There are 12 ways to get from Exeter to Bansko by train, bus, car, car train, plane, night train, or car ferry
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Train, bus, drive
best- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Muenchen HbfTgv
- Take the bus from München, ZOB to Vinica
- Drive from Vinica to Bansko
29h 50mTrain, bus, night train
cheapest- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Birmingham New Street
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Dimitrovgrad
- Take the train from Dimitrovgrad to PlovdivRe / ...
- Take the bus from Plovdiv South to Bansko
37h 29m$117–266Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Exeter to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Bansko
26h 31mFly from Exeter, bus
- Fly from Exeter (EXT) to Sofia Airport (SOF)EXT - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
24h 37m$118–396Train, bus
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Conradstraat to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
45h 49m$268–631Bus
- Take the bus from Bampfylde Street to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
47h 23m$173–300Bus via Munich
- Take the bus from Bampfylde Street to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
2d 6h$208–410Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Exeter to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Bansko
27h 40m$550–816Train to Bristol Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)BRS - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
10h 5m$128–296Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)LHR - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
11h 10m$201–472Train, train to Luton Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)LTN - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
11h 51m$143–679Train, train to Cardiff Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)CWL - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
20h 2m$157–496
Exeter to Bansko by train, subway, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Exeter to Bansko is to train and fly and bus which costs $120 - $300 and takes 10h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Exeter to Bansko is to train and fly and bus which takes 10h 5m and costs $120 - $300.
No, there is no direct bus from Exeter to Bansko. However, there are services departing from Bampfylde Street and arriving at Bansko via London Victoria, Praha, ÚAN Florenc and Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 47h 23m.
The distance between Exeter and Bansko is 3132 km.
The best way to get from Exeter to Bansko without a car is to train and bus and night train which takes 37h 29m and costs $110 - $270.
It takes approximately 29h 50m to get from Exeter to Bansko, including transfers.
Exeter to Bansko bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bampfylde Street station.
Exeter to Bansko bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Bansko is 2h ahead of Exeter. It is currently 10:52 PM in Exeter and 12:52 AM in Bansko.
There are 1224+ hotels available in Bansko.
What companies run services between Exeter, England and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Bampfylde Street to Bansko via London Victoria, Praha, ÚAN Florenc, Sofia Serdica Bus Station, and Sofia in around 47h 23m.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Exeter to Sofia Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $130–400
Flights from Exeter to Sofia Airport via Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $100–370
Flights from Exeter to Sofia Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–380
Flights from Exeter to Sofia Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–380
Flights from Bristol Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–140
Flights from Bristol Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $75–140
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Sofia Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 41m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Sofia Airport via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $140–410
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–420
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Exeter to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–650
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–650
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–95
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–200
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–220
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Exeter St Davids to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–160
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $52–55
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $95–350
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–190
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
Train from Exeter St Davids to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–180
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Exeter St Davids to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–55
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Cardiff Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $10–35
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Dimitrovgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $12–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $12–17
- 1st Class
- $16–21
Train from Dimitrovgrad to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $3–5
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $85–310
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $85–130
- 1st Class
- $180–310
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–50
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +389 70 638 014
- info@metaktrans.mk
- Website
- metaktrans.mk
Bus from München, ZOB to Vinica
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- metaktrans.mk
- 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
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0898 448 696
- marketing@grad.bg
- Website
- bansko.net
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/
Bus from Sofia to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- https://bansko.org/bansko_bus_schedule
- Website
- https://bansko.org/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Rotterdam Conradstraat to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Bampfylde Street to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Bampfylde Street to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $25–60
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from London Victoria to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75–100
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $90–220
- On Foot
- $40–50
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