There are 6 ways to get from Melbourne to Bulgaria by plane 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 Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MEL - SOF
24h 4m$771–1,621Fly to Burgas Airport
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Burgas Airport (BOJ)plane MEL - BOJ
25h 58m$522–1,423Fly to Varna Airport
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane MEL - VAR
26h 16m$605–1,550Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane MEL - OTP
- Take the bus from Buchurest to Rusebus
27h 44m$679–1,238Fly to Istanbul, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Istanbul (IST)plane MEL - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Airport Bus to Silivri Otogarbus
- Take the bus from Silivri to Burgas Westbus
30h 24m$590–1,254Fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane MEL - SAW
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler to Silivribus
- Take the bus from Silivri to Burgas Westbus
31h 8m$550–1,062
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Bulgaria is to fly and bus which costs $550 - $1,300 and takes 30h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Bulgaria is to fly which takes 24h 4m and costs $750 - $1,700.
The distance between Melbourne and Bulgaria is 15146 km.
It takes approximately 24h 4m to get from Melbourne to Bulgaria, including transfers.
Bulgaria is 7h behind Melbourne. It is currently 12:40 AM in Melbourne and 5:40 PM in Bulgaria.
There are 2303+ hotels available in Bulgaria.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Bulgaria?
Qatar Airways, Emirates, and three other airlines fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Sofia Airport (SOF) twice daily.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Sofia Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Varna Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Varna Airport via Kuala Lumpur, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 16m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Varna Airport via Dubai, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Varna Airport via Phuket, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–900
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Sofia Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Burgas Airport via Doha, Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Sofia Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- transavia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Burgas Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,100
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Website
- bluedartaviation.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Burgas Airport via Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Burgas Airport via Dubai, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–900
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $390–1,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 21h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,200
- Website
- israir.co.il
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Burgas Airport via Dubai, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $750–2,200
- Website
- elal.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Varna Airport via Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Buchurest to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- 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
Bus from İstanbul Esenler to Silivri
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $10–14
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
- Phone
- 0850 222 59 59
- [email protected]
- Website
- istanbulseyahat.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler to Silivri
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- istanbulseyahat.com.tr
- Phone
- 444 00 17
- [email protected]
- Website
- truvaturizm.com
Bus from İstanbul Esenler to Silivri
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- truvaturizm.com
- Phone
- 0850 811 5959
- [email protected]
- Website
- kaleseyahat.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler to Silivri
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- kaleseyahat.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 600 00 10
- [email protected]
- Website
- efetur.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Esenler to Silivri
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- efetur.com.tr
- Phone
- 0(850) 244 33 33
- [email protected]
- Website
- mersinnurturizm.com
Bus from İstanbul Esenler to Silivri
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- mersinnurturizm.com
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