Travel to Bulgaria
Flying to Bulgaria
The national airline is Bulgaria Air (www.air.bg). Other airlines that fly to Sofia include Aeroflot, Air France, Alitalia, Austrian Airlines, British Airways, EL AL, easyJet, Iberia, KLM, LOT, Lufthansa, Ryanair, Turkish Airlines and Wizz Air.
Major airports are: Sofia Airport, Burgas Airport and Varna International Airport.
Flight times:
From London to Sofia - 3 hours; New York to Sofia - 11 hours (including stopover).
Departure tax:
None.
Airport guides
Airport Code: SOF. Location: Sofia Airport is located 10km (6 miles) east of Sofia. Money: There are banks, ATMs and bureaux de change in both terminals. Read more
Airport Code: VAR. Location: Varna Airport is located 8km (5 miles) to the west of Varna, a Black Sea resort in eastern Bulgaria. Money: An ATM is available before Security Control in Terminal 2 Departures and foreign exchange services... Read more
Airport Code: BOJ. Location: Burgas Airport is located 10km (6.2 miles) northeast of central Burgas. Money: ATMs and bureaux de change are located within the terminal complex. A bank can be found in the... Read more
Travel by rail
There are frequent services between Sofia and Budapest, Belgrade and Bucharest. For details contact the Bulgarian State Railway, Balgarski Darzhavni Zheleznitsi (www.bdz.bg).
Driving to Bulgaria
You can enter Bulgaria from Romania in the north, Serbia and North Macedonia in the west, as well as Greece and Turkey in the south.
From Romania to Bulgaria: most people use the New Europe Bridge from Calafat to Vidin, and other crossings include Giurgiu to Ruse, Negru Vodă to Kardam and Vama Veche to Durankulak.
From Serbia to Bulgaria: the Dimitrovgrad to Kalotina crossing is heavily used. Other crossing points are Zaječar and Strezimirovci.
Getting to Bulgaria by boat
Main ports: Bourgas (www.port-burgas) and Varna (www.port-varna.bg) on the Black Sea.
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