There are 12 ways to get from Calais to Bansko by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, train to Brussels Airport, fly, bus
best- Take the train from Calais Ville to Lille Flandres
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Sofia Airport (SOF)BRU - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
11h 17m$160–400Train, bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Calais Ville to Amiens
- Take the bus from Gare routière to Aéroport
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)BVA - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
12h 16m$88–310Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Calais Ville to Lille FlandresTer
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Paris NordTgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Muenchen HbfTgv
- Take the bus from München, ZOB to Vinica
- Drive from Vinica to Bansko
27h 27mDrive 2,401.2 km
- Drive from Calais to Bansko2,401.2 km
21h 54m$431–622Train, train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Calais Ville to Lille Flandres
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Charleroi-Central
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)CRL - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
12h 8m$138–541Train, train to Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Calais Ville to Lille Flandres
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Fly from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport (CDG) to Sofia Airport (SOF)CDG - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
11h 12m$156–404Train, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Calais Ville to Lille Flandres
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Anvers-Central
- Take the train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Breda
- Take the train from Breda to Eindhoven
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)EIN - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
14h 38m$154–515Train, train to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, fly, bus
- Take the train from Calais Ville to Lille Flandres
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airport
- Fly from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)AMS - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
13h 20m$230–519Train, bus
- Take the train from Calais Ville to Lille FlandresTer
- Take the train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiTgv
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)HbfIce
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
35h 6m$207–392Bus
- Take the bus from Calais to Antwerp814
- Take the bus from Antwerp Berchem Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
39h 53m$122–181Bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Calais to Frankfurt central train station
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
44h 3m$185–253Drive, car train
- Drive from Calais to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Bansko
20h 57m$389–1,620
Calais to Bansko by train, bus, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Calais to Bansko is to bus which costs $120 - $190 and takes 39h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Calais to Bansko is to train and fly and bus which takes 11h 12m and costs $150 - $410.
No, there is no direct bus from Calais to Bansko. However, there are services departing from Calais and arriving at Bansko via Antwerp Berchem Bus Stop and Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 53m.
The distance between Calais and Bansko is 2088 km. The road distance is 2401.2 km.
The best way to get from Calais to Bansko without a car is to train and bus which takes 35h 6m and costs $200 - $400.
It takes approximately 11h 17m to get from Calais to Bansko, including transfers.
Calais to Bansko bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Calais station.
Calais to Bansko bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Antwerp station.
Bansko is 1h ahead of Calais. It is currently 3:19 PM in Calais and 4:19 PM in Bansko.
Yes, the driving distance between Calais to Bansko is 2401 km. It takes approximately 21h 54m to drive from Calais to Bansko.
What companies run services between Calais, France and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Calais to Bansko via Antwerp, Antwerp Berchem Bus Stop, Sofia Serdica Bus Stop, and Sofia in around 39h 53m.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–410
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–410
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–410
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–210
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–210
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–210
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–340
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport via Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $90–340
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–390
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–360
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–380
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–450
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–270
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–150
Flights from Paris Charles De Gaulle Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–310
Flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–250
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $24–700
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–220
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–250
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–150
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- track.effiliation.com
Train from Calais Ville to Lille Flandres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $26
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
Train from Lille Flandres to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- $40–65
- Rail 1st Class
- $65–95
Train from Calais Ville to Amiens
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- $30–50
- Rail 1st Class
- $45–70
Train from Lille Europe to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- $35–60
- Rail 1st Class
- $60–85
Train from Lille Flandres to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–60
- Website
- https://track.effiliation.com/servlet/effi.redir?id_compteur=23007591&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sncf-connect.com%2Fen-en%2F
- 2nd Class
- $26–40
- Rail 1st Class
- $40–60
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–45
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Flandres to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Lille Europe to Aeroport Cdg2 Tgv Roissy
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Lille Europe to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–60
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Schiphol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–140
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Lille Flandres to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- $13–20
- 1st Class
- $20–30
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–17
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Antwerpen-Centraal to Breda
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–16
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Train from Breda to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $320–650
- Car Compartment
- $600–1,200
- 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
- +389 70 638 014
- info@metaktrans.mk
- Website
- metaktrans.mk
Bus from München, ZOB to Vinica
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- metaktrans.mk
- Phone
- 09 70 15 01 50
- contact@oise-mobilite.fr
- Website
- oise-mobilite.fr
Bus from Gare routière to Aéroport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $2
- Website
- https://www.oise-mobilite.fr/en
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–130
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- 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
- $6–9
- 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
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Antwerp Berchem Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $95–140
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Calais to Antwerp
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $20–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Calais to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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