There are 7 ways to get from Trieste to Bansko by bus, car, shuttle, plane, or train
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Bus
best- Take the bus from Trieste to Blagoevgradbus
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Banskobus
17h 42m$107–110Bus via Sofia
cheapest- Take the bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus stationbus 977 / ...
- Take the bus from Ljubljana bus station to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Banskobus
21h 27m$59–203Drive 1,149.3 km
- Drive from Trieste to Banskocar 1,149.3 km
10h 53m$208–301Shuttle to Ljubljana, fly, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Fly from Ljubljana (LJU) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LJU - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
10h 58m$130–449Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, bus
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane TRS - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
10h 50m$103–330Shuttle, shuttle to Vienna International Airport, fly, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Wien Hbf
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane VIE - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
11h 37m$146–1,074Train to Federico Fellini Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Riminitrain
- Fly from Federico Fellini Airport (RMI) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane RMI - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
13h 8m$122–386
Trieste to Bansko by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Trieste to Bansko is to bus which costs $107 - $111 and takes 17h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Trieste to Bansko is to fly and bus which takes 10h 50m and costs $100 - $330.
No, there is no direct bus from Trieste to Bansko. However, there are services departing from Trieste and arriving at Bansko via Blagoevgrad. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 42m.
The distance between Trieste and Bansko is 1165 km. The road distance is 1149.3 km.
The best way to get from Trieste to Bansko without a car is to bus which takes 17h 42m and costs $107 - $111.
It takes approximately 17h 42m to get from Trieste to Bansko, including transfers.
Trieste to Bansko bus services, operated by M&M Travel, depart from Trieste station.
Trieste to Bansko bus services, operated by M&M Travel, arrive at Blagoevgrad station.
Bansko is 1h ahead of Trieste. It is currently 9:33 PM in Trieste and 10:33 PM in Bansko.
Yes, the driving distance between Trieste to Bansko is 1149 km. It takes approximately 10h 53m to drive from Trieste to Bansko.
What companies run services between Trieste, Italy and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Trieste to Bansko via Blagoevgrad in around 17h 42m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–180
Flights from Ljubljana to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–180
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–260
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–260
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport via Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–240
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Sofia Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–240
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–150
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Ljubljana to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–160
Flights from Ljubljana to Sofia Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–330
Flights from Ljubljana to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–360
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–200
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–160
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Ljubljana to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $230–550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Federico Fellini Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–290
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Rimini
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $45–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Trieste to Blagoevgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $106
- 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
- $6–10
- 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
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Trieste Centrale to Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $36–200
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $36–40
- Private
- $110–200
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $45–650
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $45–60
- Private
- $320–650
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +43 50 678910
- service@verbundlinie.at
- Website
- verbundlinie.at
Bus from Trieste to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.verbundlinie.at/en/
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