There are 10 ways to get from Sofia to Dublin by plane, bus, train, ferry, car, car ferry, night train, or busferry
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Fly Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane SOF - DUB
6h 47m€71–293Bus, train, ferry via Rotterdam
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the train from Novi Beograd to Suboticatrain Ir / ...
- Take the bus from Subotica, 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 1h€427–849Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Port of Cherbourgcar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1carferry
43h 41m€557–1,509Fly Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane SOF - BHD
- Take the train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connollytrain
11h 12m€119–297Fly Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Belfast International Airport (BFS)plane SOF - BFS
- Take the train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connollytrain
11h 19m€82–203Train to Plovdiv Airport, fly to Dublin Airport
- Take the train from Poduyane to Plovdivtrain
- Fly from Plovdiv Airport (PDV) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane PDV - DUB
12h 24m€104–411Train, night train, bus, ferry
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsatrain Ic / ...
- Take the night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Kingsway K14bus 509
- Take the train from Newport (S Wales) to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry 0
2d 3h€297–452Bus, 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 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 16h€94–288Train, bus and ferry, ferry
- Take the train from Sofia to Vidintrain Ic
- Take the train from Vidin to Craiovatrain Ic
- Take the busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to Manchester Piccadillybusferry
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Holyheadtrain
- Take the ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+Iferry 0
2d 16h€157–330
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Dublin is to fly which costs €70 - €300 and takes 6h 47m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Dublin is to fly which takes 6h 47m and costs €70 - €300.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia 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 16h.
The distance between Sofia and Dublin is 2507 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Dublin without a car is to bus and train and ferry via Rotterdam which takes 2 days 1h and costs €420 - €850.
It takes approximately 6h 47m to get from Sofia to Dublin, including transfers.
Sofia to Dublin bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, depart from Sofia Central Bus Station.
The best way to get from Sofia to Dublin is to fly which takes 6h 47m and costs €70 - €300. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €90 - €290 and takes 2 days 16h.
Sofia to Dublin bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, arrive at Bucharest station.
Dublin is 2h behind Sofia. It is currently 10:00 PM in Sofia and 8:00 PM in Dublin.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Dublin, Ireland?
Ryanair flies from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dublin Airport (DUB) 5 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 16h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Plovdiv Airport to Dublin Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Plovdiv Airport to Dublin Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Plovdiv Airport to Dublin Airport via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €95–320
Flights from Plovdiv Airport to Dublin Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–420
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–550
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–550
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €45–160
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–550
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Belfast International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Phone
- +381 11 360 28 99
- [email protected]
- Website
- srbijavoz.rs
Train from Novi Beograd to Subotica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Schedules at
- srbijavoz.rs
- Rail 2nd Class
- €6–7
- 1st Class
- €8–10
- Phone
- +382 20 441 197
- [email protected]
- Website
- zpcg.me
Train from Novi Beograd to Subotica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €7–17
- Website
- https://zpcg.me/en
- Second Class
- €7–9
- First Class
- €15–17
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Rotterdam Centraal to London St Pancras Intl
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €160–280
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from London Euston to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €15–22
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €15–22
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Train from Belfast Grand Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–29
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Poduyane to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €2–4
- 1st Class
- €3–4
Train from Sofia Sever to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €4–6
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €4–6
- 1st Class
- €4–6
Night train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €3–5
- 1st Class
- €3–5
Train from Sofia to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €3–6
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €3–5
- 1st Class
- €4–6
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €1–3
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- €1–3
- 1st Class
- €1–2
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Newport (S Wales) to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Paris St Lazare to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €8–10
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +381 11 8728111
- [email protected]
- Website
- polazak.rs
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- https://polazak.rs/ci/prevoznici/trans-jug
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- [email protected]
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Subotica, Autobuska stanica to Rotterdam
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €141
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from London Victoria to Kingsway K14
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–75
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +359 2 981 58 56
- [email protected]
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–25
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- https://nis-ekspres.rs/?lang=en
- Phone
- +381 65 567 12 19
- [email protected]
- Website
- resavareisen.ch
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Saint-Denis
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 32m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- resavareisen.ch
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- [email protected]
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €29
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- [email protected]
- 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
- [email protected]
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- [email protected]
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
Ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
Ferry from Holyhead Ferry to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Cherbourg to Dublin Terminal 1
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €170–950
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
Ferry from Cherbourg to Dublin Ferryport B+I
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €120–700
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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