There are 8 ways to get from Podgorica to Bansko by train, bus, car, plane, or shuttle
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Train, bus, drive
best- Take the train from Podgorica to Željeznička stanica Bartrain
- Take the bus from Ulcinj, Autobuska Stanica Ulcinj to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Kočanitrain
- Drive from Kočani to Banskocar
12h 5m$86–130Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
18h 48m$54–101Drive 534.2 km
- Drive from Podgorica to Banskocar 534.2 km
8h 26m$85–122Fly Podgorica Airport to Sofia Airport, bus
- Fly from Podgorica Airport (TGD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane TGD - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
10h 25m$112–290Bus via Kyustendil
- Take the bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Sutomore, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Sutomore, Autobuska stanica to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Kyustendilbus
- Take the bus from Kyustendil to Dupnitsabus
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Banskobus
12h 56m$77–87Bus, shuttle
- Take the bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Niš, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take a shuttle bus from Niš to Sofia Airport
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko Gondolabus
16h 41mShuttle to Tivat Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Podgorica Airport to Kotor, Autobuska Stanica
- Fly from Tivat Airport (TIV) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane TIV - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
13h 13mFly Podgorica Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Podgorica Airport (TGD) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane TGD - 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
13h 29m$111–293
Podgorica to Bansko by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Podgorica to Bansko is to bus via Kyustendil which costs $75 - $90 and takes 12h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Podgorica to Bansko is to drive which takes 8h 26m and costs $80 - $130.
No, there is no direct bus from Podgorica station to Bansko. However, there are services departing from Podgorica , Bus station and arriving at Bansko via Sutomore, Autobuska stanica, Kumanovo, Kyustendil, Dupnitsa and Blagoevgrad. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 12h 56m.
The distance between Podgorica and Bansko is 665 km. The road distance is 534.2 km.
The best way to get from Podgorica to Bansko without a car is to bus via Kyustendil which takes 12h 56m and costs $75 - $90.
It takes approximately 12h 5m to get from Podgorica to Bansko, including transfers.
Podgorica to Bansko bus services, operated by Glusica, depart from Podgorica , Bus station.
Podgorica to Bansko bus services, operated by Glusica, arrive at Sutomore, Autobuska stanica station.
Bansko is 1h ahead of Podgorica. It is currently 10:07 PM in Podgorica and 11:07 PM in Bansko.
Yes, the driving distance between Podgorica to Bansko is 534 km. It takes approximately 8h 26m to drive from Podgorica to Bansko.
What companies run services between Podgorica, Montenegro and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Bansko via Sutomore, Autobuska stanica, Kumanovo, Kyustendil, Dupnitsa, and Blagoevgrad in around 12h 56m.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–490
Flights from Tivat Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–600
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–550
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–280
Flights from Tivat Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–200
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–190
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Tivat Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $110–460
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–300
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $210–300
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–190
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Tivat Airport to Sofia Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–340
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Tivat Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–490
- Phone
- +382 20 441 197
- info@zpcg.me
- Website
- zpcg.me
Train from Podgorica to Željeznička stanica Bar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–7
- Website
- https://zpcg.me/en
- Second Class
- $2–4
- First Class
- $4–7
- Phone
- +389 (2) 3 164 255
- mztransportad@mztransportad.com.mk
- Website
- mzt.mk
Train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Kočani
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- +389 2 2566668
- info@vardarexpress.com
- Website
- vardarexpress.com
Bus from Ulcinj, Autobuska Stanica Ulcinj to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $53
- Schedules at
- vardarexpress.com
Bus from Sutomore, Autobuska stanica to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $53
- Schedules at
- vardarexpress.com
- 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/
Bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko Gondola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- Phone
- +382 40 200 555
- glusicab@t-com.me
- Website
- glusica.me
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Sutomore, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- glusica.me
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Kyustendil
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–20
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +359 7855 0204
- tic@kustendil.bg
- Website
- kyustendil.bg
Bus from Kyustendil to Dupnitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- kyustendil.bg
- Phone
- 0722 60019
- samokovtouristcenter@mail.bg
- Website
- samokov-info.com
Bus from Kyustendil to Dupnitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- https://samokov-info.com/?lang=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
- 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
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
- Phone
- +382 68 013 931
- dangradprevoz@gmail.com
- Website
- polazak.com
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $47
- Schedules at
- polazak.com
- Phone
- +382 69 294 654
- royaltravelcetinje@gmail.com
- Website
- busticket4.me
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $38–39
- Schedules at
- busticket4.me
- Phone
- +381648892600
- jadranekspres@globtour.com
- Website
- jadranekspres.info
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Niš, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $29–31
- Schedules at
- jadranekspres.info
- Book at
- jadranekspres.info
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $47
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- Phone
- +389 71 77 55 29
- ganic.ekskluziv@yahoo.com
- Website
- ganicekskluziv.mk
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $36
- Schedules at
- ganicekskluziv.mk
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $31
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- traveling.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–35
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +382 69 737 787
- support@gomontenegro.me
- Website
- gomontenegro.me
Shuttle from Podgorica Airport to Kotor, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Schedules at
- gomontenegro.me
- 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
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