There are 7 ways to get from Sofia to Galway by plane, bus, car, car ferry, or train
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Fly to Shannon Airport, bus
best- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane SOF - SNN
- Take the bus from Shannon Airport to Galway Ceanntbus
10h 53m€92–189Fly to Kerry Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Kerry Airport (KIR)plane SOF - KIR
- Take the bus from Kerry Airport to Limerick Colbertbus
- Take the train from Limerick to Galwaytrain
14h 8m€79–281Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Sofia to Dunkirkcar
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Galwaycar
47h 54m€837–1,217Bus
- Take the bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Vienna, International Busterminalbus
- Take the bus from Vienna to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the bus from Crampton Quay to Galway Coach Stnbus 761 / ...
3d 8hFly to Ireland West Airport Knock, bus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC)plane SOF - NOC
- Take the bus from Ireland W Airport to Galway Ceanntbus
12h 12m€94–288Fly to Dublin Airport, train
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane SOF - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Galwaytrain
10h 17m€91–321Fly to Cork Airport, bus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane SOF - ORK
- Take the bus from Cork Airport to Galway Ceanntbus
12h 42m€98–188
Sofia Airport (SOF) to Shannon Airport (SNN) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sofia to Galway is to fly and bus and train which costs €75 - €290 and takes 14h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Sofia to Galway is to fly and train which takes 10h 17m and costs €90 - €330.
No, there is no direct bus from Sofia station to Galway. However, there are services departing from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station and arriving at Galway Coach Stn via Ludwig-Koeßler-Platz, Vienna, Rădăuți, Navan Rd Stn and Crampton Quay. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 8h.
The distance between Sofia and Galway is 2740 km.
The best way to get from Sofia to Galway without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 8h and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 53m to get from Sofia to Galway, including transfers.
Sofia to Galway bus services, operated by Air Kona, depart from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station.
Sofia to Galway bus services, operated by Air Kona, arrive at Vienna, International Busterminal station.
Galway is 2h behind Sofia. It is currently 3:56 PM in Sofia and 1:56 PM in Galway.
There are 676+ hotels available in Galway.
What companies run services between Sofia, Bulgaria and Galway, Ireland?
You can take a bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Galway Coach Stn via Vienna, International Busterminal, Ludwig-Koeßler-Platz, Stadion, Vienna, Rădăuţi, Rădăuți, Dublin, Navan Rd Stn, Bachelors Walk, and Crampton Quay in around 3d 8h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–170
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–270
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Sofia Airport to Dublin Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kerry Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kerry Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kerry Airport via Hahn
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kerry Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–430
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–650
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–650
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €75–450
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–460
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Kerry Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Heuston to Galway
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €18–25
Train from Limerick to Galway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €11–16
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Shannon Airport to Galway Ceannt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Ireland W Airport to Galway Ceannt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
Bus from Kerry Airport to Limerick Colbert
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- airkona.com
Bus from Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station to Vienna, International Busterminal
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75
- Website
- https://airkona.com/
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- [email protected]
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Vienna to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 49m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.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
- +353 91 564 164
- [email protected]
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Crampton Quay to Galway Coach Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
Bus from Cork Airport to Galway Ceannt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- [email protected]
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €450–650
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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