There are 4 ways to get from Chicago to Bansko by plane, bus, or shuttle
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Fly to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ORD - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
17h 38m$326–775Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane ORD - 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
20h 57m$350–1,344Fly to Kavala International Airport, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Kavala International Airport (KVA)plane ORD - KVA
- Take the bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Banskobus
22h 25m$502–1,937Fly to Niš Constantine The Great Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Niš Constantine The Great Airport (INI)plane ORD - INI
- Take a shuttle bus from Niš to Sofia Airport
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
22h 48m
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Bansko is to fly and bus which costs $320 - $800 and takes 17h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Bansko is to fly and bus which takes 17h 38m and costs $320 - $800.
The distance between Chicago and Bansko is 8560 km.
It takes approximately 17h 38m to get from Chicago to Bansko, including transfers.
Bansko is 8h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 2:21 PM in Chicago and 10:21 PM in Bansko.
There are 1241+ hotels available in Bansko.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Bansko, Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Chicago to Bansko. However, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) airport, fly to Sofia Airport (SOF), walk to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop, then take the bus to Bansko New Station. Alternatively, you can take the subway to O'Hare, walk to Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) 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.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $410–1,600
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Brussels, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $370–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Niš Constantine The Great Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Niš Constantine The Great Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 22m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Niš Constantine The Great Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Niš Constantine The Great Airport via Munich, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $600–2,400
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–2,000
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $480–1,900
- 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
- +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
- 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/
- 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
- 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
- +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 Kavala Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–29
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- +381 63 456515
- kontakt@flix.rs
- Website
- flix.rs
Shuttle from Niš to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Website
- https://flix.rs/en/airport-belgrade-shuttle-transfer/
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