There are 3 ways to get from Chicago to Sandanski by plane, bus, or shuttle
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Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane ORD - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki train station to Sandanskibus
19h 41m$314–975Fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- 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 Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Dupnitsa to Sandanskibus
18h 54m$396–826Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane ORD - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia to Sandanskibus
21h 38m$674–2,025
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Sandanski is to fly and bus which costs $390 - $850 and takes 18h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Sandanski is to fly and bus which takes 18h 54m and costs $390 - $850.
The distance between Chicago and Sandanski is 8688 km.
It takes approximately 19h 41m to get from Chicago to Sandanski, including transfers.
Sandanski is 8h ahead of Chicago. It is currently 1:04 PM in Chicago and 9:04 PM in Sandanski.
There are 307+ hotels available in Sandanski.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Sandanski, Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Chicago to Sandanski. However, 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 Neos Sidirodromikos Stathmos, walk to Thessaloniki train station, then take the bus to Sandanski. Alternatively, 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, take the bus to Dupnitsa Bus Station, then take the bus to Sandanski.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–1,000
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–1,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $300–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $270–850
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–800
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $300–950
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $270–1,100
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–950
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $300–950
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–900
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Thessaloniki train station to Sandanski
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $9–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Sofia to Sandanski
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $11–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 2 493 0191
- info@traventuria.com
- Website
- traventuria.com
Bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- info@bgrazpisanie.com
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Dupnitsa to Sandanski
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
- Phone
- 0722 60019
- samokovtouristcenter@mail.bg
- Website
- samokov-info.com
Bus from Dupnitsa to Sandanski
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- https://samokov-info.com/?lang=en
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $270–400
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
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