There are 10 ways to get from Europe to Bansko by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FRA - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
10h 49m$149–382Train, train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Soesttrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DTM - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
12h 58m$112–463Train, bus via Dresden
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhoftrain 50
- Take the bus from Dresden to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Banskobus
28h 54m$129–251Drive 1,762.5 km
- Drive from Europe to Banskocar 1,762.5 km
18h 10m$291–420Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane NUE - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
11h 42m$115–353Train to Frankfurt, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane FRA - 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
14h 3m$158–416Train, bus
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbftrain 11 / ...
- Take the bus from Halle Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Blagoevgradtrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Banskobus
31h 37m$126–207Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain 50 / ...
- Take the bus from Erfurt Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko New Stationbus
32h 6m$129–189Train, bus #3
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the bus from Fulda to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Banskobus
32h 34m$146–202Drive, car train
- Drive from Europe to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Banskocar
20h 56m$331–475
Europe to Bansko by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Bansko is to train and bus which costs $120 - $210 and takes 31h 37m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Bansko is to train and fly and bus which takes 10h 49m and costs $140 - $390.
The distance between Europe and Bansko is 1750 km. The road distance is 1762.5 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Bansko without a car is to train and bus via Dresden which takes 28h 54m and costs $120 - $260.
It takes approximately 10h 49m to get from Europe to Bansko, including transfers.
Bansko is 1h ahead of Europe. It is currently 4:14 PM in Europe and 5:14 PM in Bansko.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to Bansko is 1762 km. It takes approximately 18h 10m to drive from Europe to Bansko.
There are 1248+ hotels available in Bansko.
What companies run services between Europe and Bansko, Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Bansko. However, you can take the line 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) 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 a bus from Sontra-Ulfen Mitte to Bansko via Herleshausen Bahnhof, Herleshausen Bahnhof, Eisenach Hbf, Dresden Hbf, Dresden, and Sofia Central Bus Station in around 28h 54m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–290
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–470
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–290
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–200
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–330
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–240
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Dresden Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $60–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–100
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Soest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–29
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.cantus-bahn.de/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Soest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Halle(Saale)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia to Blagoevgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $4–6
- 1st Class
- $6–7
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- 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
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Dresden to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 56m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $60–90
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko New Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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
- $6–10
- 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/
- info@bgrazpisanie.com
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14
- 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
- +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
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Halle Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Erfurt Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–150
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +381 (11) 761-4545
- Website
- srbijatours.com
Bus from Fulda to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 54m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Schedules at
- srbijatours.com
- Prices
- $110–140
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–29
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–25
- Website
- https://nis-ekspres.rs/?lang=en
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