Sofia, Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Ireland to Borovets. However, you can take the vehicle to Red Cow, walk to Red Cow Luas, take the line 726 bus to Airport Zone 16, walk to Dublin Airport (DUB) airport, fly to Sofia Airport (SOF), walk to Sofia Airport, take the subway to Sofia Iskarsko Shose, walk to Iskarsko Shose, take the train to Kostenets, walk to Kostenets, take the bus to Samokov, then take the bus to Borovets. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Dublin to Borovets via Dublin, Rădăuţi, Suceava Autogara Noua TASA, Suceava, Bucharest North, Bucharest, Stara Zagora, Stara Zagora, and Kostenets in around 2d 16h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $60–200
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 52m
- When
- Thursday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $85–290
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $85–290
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–290
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $90–300
Flights from Ireland West Airport Knock to Sofia Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–300
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Sofia Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–240
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–240
Flights from Dublin Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–370
Flights from Dublin Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 8m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–370
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–360
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–360
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–450
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–470
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–300
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $85–290
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Sofia Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–250
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–360
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–470
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–550
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Sofia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $75–240
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–490
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Belfast International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $85–300
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Kostenets
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $1–2
- 1st Class
- $2–3
Night train from Bucharest to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $5–23
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $5–8
- 1st Class
- $6–8
Train from Stara Zagora to Kostenets
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Kostenets
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $1–2
- 1st Class
- $2–3
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Kostenets
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $1–2
- 1st Class
- $2–3
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Kostenets
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $1–2
- 1st Class
- $2–3
Train from Iskarsko Shose to Kostenets
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $1–2
- 1st Class
- $2–3
Train from Plovdiv to Kostenets
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $1–3
- 1st Class
- $2–3
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Suceava to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $38–41
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- Translink
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Great Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Website
- Translink
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Dundalk to Belfast Great Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- $10–14
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- $16–23
- Phone
- 0722 60019
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tourist Information Centre - Samokov
Bus from Kostenets to Samokov
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- Tourist Information Centre - Samokov
Bus from Kostenets to Samokov
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- Tourist Information Centre - Samokov
Bus from Kostenets to Samokov
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- Tourist Information Centre - Samokov
Bus from Kostenets to Samokov
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- Tourist Information Centre - Samokov
Bus from Kostenets to Samokov
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- Tourist Information Centre - Samokov
Bus from Kostenets to Samokov
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- Tourist Information Centre - Samokov
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- [email protected]
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–230
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Galway Ceannt to Ireland W Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–25
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- Arda Tur
Bus from Nuremberg Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $231
- Website
- Arda Tur
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- Website
- Irish Ferries
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- [email protected]
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $490–850
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- $503
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Estimated price
- $70–85
OK Supertrans
- Phone
- +359 2 973 2121
- Website
- oktaxi.net
Panda Taxi
- Phone
- +359 2 998 2121
- Website
- panda-taxi.com
Taxi Stars
- Phone
- +359 877 144 144
- Website
- taxistars.net
Yellow Taxi
- Phone
- +359 2 962 1333
- Website
- yellow333.com
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