Bulgaria spreads its traffic across four international airports. Sofia Airport (SOF) is the main gateway, handling over 7 million passengers a year and home to flag carrier Bulgaria Air. Plovdiv (PDV) takes charter and low-cost flights, while Varna (VAR) and Burgas (BOJ) on the Black Sea coast fill up over the summer with holiday flights from across Europe. Where you book Bulgaria airport hotels tends to follow the trip: hotels near Sofia Airport suit business and ski travel, the coastal pair the beach season.
Bulgaria joined the Schengen Area for air and sea travel in March 2024, which smoothed connections for EU passengers, though land borders follow their own timeline.
Hotels near the airport
If you're connecting through the region, a room by the terminal keeps an awkward transit simple. The Black Sea airports are the exception, busy in summer and quiet the rest of the year.