No visa needed

Do citizens of Greece need a visa for Bulgaria?

Citizens of Greece don’t need a visa for Bulgaria. You need a valid passport; border officers may ask for a return ticket and accommodation. For a longer stay you need a visa or an extension.

For citizens of Greece: the passport opens 120 countries visa-free; Athens — Sofia: ≈ 530 km, about 1 hour of flying.

Checked by visa analyst Albert Brown, 13 years of experience · September 26, 2026

At a glance

No visa needed

Can I travel to Bulgaria without a visa on a Greece passport?

Yes, citizens of Greece don’t need a visa for Bulgaria. A valid passport is enough.

Bulgaria visa rules at a glance

With a Greece passport you can visit 120 countries visa-free, 28 with a visa on arrival and 36 with an e-visa; 14 more require an embassy visa.
By the number of visa-free destinations, the Greece passport ranks 17th of 199.
Greece passport: visa-free access to 120 countries; Bulgaria passport: 119.
Citizens of Greece and Bulgaria can travel together visa-free to 117 countries, for example: North Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Turkey, Malta, Cyprus, Italy, Vatican City, Croatia, Moldova, and Hungary.
Both countries use the same currency — Euro — so there is no need to exchange money.
Greece and Bulgaria share a border, so you can also travel overland.
Bulgaria has an embassy in your country of citizenship, so you can apply without travelling abroad.
Citizens of Bulgaria, in turn, don’t need a visa for Greece. Greece visa for citizens of Bulgaria

Travelling to Bulgaria: good to know

Athens — Sofia: about 530 km in a straight line; a direct flight takes roughly 1 hour.
No time difference with your country’s capital.
Local currency: Euro.
Languages: Bulgarian.
Exchange rate: $1.00 ≈ €0.88.
Bulgaria is the 3rd closest of 197 destinations open to citizens of Greece.