There are 9 ways to get from Mannheim to Bansko by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
best- 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
8h 20m$107–306Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Mannheim Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Citylines 64 / ...
- Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
31h 28m$88–130Bus, drive
- Take the bus from Mannheim, ZOB to Vinicabus
- Drive from Vinica to Banskocar
19h 56mDrive 1,820.3 km
- Drive from Mannheim to Banskocar 1,820.3 km
16h 36m$300–434Train to Stuttgart Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Mannheim, 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
8h 59m$109–341Train to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Baden-Badentrain
- 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 44m$102–326Train to Frankfurt, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane FRA - 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 24m$126–384Train, bus
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbftrain Re1
- Take the bus from Kaiserslautern Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
31h 50m$94–166Drive, car train
- Drive from Mannheim to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf ARZcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf ARZ to Banskocar
17h 9m$360–1,313
Mannheim to Bansko by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Mannheim to Bansko is to bus which costs $85 - $130 and takes 31h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Mannheim to Bansko is to train and fly and bus which takes 8h 20m and costs $100 - $310.
No, there is no direct bus from Mannheim station to Bansko. However, there are services departing from Mannheim Central Bus Station and arriving at Bansko via Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 28m.
The distance between Mannheim and Bansko is 1636 km. The road distance is 1820.3 km.
The best way to get from Mannheim to Bansko without a car is to bus which takes 31h 28m and costs $85 - $130.
It takes approximately 8h 20m to get from Mannheim to Bansko, including transfers.
Mannheim to Bansko bus services, operated by Citylines, depart from Mannheim Central Bus Station.
Mannheim to Bansko bus services, operated by Citylines, arrive at Sofia Serdica Bus Station.
Bansko is 1h ahead of Mannheim. It is currently 7:22 PM in Mannheim and 8:22 PM in Bansko.
Yes, the driving distance between Mannheim to Bansko is 1820 km. It takes approximately 16h 36m to drive from Mannheim to Bansko.
What companies run services between Mannheim, Germany and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Mannheim Central Bus Station to Bansko via Sofia Serdica Bus Station and Sofia in around 31h 28m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
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 Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–290
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–360
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 21m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–400
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–410
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–220
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–410
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $35–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–190
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $21–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $8–35
- 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
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $21–70
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $21–35
- 1st Class
- $40–70
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–55
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $18–27
- 1st Class
- $30–55
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- $30–40
- 1st Class
- $50–70
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Baden-Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- 0621 8301200
- Website
- suewex.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Schedules at
- suewex.de
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Kaiserslautern, Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- $120–950
- 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
- +389 70 638 014
- info@metaktrans.mk
- Website
- metaktrans.mk
Bus from Mannheim, ZOB to Vinica
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 54m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- metaktrans.mk
- 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
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
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 Mannheim Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $80–120
- 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 Kaiserslautern Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $80–120
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Mannheim Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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