Travel guide

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By Air
Airline companies offering daily flights to Bulgaria include, among others, Bulgaria Air, British Airways, Al Italia, Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa, Air France, Malev Hungarian Airlines, LOT Polish Airlines, Czech Airlines, as well as budget airline Wizz Air.

For more detailed information you could check out the following sites:
Sofia's airport: http://www.sofia-airport.bg/

Bourgas airport	tel.: +359 56/ 87 02 48
Sofia airport	tel.: +359 2/ 937 22 12
Plovdiv airport	tel.: +359 32/ 60 11 11
Varna airport	tel.: +359 52/ 50 08 34, 50 08 40

Airline Offices in Sofia

Company	Address	Telephone / Fax / E-mail
		tel.: + 359 2 937 32 43 fax: + 359 2 937 32 54 e-mail: office@air.bg web: http://www.air.bg/
	Sofia Airport	tel.: +359 2 942 02 02 fax: +359 2 945 91 47 Airport office tel./fax: +359 2 942 02 13 e-mail: office@hemusair.bg web: http://www.hemusair.bg/
	23, Oborishte Str.	tel.: +359 2 943 44 89   +359 2 946 45 29 fax: +359 2 946 17 03 Airport office tel.: +359 2 937 31 91   +359 2 937 31 92 e-mail: sofrepr@aeroflot.ru web: http://www.aeroflot.com/
	4, Trapezica Str.	tel.: +359 2 987 31 81 fax: +359 2 980 82 80 Airport office tel.: +359 2 981 59 37, Only Mon and Wed e-mail: aerosvit@netissat.bg web: http://www.aeroflot.com/
	1, Saborna Str., fl.1	tel.: +359 2 939 70 10   +359 2 939 70 12   +359 2 939 70 14 fax: +359 2 939 70 36 group reservation phone +359 2 939 70 17 Airport office tel.: +359 2 937 32 07 e-mail: mail.sofia@airfrance.fr web: http://www.airfrance.fr/
	APG-Bulgaria 44, Vitosha Blvd.	tel.: +359 2 933 10 33   +359 2 933 10 44 fax: +359 2 933 10 30 e-mail: apgbg@hotmail.com web: http://www.airmalta.com/
	5, Angel Kanchev Str.	tel.: +359 2 981 67 02 fax: +359 2 981 67 04 Airport office tel.: +359 2 937 32 11 e-mail: alitalia@mail.bol.bg web: http://www.alitalia.it/
	41, Vitosha Blvd.	tel.: +359 2 981 24 24   +359 2 980 23 23 fax: +359 2 981 44 34 Airport office tel.: +359 2 937 31 31   +359 2 937 31 32 e-mail: sofia.office@aua.com web: http://www.austrianair.com/
	56, Alabin Str.	tel.: +359 2 981 70 00   +359 2 981 69 99 fax: +359 2 981 17 71 Airport office tel.: +359 2 937 31 11 e-mail: etailsales.1.sofia@britishairways.com web: http://www.british-airways.com/
	9, Saborna Str.	tel.: +359 2 981 54 08   +359 2 988 55 68 fax: +359 2 981 13 86 Airport office tel.: +359 2 7932 20 40 web: http://www.csa.cz/
	132, Rakovski Str.	tel.: +359 2 980 95 97   +359 2 980 96 84 fax: +359 2 980 97 43 e-mail: helios@over-sun.com web: http://www.helios-airways.com/
	19, Patriarh Evtimii Blvd.,	tel.: +359 2 981 50 91 fax: +359 2 981 50 96 Airport office tel.: +359 2 945 92 39 e-mail: sofia@malev.hu web: http://www.malev.hu/
	50, Stamboliiski Blvd.	tel.: +359 2 986 57 90 fax: +359 2 980 80 58 e-mail: elal@shalom.bg web: http://www.elal.co.il/
	27A, Stamboliiski Blvd.	tel.: +359 2 987 45 62 fax: +359 2 980 32 93 Airport office tel.: +359 2 937 31 61 e-mail: sofloto@techno-link.com web: http://www.lot.com/
	26-30, Bacho Kiro Str.	tel.: +359 2 930 42 42 fax: +359 2 981 29 11 Airport office tel.: +359 2 937 31 41   +359 2 937 31 45 e-mail: soflh@mobicom.com web: http://www.lufthansa.com/
	9, V.Hugo Str.	tel.: +359 2 943 11 07 fax: +359 2 944 63 05 e-mail: sof@pulkovo.ru web: http://www.pulkovo.ru/
	38, Hristo Botev Blvd.	tel.: +359 2 933 10 66 fax: +359 2 933 10 30 e-mail: concorde@prolink.bg web: http://tarom.digiro.net/
	55, Stamboliiski Blvd.	tel.: +359 2 980 10 40   +359 2 981 45 45 fax: +359 2 980 10 50 Airport office tel.: +359 2 945 92 88 e-mail: sofia@olympicair-bg.com web: http://www.olympic-airways.gr/
	36, Stamboliiski Blvd.	tel.: +359 2 981 24 99 fax: +359 2 987 66 57 e-mail: sofrb@syrair.com web: http://syriaonline.com/syrair/
	11A, Saborna Str.	tel.: +359 2 980 39 57 fax: +359 2 980 41 51 Airport office tel.: +359 2 945 91 45 e-mail: thy-sof-sat@medicom.bg web: http://www.turkishairlines.com/
	1, Brussels Blvd.	tel. +359 2 945 90 38   +359 2 945 90 39 fax +359 2 945 90 31 e-mail: office@viaggioair.com web: http://www.viaggioair.com/

 

By Car
If you would like to travel to Bulgaria by car you may use your national driving license if it complies with international standards. When entering by car, you must state which border crossing you would be using when leaving and paying a road tax accordingly. Below is a list of Bulgaria’s land border crossings. Also, a regular Danube car ferry connects Vidin with Calafat in Romania. The speed limit in the Bulgaria is as follows: 50 km/h in populated areas, 90 km/h outside populated areas, and 120 km/h on motorways. Petrol stations are located at every 30 to 50 km.

Bulgarian - Serbian Border

• Kalotina - Motorway E-80

• Vrushka Chuka - Belgrad-Zajcar-Koulata-Sofia Motorway

• Strejimirovci

• Otomansi
  

Bulgarian - Macedonian Border

• Gyueshevo - Sofia-Kyustendil-Skopje Motorway E- 871

• Stanke Lisichkovo - Stip-Delchevo-Blagoevgrad-Sofia Motorway E -79

• Zlatarevo - Strumica-Petrich-Sofia Motorway E-79

Bulgarian - Greek Border

• Koulata - Motorway E-79

• Kapitan Petko Voivoda - Motorway E-85

Bulgarian - Turkish Border

• Kapitan Andreevo - Motorway E-80

• Malko Turnovo - Motorway E-87

Bulgarian - Romanian Border

• Rousse - Motorway E-85

• Yovkovo - Constanta-Dobrich-Kula Motorway 27

• Durankulak - Motorway E-87

• Silistra - Motorway 7

 

By Bus
You can visit Internet site http://www.centralnaavtogara.bg/cbs/home.nsf/vPagesLookup/home~en?OpenDocument where you will find more information about international and interurban bus schedules and where you will be able to make online reservations.

By Water
Traveling to Bulgaria by water is also possible way to enter the country. There are two Black Sea ports located in the main Bulgarian seaside towns Varna and Bourgas which provide direct links with Ukraine, Russia and countries of the Mediterranean basin. There is also an extremely good access to Central and Western Europe through River Danube. The biggest Bulgarian port on the River Danube is located in Rousse and there is another port in Vidin.

By Train
The main European railway routes pass through Bulgaria. If you prefer traveling to Bulgaria by train we recommend visiting the official site of the Bulgarian State Railways which provide direct or non-direct transportation to main European and Mediterranean cities: http://bdz.bg/eng/index_eng.htm