There are 8 ways to get from Italy to Bansko by plane, bus, train, or car
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Fly from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, bus
best- Fly from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Sofia Airport (SOF)BRI - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
5h 5m$79–215Fly from Naples Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Naples Airport (NAP) to Sofia Airport (SOF)NAP - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
7h 13m$50–176Train, bus
- Take the train from Roma Termini to PadovaFr
- Take the bus from Padova to Blagoevgrad
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
24h 11m$129–218Drive 1,787.1 km
- Drive from Rome to Bansko1,787.1 km
16h 56m$324–467Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, bus
- 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
7h 27m$76–237Bus via Padova
- Take the bus from Roma Stazione Tiburtina to Padova stazioneIta
- Take the bus from Padova to Blagoevgrad
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
28h 30mBus
- Take the bus from Roma Termini to Kumanovo
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
30h 29m$147–178Bus #2
- Take the bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Elbasan
- Take the bus from Tirana to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
35h 9m
Italy to Bansko by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Italy to Bansko is to fly and bus which costs $50 - $180 and takes 7h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Italy to Bansko is to fly and bus which takes 5h 5m and costs $75 - $220.
No, there is no direct bus from Italy to Bansko. However, there are services departing from P.Za Di Cinquecento and arriving at Bansko via Roma Stazione Tiburtina, Padova and Blagoevgrad. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 30m.
The distance between Italy and Bansko is 752 km. The road distance is 1787.1 km.
The best way to get from Italy to Bansko without a car is to train and bus which takes 24h 11m and costs $120 - $220.
It takes approximately 5h 5m to get from Italy to Bansko, including transfers.
Italy to Bansko bus services, operated by Verbund Linie, depart from Roma Stazione Tiburtina station.
Italy to Bansko bus services, operated by Verbund Linie, arrive at Padova stazione station.
Bansko is 1h ahead of Italy. It is currently 3:09 PM in Italy and 4:09 PM in Bansko.
Yes, the driving distance between Italy to Bansko is 1787 km. It takes approximately 16h 56m to drive from Italy to Bansko.
What companies run services between Italy and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from P.Za Di Cinquecento to Bansko via Roma Stazione Tiburtina, Padova stazione, Padova, and Blagoevgrad in around 28h 30m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–190
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–160
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–160
Flights from Naples Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $30–140
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–110
Flights from Naples Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $24–100
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–360
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Roma Termini to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–110
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Roma Termini to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–70
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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 Padova to Blagoevgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $106
- 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
- $6–10
- 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
- $14
- 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 Sofia to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +43 50 678910
- service@verbundlinie.at
- Website
- verbundlinie.at
Bus from Roma Stazione Tiburtina to Padova stazione
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.verbundlinie.at/en/
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Roma Termini to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 36m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $130
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Kumanovo to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Roma, Autostazione Tiburtina to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Tirana to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $47
- Schedules at
- nelatours.com
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