There are 7 ways to get from Cork to Bansko by plane, bus, car, car ferry, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Cork Airport to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ORK - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
14h 43m$91–290Bus
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walkbus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padova to Blagoevgradbus
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Banskobus
3d 23h$204–544Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cork to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Banskocar
2d$498–1,254Bus to Shannon Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the bus from Cork Bus Station to Shannon Airportbus
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane SNN - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
16h 7m$93–232Fly Cork Airport to Plovdiv Airport, bus
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)plane ORK - PDV
- Take the bus from Plovdiv South to Banskobus
18h 55m$137–442Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DUB - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
13h 55m$95–236Fly Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane ORK - 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
21h 44m$102–400
Cork Airport (ORK) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Bansko is to fly and bus which costs $100 - $400 and takes 21h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Bansko is to train and fly and bus which takes 13h 55m and costs $95 - $240.
The distance between Cork and Bansko is 2759 km.
The best way to get from Cork to Bansko without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 23h and costs $200 - $550.
It takes approximately 14h 43m to get from Cork to Bansko, including transfers.
Bansko is 2h ahead of Cork. It is currently 4:00 PM in Cork and 6:00 PM in Bansko.
There are 1344+ hotels available in Bansko.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bansko via Bachelors Walk, Aston Quay, Navan Road Station, Dublin, Rădăuți, Padova, and Blagoevgrad in around 3d 23h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–270
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–270
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–190
Flights from Cork Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–420
Flights from Cork Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–420
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–150
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $70–290
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $70–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–410
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–400
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–460
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–410
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 17m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–470
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–490
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–460
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- $26–40
- 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/
Bus from Plovdiv South to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- 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
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–30
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–240
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $23–140
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- 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
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Cork Bus Station to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- 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
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–521
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- $521
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