There are 11 ways to get from Scotland to Bansko by plane, bus, train, car, night train, taxi, car train, busferry, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Edinburgh Airport, bus
best- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sofia Airport (SOF)EDI - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
9h 32m$92–213Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Stuttgart HbfTgv
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Vinica
- Drive from Vinica to Bansko
32h 14mTrain, night train, taxi
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to Wien MeidlingNj
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord347
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Stara Zagora
- Take the train from Stara Zagora to Belovo
- Take the taxi from Belovo to Bansko
2d 3h$570–1,464Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Bansko
30h 13mFly from Aberdeen Airport, bus
- Fly from Aberdeen Airport (ABZ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)ABZ - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
11h 54m$104–313Fly from Glasgow Airport, bus
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)GLA - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
11h 11m$121–217Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport, bus
- Fly from Inverness Dalcross Airport (INV) to Sofia Airport (SOF)INV - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
11h 39m$97–343Train, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Take the bus from Rotterdam Conradstraat to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
47h 41m$256–839Bus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Newhall St
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
2d 5h$168–283Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchange
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Motru
- Take the bus from Motru to Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Take the bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
2d 13hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Bansko
31h 20m$624–922
Scotland to Bansko by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Bansko is to fly and bus which costs $90 - $220 and takes 9h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Bansko is to fly and bus which takes 9h 32m and costs $90 - $220.
No, there is no direct bus from Scotland station to Bansko. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Bansko via Birmingham, Praha, ÚAN Florenc and Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 5h.
The distance between Scotland and Bansko is 2588 km.
The best way to get from Scotland to Bansko without a car is to train and night train and taxi which takes 2 days 3h and costs $550 - $1,500.
It takes approximately 9h 32m to get from Scotland to Bansko, including transfers.
Scotland to Bansko bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Scotland to Bansko bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Newhall St station.
Bansko is 2h ahead of Scotland. It is currently 9:03 PM in Scotland and 11:03 PM in Bansko.
There are 1286+ hotels available in Bansko.
What companies run services between Scotland and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bansko via Newhall St, Birmingham, Praha, ÚAN Florenc, Sofia Serdica Bus Station, and Sofia in around 2d 5h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $55–160
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sofia Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–380
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–370
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sofia Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–310
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Sofia Airport via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sofia Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–310
Flights from Inverness Dalcross Airport to Sofia Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $75–310
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sofia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–230
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–310
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Aberdeen Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–400
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–190
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–300
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–390
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–380
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Train from Paris l'Est to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–330
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $300–330
- Couchette Carriage
- $200–230
- Seating Carriage
- $110–140
Train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–350
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $10–25
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $10–15
- 1st Class
- $14–18
Train from Stara Zagora to Belovo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $5–8
- 1st Class
- $8–9
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $90–320
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $90–140
- 1st Class
- $190–320
- 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 Stuttgart Hbf to Vinica
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- metaktrans.mk
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Rotterdam Conradstraat to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 33h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- 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 Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- 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
- $14
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Newhall St
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $22–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $21–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Birmingham to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 1m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $60–75
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Motru
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $75–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +4-0745-779.908
- Website
- dikeltour.autogari.ro
Bus from Motru to Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- dikeltour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $90–220
- On Foot
- $40–50
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Estimated price
- $55–65
Sevan Taksi
- Phone
- +359 35 950 809
Tiko Taxi
- Phone
- +359 89 544 1255
- Website
- tikotaxipazardzhik.com
Taxi Bulgaria
- Phone
- +359 88 833 3405
- Website
- taxi-bulgaria.com
Ivanina Taxi
- Phone
- +359 89 650 6660
- Website
- facebook.com
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