There are 6 ways to get from Sydney to Bansko by plane, bus, or shuttle
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Fly to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane SYD - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
28h 38m$677–1,135Fly to Istanbul, bus
cheapest- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Istanbul (IST)plane SYD - IST
- Take the bus from Istanbul Esenler to Plovdivbus
- Take the bus from Plovdiv South to Banskobus
34h 48m$464–899Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane SYD - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
35h 36m$849–1,539Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane SYD - 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
34h 7m$631–1,344Fly to Kavala International Airport, bus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Kavala International Airport (KVA)plane SYD - KVA
- Take the bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Banskobus
34h 5m$583–1,447Fly to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport, bus
- Fly from Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport (SAW)plane SYD - SAW
- Take the bus from Istanbul Esenler to Plovdivbus
- Take the bus from Plovdiv South to Banskobus
36h 54m$545–1,050
Sydney International Airport (SYD) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sydney to Bansko is to fly and bus which costs $460 - $900 and takes 34h 48m.
The fastest way to get from Sydney to Bansko is to fly and bus which takes 28h 38m and costs $650 - $1,200.
The distance between Sydney and Bansko is 15608 km.
It takes approximately 28h 38m to get from Sydney to Bansko, including transfers.
Bansko is 9h behind Sydney. It is currently 6:26 AM in Sydney and 9:26 PM in Bansko.
There are 1330+ hotels available in Bansko.
What companies run services between Sydney, NSW, Australia and Bansko, Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Sydney to Bansko. However, you can take the train to International Airport Station, walk to Sydney International Airport (SYD) airport, fly to Sofia Airport (SOF), walk to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop, then take the bus to Bansko New Station. Alternatively, you can take the train to International Airport Station, walk to Sydney International Airport (SYD) airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP), walk to Bucharest Otopeni Airport, take the shuttle to Sofia, walk to Sofia, then take the bus to Bansko.
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Sofia Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Suvarnabhumi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Abu Dhabi, Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Doha, Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Dubai, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $850–2,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Doha, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $750–2,400
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Singapore Changi, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,400
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Sofia Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 40m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Suvarnabhumi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $600–1,800
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Tan Son Nhat, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Phuket, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Colombo, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $490–1,600
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $350–1,100
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,300
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Singapore Changi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,500
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,200
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $360–1,100
- Website
- srilankan.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport via Colombo, Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,200
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Sydney International Airport to Istanbul via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,600
- 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 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $280–410
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- 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/
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 Plovdiv South to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- 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
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Website
- https://bgrazpisanie.com/en
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
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 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
- 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
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–29
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- 0545 792 30 02
- info@luksyonca.com.tr
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul Esenler to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
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