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.
Airport Guides
Sofia Airport
CodeSOF
LocationSofia Airport is located 10km (6 miles) east of Sofia.
Telephone+359 2 937 2211
AddressSofia Airport, 1 Christopher Columbus Boulevard
Sofia 1540
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Varna International Airport
CodeVAR
LocationVarna Airport is located 8km (5 miles) to the west of Varna, a Black Sea resort in eastern Bulgaria.
Telephone+359 52 573 323.
AddressBulgariaVarna
Varna
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Bourgas Airport
CodeBOJ
LocationThe airport is 13km (8 miles) from the city.
TelephoneAddressBurgas Airport
CodeBOJ
LocationBurgas Airport is located 10km (6.2 miles) northeast of central Burgas.
Telephone+359 56 870 248
AddressBurgas Airport
Burgas
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Flight times
From London to Sofia - 3 hours; New York to Sofia - 11 hours (including stopover).
Departure tax
None.
Travelling to Bulgaria 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.
