There are 11 ways to get from Graz to Bansko by bus, car, plane, train, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus via Ljubljana
best- Take the bus from Graz - Hbf Busbahnhof to Ljubljanabus
- Take the bus from Ljubljana to Blagoevgradbus
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Banskobus
19h 12m$408–619Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane VIE - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Banskobus
11h 31m$71–306Drive 1,107.8 km
- Drive from Graz to Banskocar 1,107.8 km
10h 35m$209–301Fly Graz Airport to Sofia Airport, bus
- Fly from Graz Airport (GRZ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane GRZ - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Banskobus
12h 47m$187–569Train, bus
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Villach Hbftrain Rj / ...
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljanatrain 19 / ...
- Take the bus from Ljubljana to Blagoevgradbus
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Banskobus
20h 24m$135–221Bus
- Take the bus from Graz to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko New Stationbus Union Ivkoni
21h 5m$102–106Bus #2
- Take the bus from Graz P&R Webling to Sofiabus N981
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko New Stationbus Union Ivkoni
21h 5m$105–154Shuttle to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Skopje International Airport, drive
- Take a shuttle bus from Graz - Hbf Busbahnhof to Zagreb Airport
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane ZAG - SKP
- Drive from Skopje-Airport-SKP to Banskocar
9h 8m$381–734Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Skopje International Airport, drive
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane VIE - SKP
- Drive from Skopje-Airport-SKP to Banskocar
9h 31m$125–390Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly to Skopje International Airport, drive
- Take a shuttle bus from Graz Airport to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane LJU - SKP
- Drive from Skopje-Airport-SKP to Banskocar
9h 1m$221–523Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane VIE - 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
13h 14m$106–329
Graz to Bansko by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Graz to Bansko is to bus which costs $102 - $107 and takes 21h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Graz to Bansko is to shuttle and fly and drive which takes 9h 1m and costs $220 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Graz to Bansko. However, there are services departing from Graz - Hbf Busbahnhof and arriving at Bansko via Ljubljana and Blagoevgrad. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 12m.
The distance between Graz and Bansko is 1296 km. The road distance is 1107.8 km.
The best way to get from Graz to Bansko without a car is to bus via Ljubljana which takes 19h 12m and costs $400 - $650.
It takes approximately 19h 12m to get from Graz to Bansko, including transfers.
Graz to Bansko bus services, operated by Air Kona, depart from Graz station.
Graz to Bansko bus services, operated by Air Kona, arrive at Sofia station.
Bansko is 1h ahead of Graz. It is currently 7:12 PM in Graz and 8:12 PM in Bansko.
Yes, the driving distance between Graz to Bansko is 1108 km. It takes approximately 10h 35m to drive from Graz to Bansko.
What companies run services between Graz, Austria and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Graz - Hbf Busbahnhof to Bansko via Ljubljana and Blagoevgrad in around 19h 12m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Graz Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–550
Flights from Graz Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–650
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Skopje International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Skopje International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–320
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–200
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Monday, Friday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $35–170
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Saturday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–170
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Skopje International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–230
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–290
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Graz Airport to Sofia Airport via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $190–600
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Skopje International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–230
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Graz Hbf to Villach Hbf
- *
- $30–50
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- *
- $35–55
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- *
- $35–55
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- *
- $35–55
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Graz Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Graz Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Graz Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Graz Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $12–23
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–50
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Graz Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22–40
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $26–30
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–65
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–65
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–65
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Graz - Hbf Busbahnhof to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $303–550
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- $303
Shuttle from Graz - Hbf Busbahnhof to Zagreb Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $280–460
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- $312
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Ljubljana to Blagoevgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $99
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
Bus from Ljubljana to Blagoevgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $99
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.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
- 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 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 Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- bansko.net
- 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
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko New Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko New Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- info@bgrazpisanie.com
- Website
- 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 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 Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- 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 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 Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Schedules at
- en.kaleiatravel.com
- Phone
- 00359 2 971 11 11
- tickets@airkona.com
- Website
- Air Kona
Bus from Graz to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $96
- Website
- Air Kona
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Graz P&R Webling to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $95–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- info@zup-prevozi.eu
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Graz Airport to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $140–180
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- $140–180
- 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
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