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 Central Bus Station to Banskobus
15h 25m$98–312Train to Kerry Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Mallow to Killarneytrain
- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane KIR - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Banskobus
15h 56m$74–210Bus
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walkbus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Linz/Donaubus
- Take the bus from Linz to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Banskobus
3d 18h$212–443Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cork to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Banskocar
2d$948–1,554Fly 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
17h 54m$184–581Fly 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 14m$123–355Train to Shannon Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cork to Limerick Junctiontrain
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane SNN - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Banskobus
17h 6m$107–365
Cork Airport (ORK) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Bansko is to train and fly and bus which costs $70 - $210 and takes 15h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Bansko is to fly and bus which takes 15h 25m and costs $95 - $320.
No, there is no direct bus from Cork to Bansko. However, there are services departing from Cork Alfred St and arriving at Bansko via Aston Quay, Dublin, Rădăuți, Linz and Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 18h.
The distance between Cork and Bansko is 2758 km.
The best way to get from Cork to Bansko without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 18h and costs $210 - $450.
It takes approximately 15h 25m to get from Cork to Bansko, including transfers.
Cork to Bansko bus services, operated by Citylink, depart from Cork Alfred St station.
Cork to Bansko bus services, operated by Citylink, arrive at Bachelors Walk station.
Bansko is 2h ahead of Cork. It is currently 5:09 AM in Cork and 7:09 AM in Bansko.
There are 1277+ hotels available in Bansko.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Cork Alfred St to Bansko via Bachelors Walk, Aston Quay, Navan Rd Stn, Dublin, Rădăuți, Linz/Donau, Linz, Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station, and Sofia Central Bus Station in around 3d 18h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–280
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–290
Flights from Cork Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
Flights from Cork Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–300
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–290
Flights from Kerry Airport to Sofia Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–500
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–380
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–550
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–460
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $70–300
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–290
Flights from Kerry Airport to Sofia Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $40–170
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–390
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–500
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $160–550
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–550
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Cork to Limerick Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–14
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- $10–14
Train from Mallow to Killarney
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- $7–11
- Phone
- 0898 448 696
- marketing@grad.bg
- Website
- bansko.net
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- bansko.net
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- bansko.net
Bus from Plovdiv South to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- bansko.org
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- bansko.net
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- bansko.net
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- bansko.net
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Schedules at
- en.kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Schedules at
- en.kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Schedules at
- en.kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Schedules at
- en.kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Schedules at
- en.kaleiatravel.com
- info@bgrazpisanie.com
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4–13
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4–13
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4–13
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4–13
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- Citylink
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- Aircoach
Bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Website
- Aircoach
- 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
- $30–230
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Linz/Donau
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 23m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $17–23
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- tickets@airkona.com
- Website
- Air Kona
Bus from Linz to Sofia Knyaginya Maria Luiza Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $122
- Website
- Air Kona
- 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
Bus from Serres to Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $490–850
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- $506
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