Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
GETTING AROUND
Bulgaria is relatively easy and inexpensive to get around and vast network of trains, buses
and minibuses cover pretty much the entire country, as long as you have plenty of time and
patience to put up with poorer connections and slower services in rural areas. To explore
the country more fully, you might want to hire a car within the country.
Airlines in Bulgaria
The only scheduled domestic flights within Bulgaria are between Sofia and Varna and
Sofia and Burgas
Both routes are operated by
Bulgaria Air
(
www.air.bg
).
Boat
The only domestic sea transport in Bulgaria consists of a seasonal service between tourist
towns on the Black Sea Coast. During the summer months, a private high-speed ferry ser-
vice operates between the towns of Sozopol and Nesebâr, and between Nesebâr and Varna.
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Fast Ferry
(
www.fastferry.bg
; 0877 908 004)
Bus
Buses link all cities and major towns and connect villages with the nearest transport hub.
There are several private companies operating frequent modern, comfortable buses
between the larger towns, while older, often cramped minibuses also run on routes between
smaller towns. Buses provide the most comfortable and quickest mode of public transport
in Bulgaria.
Union-Ivkoni
(02-989 0000;
www.union-ivkoni.com
)
Links most major towns and many
smaller ones, including Sofia, Burgas, Varna, Plovdiv, Pleven, Ruse, Sliven and Shumen.
Biomet
(02-868 8961;
www.biomet.bg
)
Runs between Sofia and Veliko Târnovo, Varna,
Burgas and Stara Zagora.
