There are 9 ways to get from Heidelberg to Bansko by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane STR - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
9h$99–333Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Heidelberg Post Waypoint to Karlsruhe central train stationbus 108 / ...
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
32h 12m$89–146Train, bus
- Take the train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 62
- Take the bus from Salzburg Lastenstrasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
26h 39m$106–201Drive 1,805.1 km
- Drive from Heidelberg to Banskocar 1,805.1 km
16h 32m$298–430Train to Frankfurt, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof 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
9h 10m$117–318Train to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane FKB - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
9h 57m$98–298Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Take the train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane STR - 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
11h 54m$138–361Bus via Munich
- Take the bus from Heidelberg Pre Waypoint to Munich central bus stationbus N94 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
31h 4m$149–229Drive, car train
- Drive from Heidelberg to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Banskocar
17h 18m$350–1,313
Heidelberg to Bansko by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Heidelberg to Bansko is to bus which costs $85 - $150 and takes 32h 12m.
The fastest way to get from Heidelberg to Bansko is to train and fly and bus which takes 9h and costs $95 - $340.
No, there is no direct bus from Heidelberg to Bansko. However, there are services departing from Heidelberg Pre Waypoint and arriving at Bansko via Munich central bus station and Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 4m.
The distance between Heidelberg and Bansko is 1563 km. The road distance is 1805.1 km.
The best way to get from Heidelberg to Bansko without a car is to train and bus which takes 26h 39m and costs $100 - $210.
It takes approximately 9h to get from Heidelberg to Bansko, including transfers.
Heidelberg to Bansko bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Heidelberg Pre Waypoint station.
Heidelberg to Bansko bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Munich central bus station.
Bansko is 1h ahead of Heidelberg. It is currently 1:21 PM in Heidelberg and 2:21 PM in Bansko.
Yes, the driving distance between Heidelberg to Bansko is 1805 km. It takes approximately 16h 32m to drive from Heidelberg to Bansko.
What companies run services between Heidelberg, Germany and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Heidelberg Pre Waypoint to Bansko via Munich central bus station and Sofia in around 31h 4m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–270
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–460
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–350
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–440
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–160
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $110–200
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $35–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–190
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–310
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–230
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $15–23
- 1st Class
- $27–45
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- konzern.oebb.at
Train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $21–35
- Website
- https://konzern.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Heidelberg, Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 27 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–15
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–950
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $460–520
- Car Compartment
- $850–950
- 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
- $14–21
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Salzburg Lastenstrasse to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 17h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–12
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Serres to Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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 Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 0898 448 696
- marketing@grad.bg
- Website
- bansko.net
Bus from Sofia 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 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
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Book at
- ktelserron.e-ticketing.gr
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Heidelberg Pre Waypoint to Munich central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Munich central bus station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Heidelberg Post Waypoint to Karlsruhe central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Karlsruhe Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–150
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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