There are 9 ways to get from Chania to Bansko by plane, bus, busferry, train, car, car ferry, ferry, or shuttle
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Fly Chania International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
best- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane CHQ - 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
9h 14m$83–196Car ferry, train, bus
cheapest- Take the car ferry from Port of Souda to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop to Blagoevgrad Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Banskobus
23h 3m$77–222Bus and ferry, train, drive
- Take the busferry from Chania to Port of Piraeusbusferry
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolistrain Re
- Drive from Rodopolis to Banskocar
20h$84–126Car ferry, ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Souda to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the ferry from Port of Piraeus to Kavalaferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Banskobus
41h 39m$167–287Fly Chania International Airport to Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos, bus
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos (AXD)plane CHQ - AXD
- Take the bus from Alexandroupoli to Kavala Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Banskobus
11h 51m$107–308Private transfer to Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Chania - Casa Delfino to Heraklion Airport
- Fly from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” (HER) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane HER - 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
10h 24m$206–458Fly Chania International Airport to Kavala International Airport, bus
- Fly from Chania International Airport (CHQ) to Kavala International Airport (KVA)plane CHQ - KVA
- Take the bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Banskobus
12h 12m$146–200Bus and ferry, bus via Athens
- Take the busferry from Chania to Port of Piraeusbusferry
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Dramabus
- Take the bus from Drama to Banskobus
21h 24mBus and ferry, bus
- Take the busferry from Chania to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Stationbusferry
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Dramabus
- Take the bus from Drama to Banskobus
24h 38m
Chania to Bansko by car ferry, foot, train, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chania to Bansko is to bus and ferry and train and drive which costs $80 - $130 and takes 20h.
The fastest way to get from Chania to Bansko is to fly and bus which takes 9h 14m and costs $80 - $200.
No, there is no direct bus from Chania to Bansko. However, there are services departing from Chania and arriving at Bansko via Σταθμοσ Ησαπ, Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL and Drama. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 24m.
The distance between Chania and Bansko is 860 km.
The best way to get from Chania to Bansko without a car is to car ferry and train and bus which takes 23h 3m and costs $75 - $230.
It takes approximately 9h 14m to get from Chania to Bansko, including transfers.
Chania to Bansko bus services, operated by KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A, depart from Chania station.
Chania to Bansko bus services, operated by KTEL Chanion-Rethymnou S.A, arrive at Port of Piraeus station.
There are 1294+ hotels available in Bansko.
What companies run services between Chania, Greece and Bansko, Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Chania to Bansko. However, you can take the shuttle to Chania Airport, walk to Chania International Airport (CHQ) airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG), walk to Thessaloniki Airport, take the bus to Thessaloniki KTEL, walk to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station, take the bus to Serres, take the bus to Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal, then take the bus to Bansko. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Chania to Bansko via Port of Piraeus, Piraeus, Athens, Thessaloniki, and Rodopolis in around 20h.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–180
Flights from Chania International Airport to Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–290
Flights from Chania International Airport to Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–330
Flights from Chania International Airport to Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos via Athens, Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis”
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $90–330
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–170
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–170
Flights from Chania International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–170
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Chania International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–220
Flights from Chania International Airport to Alexandroupoli Airport Dimokritos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–260
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–160
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–160
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chania International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–160
Flights from Heraklion International Airport, “Nikos Kazantzakis” to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $35–140
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- 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
- $11–15
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Book at
- ktelserron.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Serres to Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop to Blagoevgrad Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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/
- 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
- Phone
- +302821093306
- info@e-ktel.gr
- Website
- e-ktel.com
Busferry from Chania to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
Busferry from Chania to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–70
- Website
- https://www.e-ktel.com/en/
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop to Blagoevgrad Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $8–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–29
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
Bus from Drama to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–22
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- +30 25510 26479
- info@ktelevrou.gr
- Website
- ktelevrou.gr
Bus from Alexandroupoli to Kavala Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Schedules at
- ktelevrou.gr
- Book at
- eticket.ktelevrou.gr
- Phone
- +30 693-724-9486
- info@cretetaxitransfers.gr
- Website
- cretetaxitransfers.gr
Shuttle from Chania - Casa Delfino to Heraklion Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $140–280
- Book at
- Crete Taxi Transfers
- Car (4 passengers)
- $140–210
- Mini Van (8 passengers)
- $230–260
- Mini Bus (10 passengers)
- $260–280
- Phone
- +30 25210 32421
- kteldr@otenet.gr
- Website
- kteldramas.gr
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Drama
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- kteldramas.gr
- Book at
- kteldramas.e-ticketing.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Drama
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- kteldramas.gr
- Book at
- kteldramas.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- +30 21 0419 7400
- info@anek.gr
- Website
- anek.gr
Car ferry from Port of Souda to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–150
- Website
- ANEK Lines
- Economy
- $40–60
- Airplane-type seats
- $40–65
- 2 beds - outside cabin
- $110–150
Ferry from Port of Piraeus to Kavala
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $107–110
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
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