There are 7 ways to get from Basel to Bansko by plane, bus, car, car train, or train
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
7h 55m$63–245Bus
- Take the bus from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus Union Ivkoni - Unibus 3636
- Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
28h 53m$84–125Drive, car train
- Drive from Basel to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Banskocar
17h 44m$391–553Train 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 5m$122–256Bus 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 to Banskobus
31h 18m$198–329Bus via Basel
- Take the bus from Basel to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
34h 23m$137–180Drive 1,783.6 km
- Drive from Basel to Banskocar 1,783.6 km
18h 35m$360–520
Basel to Bansko by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Bansko is to bus which costs $80 - $130 and takes 28h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Bansko is to fly and bus which takes 7h 55m and costs $60 - $250.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Bansko. However, there are services departing from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse and arriving at Bansko via Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 53m.
The distance between Basel and Bansko is 1527 km. The road distance is 1783.6 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Bansko without a car is to bus which takes 28h 53m and costs $80 - $130.
It takes approximately 7h 55m to get from Basel to Bansko, including transfers.
Basel to Bansko bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse station.
Basel to Bansko bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Sofia Serdica Bus Stop station.
Bansko is 1h ahead of Basel. It is currently 11:57 PM in Basel and 12:57 AM in Bansko.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Bansko is 1784 km. It takes approximately 18h 35m to drive from Basel to Bansko.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse to Bansko via Sofia Serdica Bus Stop and Sofia in around 28h 53m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–200
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–340
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–230
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–330
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–180
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–170
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- 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
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Basel Meret-Oppenheim-Strasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 0898 448 696
- marketing@grad.bg
- Website
- bansko.net
Bus from Sofia 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/
- info@bgrazpisanie.com
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sofia to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
- 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
- $170–290
- Schedules at
- optoptravel.rs
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- rezervacije@nis-ekspres.rs
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–25
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.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
- $22–28
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Basel to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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