There are 8 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$119–293Train to Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Mannheim, 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 41m$105–299Train, bus
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 42 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhoftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Ljubljanatrain Ec
- Take the bus from Ljubljana to Blagoevgradbus
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Banskobus
27h 30m$231–406Drive 1,820.3 km
- Drive from Mannheim to Banskocar 1,820.3 km
16h 36m$300–434Train 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 25m$137–387Bus
- Take the bus from Mannheim Central Bus Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus Citylines 64 / ...
- Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
31h 28m$120–162Bus via Niš
- Take the bus from Mannheim, ZOB to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
32h 33m$123–220Drive, 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$350–1,263
Mannheim to Bansko by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Mannheim to Bansko is to bus which costs $120 - $170 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 $110 - $300.
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 train and bus which takes 27h 30m and costs $230 - $410.
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 6:58 PM in Mannheim and 7:58 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 Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–430
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–290
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–410
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–430
- 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
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–190
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Frankfurt to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–34
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–80
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $41–46
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $28–32
- 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
- $14–45
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $14–22
- 1st Class
- $26–45
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–210
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $60–90
- 1st Class
- $120–210
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 28 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–40
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $12–19
- 1st Class
- $21–40
- Phone
- +49 30 200730
- post@transdev.de
- Website
- transdev.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- transdev.de
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- $30–45
- First Class
- $55–75
- Phone
- +49 8024 997171
- info@brb.de
- Website
- brb.de
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 2m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Schedules at
- brb.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- infokraj@intercity.pl
- Website
- intercity.pl
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–18
- Website
- https://www.intercity.pl/en/
- 2nd Class
- $9–14
- 1st Class
- $14–18
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–80
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- 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
- $110–900
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- $440–490
- Car Compartment
- $800–900
- 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 Ljubljana to Blagoevgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $100
- 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
- $6–9
- 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
- $13
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@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
- +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
- $10–15
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Book at
- ktelserron.e-ticketing.gr
- 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
- $110–150
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- iuc@lasta.rs
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Mannheim, ZOB to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- nis-ekspres.rs
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–22
- Schedules at
- nis-ekspres.rs
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Niš, Autobuska Stanica to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–28
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
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