There are 9 ways to get from Bern to Bansko by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ZRH - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
10h 10m$143–362Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bern to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
29h 40m$98–158Train, bus via Padova
- Take the train from Bern to Brigtrain Ic8 / ...
- Take the train from Domodossola to Milano Centraletrain Ec
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Padovatrain Fr
- Take the bus from Padova to Blagoevgradbus
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Banskobus
28h 26m$225–450Drive, car train
- Drive from Bern to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Banskocar
17h 43m$405–573Train to Basel, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bern to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BSL - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
10h 31m$106–356Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich Flughafentrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane ZRH - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Serresbus
- Take the bus from Serres to Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminalbus
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Banskobus
12h 6m$164–512Bus via Niš
- Take the bus from Bern, Hauptbahnhof to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
33h 44m$307–455Train, bus
- Take the train from Bern to Zürich HBtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the bus from Zurich to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
34h 31m$182–249Drive 1,815.2 km
- Drive from Bern to Banskocar 1,815.2 km
18h 32m$366–529
Bern to Bansko by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bern to Bansko is to bus which costs $95 - $160 and takes 29h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Bern to Bansko is to train and fly and bus which takes 10h 10m and costs $140 - $370.
No, there is no direct bus from Bern to Bansko. However, there are services departing from Bern and arriving at Bansko via Kumanovo and Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 40m.
The distance between Bern and Bansko is 1568 km. The road distance is 1815.2 km.
The best way to get from Bern to Bansko without a car is to train and bus via Padova which takes 28h 26m and costs $220 - $450.
It takes approximately 10h 10m to get from Bern to Bansko, including transfers.
Bern to Bansko bus services, operated by Horizont Reisen - Niko Ekspres, depart from Bern station.
Bern to Bansko bus services, operated by Horizont Reisen - Niko Ekspres, arrive at Kumanovo station.
Bansko is 1h ahead of Bern. It is currently 10:48 PM in Bern and 11:48 PM in Bansko.
Yes, the driving distance between Bern to Bansko is 1815 km. It takes approximately 18h 32m to drive from Bern to Bansko.
What companies run services between Bern, Switzerland and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Bern to Bansko via Kumanovo and Sofia in around 29h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–400
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $85–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–550
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–340
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–380
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–550
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–180
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Basel to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–160
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Bern to Zürich Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–150
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Brig
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–130
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Bern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $45–140
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Domodossola to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–90
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $60–90
- 2nd Class
- $35–50
Train from Milano Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $80–120
- 2nd Class
- $60–85
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- 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 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Bern to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- 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/
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/
- info@bgrazpisanie.com
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sofia to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
- 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
- $104
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +30 23210-22822
- ktelserres@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelserron.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Serres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Book at
- ktelserron.e-ticketing.gr
Bus from Serres to Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Book at
- ktelserron.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- +389 71 557 111
- niko_ekspres@hotmail.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Bern to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +389 42 217 370
- durmotours@yahoo.com
- Website
- durmotours.com.mk
Bus from Bern to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Schedules at
- durmotours.com.mk
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–28
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Kumanovo to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–29
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +41 76 480 13 51
- info@optoptravel.rs
- Website
- optoptravel.rs
Bus from Bern, Hauptbahnhof to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $280–420
- Schedules at
- optoptravel.rs
- Phone
- +381 63 608508
- belegijaprevozmsi12@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bern, Hauptbahnhof to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–26
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Zurich to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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