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There are 11 ways to get from Sunderland to Bansko by plane, bus, train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry

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  1. Fly Newcastle to Sofia Airport, bus

    best
    1. Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)planeNCL - SOF
    2. Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
    11h 26m
    $128–325

  2. Bus

    cheapest
    1. Take the bus from Sunderland Interchange to Manchester Central Coach Stationbus172
    2. Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Oborbus
    3. Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
    4. Take the bus from Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop to Blagoevgrad Bus Stationbus
    5. Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Banskobus
    44h 25m
    $114–206

  3. Train, bus

    1. Take the train from Newcastle to Birmingham New Streettrain
    2. Take the bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Oborbus
    3. Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to SofiatrainIr
    4. Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
    42h 34m
    $159–378

  4. Drive, Eurotunnel

    1. Drive from Sunderland to Folkestonecar
    2. Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
    3. Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Banskocar
    27h 59m

  5. Train to Durham Tees Valley Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus

    1. Take the train from Sunderland to Thornabytrain
    2. Fly from Durham Tees Valley Airport (MME) to Sofia Airport (SOF)planeMME - SOF
    3. Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
    13h 28m
    $277–741

  6. Train to Manchester Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus

    1. Take the train from Newcastle to Manchester Airporttrain
    2. Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)planeMAN - SOF
    3. Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
    13h 26m
    $136–374

  7. Fly Newcastle to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus

    1. Fly from Newcastle (NCL) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)planeNCL - SKG
    2. Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Serresbus
    3. Take the bus from Serres to Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminalbus
    4. Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Banskobus
    13h 20m
    $132–244

  8. Train to Liverpool, fly to Sofia Airport, bus

    1. Take the train from Newcastle to Liverpool Lime Streettrain
    2. Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)planeLPL - SOF
    3. Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
    13h 24m
    $150–483

  9. Train, bus via Rotterdam

    1. Take the train from Sunderland to King's Crosstrain
    2. Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Rotterdam Centraaltrain
    3. Take the bus from Rotterdam Conradstraat to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
    4. Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
    46h 26m
    $252–601

  10. Bus, bus and ferry

    1. Take the bus from Sunderland Interchange to Shudehill Interchangebus
    2. Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Motrubusferry
    3. Take the bus from Motru to Drobeta-Turnu Severinbus
    4. Take the bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Sofiabus
    5. Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
    2d 13h

  11. Drive, car ferry

    1. Drive from Sunderland to Port of Dovercar
    2. Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
    3. Drive from Calais to Banskocar
    29h 6m
    $582–861

Sunderland to Bansko by train and bus

Calendar2Weekly Services
Duration46h 26mAverage Duration
Ticket$252Cheapest Price
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What companies run services between Sunderland, England and Bansko, Bulgaria?

You can take a bus from Sunderland Interchange to Bansko via Manchester, Coach Station, Bucharest, Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki Train Station Bus Stop, and Blagoevgrad in around 44h 25m.

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