There are 8 ways to get from Málaga to Bansko by plane, bus, train, car, or car train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Sofia Airport (SOF)AGP - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
9h 16m$86–252Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena GrandesAve
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Take the train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to StrasbourgTgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof83 / ...
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf42 / ...
- Take the bus from München, ZOB to Vinica
- Drive from Vinica to Bansko
39h 45mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena GrandesAve
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-SantsAve
- Take the bus from Barcelona to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
46h 23m$196–509Drive 3,352.3 km
- Drive from Málaga to Bansko3,352.3 km
34h 17m$613–885Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)AGP - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Serres
- Take the bus from Serres to Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
13h 55m$105–251Bus
- Take the bus from Málaga to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
2d 7h$145–184Bus via Malaga Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Malaga Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus StopUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3602 / ...
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
2d 9h$163–236Drive, car train
- Drive from Málaga to München Ost
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Bansko
36h 3m$728–1,040
Málaga to Bansko by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Málaga to Bansko is to fly and bus which costs $100 - $260 and takes 13h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Málaga to Bansko is to fly and bus which takes 9h 16m and costs $85 - $260.
No, there is no direct bus from Málaga to Bansko. However, there are services departing from Málaga and arriving at Bansko via Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 7h.
The distance between Málaga and Bansko is 2640 km. The road distance is 3352.3 km.
The best way to get from Málaga to Bansko without a car is to train and bus which takes 46h 23m and costs $190 - $550.
It takes approximately 9h 16m to get from Málaga to Bansko, including transfers.
Málaga to Bansko bus services, operated by Yubim, depart from Málaga station.
Málaga to Bansko bus services, operated by Yubim, arrive at Sofia station.
Bansko is 1h ahead of Málaga. It is currently 12:59 PM in Málaga and 1:59 PM in Bansko.
Yes, the driving distance between Málaga to Bansko is 3352 km. It takes approximately 34h 17m to drive from Málaga to Bansko.
What companies run services between Málaga, Spain and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Málaga to Bansko via Sofia in around 2d 7h.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–180
Flights from Málaga Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–210
Flights from Málaga Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–210
Flights from Málaga Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Venice Treviso
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $85–210
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–270
Flights from Málaga Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–260
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Málaga Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 36m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–230
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–180
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–110
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–220
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $29–110
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–160
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–70
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–110
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Malaga Maria Zambrano to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–65
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Montpellier Saint-Roch
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $90–120
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Montpellier Saint-Roch to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $90–300
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–85
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–150
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $40–65
- 1st Class
- $85–150
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–60
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf ARZ
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=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
- +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
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Barcelona to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
Bus from Málaga to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 4h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $130–180
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
- 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
- $13
- 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
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
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 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 Malaga Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 5h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $150–230
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.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
- $11–15
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Book at
- ktelserron.e-ticketing.gr
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