There are 11 ways to get from Europe to Sandanski by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Frankfurt, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
best- 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 train station to Sandanskibus
12h 17m$150–405Train, bus #2
cheapest- 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 Sandanskibus
31h 31m$106–177Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbftrain 50 / ...
- Take the train from Erfurt Hbf to Passau Hbftrain 91
- Take the bus from Passau to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the train from Skopje to Gevgelijatrain 631 / ...
- Drive from Gevgelija to Sandanskicar
28h 5m$203–387Drive 1,772.1 km
- Drive from Europe to Sandanskicar 1,772.1 km
18h 21m$292–422Train to Frankfurt, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- 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 Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Dupnitsa to Sandanskibus
11h 55m$144–384Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, 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 Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane NUE - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki train station to Sandanskibus
12h 56m$159–451Train, 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 Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Dupnitsa to Sandanskibus
12h 48m$118–370Train, train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- 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 Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Dupnitsa to Sandanskibus
14h 4m$111–491Train, bus via Leipzig
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Bad Koesentrain Rb / ...
- Take the train from Bad Koesen to Leipzig Hbftrain Re
- Take the bus from Leipzig to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Sandanskibus
29h 35m$111–172Train, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Würzburg Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the bus from Wurzburg Bismarckstrasse Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Sandanskibus
29h 51m$137–203Drive, car train
- Drive from Europe to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Sandanskicar
21h 9m$341–475
Frankfurt (FRA) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Sandanski is to train and bus via Leipzig which costs $110 - $180 and takes 29h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Sandanski is to train and fly and bus which takes 11h 55m and costs $140 - $390.
The distance between Europe and Sandanski is 1879 km. The road distance is 1772.1 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Sandanski without a car is to train and bus via Leipzig which takes 29h 35m and costs $110 - $180.
It takes approximately 12h 17m to get from Europe to Sandanski, including transfers.
Sandanski is 1h ahead of Europe. It is currently 9:30 AM in Europe and 10:30 AM in Sandanski.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to Sandanski is 1772 km. It takes approximately 18h 21m to drive from Europe to Sandanski.
There are 331+ hotels available in Sandanski.
What companies run services between Europe and Sandanski, Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Sandanski. 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 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 a bus from Sontra-Ulfen Mitte to Sandanski via Herleshausen Bahnhof, Herleshausen Bahnhof, Eisenach Hbf, Erfurt Hbf, Passau Hbf, Passau, Skopje, Transporten Centar, Skopje, and Gevgelija in around 28h 5m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–460
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
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
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–280
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–440
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–460
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–440
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–400
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–230
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–200
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–240
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $35–240
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–240
- 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 Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–30
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Erfurt Hbf to Passau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $90–220
- 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
- $12–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Soest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–50
- 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
- $45–65
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 21300130
- info@abellio-mitteldeutschland.de
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Bad Koesen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–35
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Bad Koesen to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- 0800 2235546
- Website
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Erfurt Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Bad Koesen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $27–45
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
Train from Bad Koesen to Leipzig Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–23
- Schedules at
- abellio.de
- Phone
- +389 (2) 3 164 255
- mztransportad@mztransportad.com.mk
- Website
- mzt.mk
Train from Skopje to Gevgelija
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–40
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- 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 (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
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Thessaloniki train station to Sandanski
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- nasirtours.mk
Bus from Passau to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $70
- Website
- https://www.nasirtours.mk/en/destinations
- 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
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Sandanski
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8
- 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 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Leipzig to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Wurzburg Bismarckstrasse Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
Want to know more about travelling around Bulgaria
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Heading to Europe? Read this before you buy a Eurail Pass
Read the travel guide
Want to know more about Flixbus?
Read the travel guide










































