There are 9 ways to get from Genoa to Bansko by plane, bus, train, or car
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Fly from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport, bus
best- Fly from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport (GOA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)GOA - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
10h 30m$100–264Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Genova Brignole to Milano Centrale
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Sofia Airport (SOF)BGY - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
11h 13m$61–366Train, bus
- Take the train from Genova Brignole to Milano CentraleIc
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia MestreFr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste CentraleFr
- Take the bus from Trieste to Blagoevgrad
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
26h 11m$155–300Drive 1,656.6 km
- Drive from Genoa to Bansko1,656.6 km
15h 40m$300–433Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Bologna Centrale
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)BLQ - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
10h 8m$127–330Train to Turin Caselle Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Lingotto
- Fly from Turin Caselle Airport (TRN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)TRN - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
10h 31m$93–263Train, train to Milano Malpensa Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Genova Brignole to Milano Centrale
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Fly from Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP) to Sofia Airport (SOF)MXP - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
11h 35m$88–244Bus
- Take the bus from Genoa to Blagoevgrad
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
27h 42m$106–109Bus via Sofia
- Take the bus from Genoa Piazza Acquaverde to Sofia Serdica Bus StopUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3574 / ...
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
28h 53m$76–112
Genoa to Bansko by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Genoa to Bansko is to bus via Sofia which costs $75 - $120 and takes 28h 53m.
The fastest way to get from Genoa to Bansko is to train and fly and bus which takes 10h 8m and costs $120 - $330.
No, there is no direct bus from Genoa to Bansko. However, there are services departing from Genoa and arriving at Bansko via Blagoevgrad. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 42m.
The distance between Genoa and Bansko is 1363 km. The road distance is 1656.6 km.
The best way to get from Genoa to Bansko without a car is to train and bus which takes 26h 11m and costs $150 - $300.
It takes approximately 10h 30m to get from Genoa to Bansko, including transfers.
Genoa to Bansko bus services, operated by M&M Travel, depart from Genoa station.
Genoa to Bansko bus services, operated by M&M Travel, arrive at Blagoevgrad station.
Bansko is 1h ahead of Genoa. It is currently 10:35 AM in Genoa and 11:35 AM in Bansko.
Yes, the driving distance between Genoa to Bansko is 1657 km. It takes approximately 15h 40m to drive from Genoa to Bansko.
What companies run services between Genoa, Italy and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Genoa to Bansko via Blagoevgrad in around 27h 42m.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–240
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–240
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–330
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $45–330
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $60–230
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–240
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 57m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–230
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–380
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–320
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–200
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–290
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–320
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–320
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–230
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–320
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–320
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–230
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Sofia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–240
Flights from Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–240
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $26–150
Flights from Turin Caselle Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $30–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–290
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Milano Malpensa Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova Brignole to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–27
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Lingotto
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova Brignole to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–29
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $22–35
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Lingotto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $11–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $23–35
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova Brignole to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–75
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Torino Lingotto
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Genova Brignole to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–35
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–65
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–30
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $85–120
- 2nd Class
- $65–90
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +39 02-72494949
- Website
- malpensaexpress.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Malpensa Aeroporto T1
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18
- Website
- https://www.malpensaexpress.it/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 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Trieste to Blagoevgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $104
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Genoa to Blagoevgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 26h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $104
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- 0898 448 696
- marketing@grad.bg
- Website
- bansko.net
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 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/
- info@bgrazpisanie.com
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
Bus from Sofia to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Genoa Piazza Acquaverde to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- 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
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–12
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- +39 02 3008 9000
- mail@autostradale.it
- Website
- autostradale.it
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Bergamo Airport Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–20
- Website
- https://autostradale.it/?lang=en-GB
- Standard Rate
- $15–20
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