There are 6 ways to get from Basel to Bansko by plane, bus, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Basel, bus
best- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BSL - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
8h 3m$83–295Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Luganotrain Ec
- Take the train from Lugano to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Padovatrain Fr
- Take the bus from Padova to Blagoevgradbus
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Banskobus
28h 6m$204–632Drive 1,783.6 km
- Drive from Basel to Banskocar 1,783.6 km
18h 33m$360–520Train to Zurich Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ZRH - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
9h 6m$149–368Bus via Niš
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko New Stationbus
31h 50m$250–328Bus
- Take the bus from Basel to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Banskobus
34h 27m$149–193
Basel to Bansko by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Bansko is to bus which costs $140 - $200 and takes 34h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Bansko is to fly and bus which takes 8h 3m and costs $80 - $300.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Bansko station. However, there are services departing from Basel, Bahnhof and arriving at Bansko New Station via Niš, Autobuska Stanica and Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 50m.
The distance between Basel and Bansko is 1528 km. The road distance is 1783.6 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Bansko without a car is to train and bus which takes 28h 6m and costs $200 - $650.
It takes approximately 8h 3m to get from Basel to Bansko, including transfers.
Basel to Bansko bus services, operated by Optop Travel, depart from Basel, Bahnhof station.
Basel to Bansko bus services, operated by Optop Travel, arrive at Niš, Autobuska Stanica station.
Bansko is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 3:38 AM in Basel and 4:38 AM in Bansko.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Bansko is 1784 km. It takes approximately 18h 33m to drive from Basel to Bansko.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Bansko New Station via Niš, Autobuska Stanica, Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika, and Sofia Central Bus Station in around 31h 50m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–490
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–470
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $90–470
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–500
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–470
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–500
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $45–230
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–260
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–310
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Lugano to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–95
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Lugano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–29
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $80–120
- 2nd Class
- $60–85
- Phone
- +359 2 493 0191
- info@traventuria.com
- Website
- traventuria.com
Bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Padova to Blagoevgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $105
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- 0898 448 696
- marketing@grad.bg
- Website
- bansko.net
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- https://bansko.org/bansko_bus_schedule
- Website
- https://bansko.org/
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Schedules at
- https://bansko.org/bansko_bus_schedule
- Website
- https://bansko.org/
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko New Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–12
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- info@bgrazpisanie.com
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18–27
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- +41 76 480 13 51
- info@optoptravel.rs
- Website
- optoptravel.rs
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $220–290
- Schedules at
- optoptravel.rs
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–29
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- Website
- https://nis-ekspres.rs/?lang=en
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Basel to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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