There are 10 ways to get from Maastricht to Bansko by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Eindhoven Airport, fly, bus
best- Take the train from Maastricht to Eindhoven
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)EIN - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
9h 33m$94–456Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Messe/DeutzRe
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf47 / ...
- Take the bus from München, ZOB to Vinica
- Drive from Vinica to Bansko
24h 9mDrive 2,101.2 km
- Drive from Maastricht to Bansko2,101.2 km
18h 58m$434–626Train, train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Take the train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)CGN - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
10h 10m$112–476Bus to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly, bus
- Take the bus from Maastricht Meerssenerweg 231 to Charleroi Airport
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)CRL - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
9h 50m$113–514Train to Brussels Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Liège-Guillemins to Louvain
- Fly from Brussels Airport (BRU) to Sofia Airport (SOF)BRU - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
10h 1m$135–345Train to Dortmund Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Herzogenrath to Hagen Hbf
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Sofia Airport (SOF)DTM - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
11h 49m$118–474Bus
- Take the bus from Maastricht Meerssenerweg to Sofia Serdica Bus StopUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3644
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
33h 23m$95–139Bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the bus from Maastricht to Frankfurt - Main Bus Station
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
38h 7m$143–214Drive, car train
- Drive from Maastricht to Düsseldorf Hbf
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Bansko
18h 8m$342–1,551
Maastricht to Bansko by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Maastricht to Bansko is to bus which costs $95 - $140 and takes 33h 23m.
The fastest way to get from Maastricht to Bansko is to train and fly and bus which takes 9h 33m and costs $90 - $460.
No, there is no direct bus from Maastricht to Bansko. However, there are services departing from Maastricht Meerssenerweg and arriving at Bansko via Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 33h 23m.
The distance between Maastricht and Bansko is 1952 km. The road distance is 2101.2 km.
The best way to get from Maastricht to Bansko without a car is to bus which takes 33h 23m and costs $95 - $140.
It takes approximately 9h 33m to get from Maastricht to Bansko, including transfers.
Maastricht to Bansko bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Maastricht Meerssenerweg station.
Maastricht to Bansko bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Sofia Serdica Bus Stop station.
Bansko is 1h ahead of Maastricht. It is currently 4:45 AM in Maastricht and 5:45 AM in Bansko.
Yes, the driving distance between Maastricht to Bansko is 2101 km. It takes approximately 18h 58m to drive from Maastricht to Bansko.
What companies run services between Maastricht, Netherlands and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Maastricht Meerssenerweg to Bansko via Sofia Serdica Bus Stop and Sofia in around 33h 23m.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–340
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport via Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $90–340
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–280
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–280
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–410
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–410
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–410
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–340
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–360
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–250
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $24–700
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–340
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–360
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–270
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–150
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Brussels Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–150
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Maastricht to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $19–60
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $19–29
- 1st Class
- $35–60
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–29
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $10–16
- 1st Class
- $17–29
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–350
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $100–150
- 1st Class
- $210–350
- Phone
- 0800-0232 545
- Website
- arriva.nl
Train from Maastricht to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $25–28
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl
- 2nd Class
- $25–28
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–14
- Website
- https://www.arriva.nl
- 2nd Class
- $12–14
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- $7–11
- 1st Class
- $11–17
Train from Liège-Guillemins to Louvain
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- $9–14
- 1st Class
- $14–21
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Maastricht to Aachen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Messe/Deutz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Herzogenrath to Hagen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–170
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Standard
- $30–50
- Comfort
- $35–50
- Premium
- $55–75
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixtrain.de
Train from Aachen Hbf to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5–11
- Website
- https://www.flixtrain.com/
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–1,200
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $320–650
- Car Compartment
- $600–1,200
- 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
- 4 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
- info@flibco.com
- Website
- flibco.com
Bus from Maastricht Meerssenerweg 231 to Charleroi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $18–24
- Website
- https://www.flibco.com/en
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Maastricht Meerssenerweg to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85–130
- 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
- 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/
- 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
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Maastricht to Frankfurt - Main Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $17–45
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–160
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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