There are 6 ways to get from Venice to Bansko by plane, bus, train, car, or shuttle
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 Venice Marco Polo Airport, bus
best- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Sofia Airport (SOF)VCE - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
9h 31m$96–232Shuttle to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly, bus
cheapest- Take a shuttle bus from Padova to Orio al Serio Airport
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Sofia Airport (SOF)BGY - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
10h 38m$86–587Train, bus
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Trieste CentraleRe
- Take the bus from Trieste to Blagoevgrad
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
21h 43m$124–147Drive 1,279.7 km
- Drive from Venice to Bansko1,279.7 km
12h 21m$232–335Train to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Bologna Centrale
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)BLQ - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Station
9h 5m$99–309Bus
- Take the bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia to Bansko
22h 36m$139–188
Venice to Bansko by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Venice to Bansko is to train and bus which costs $120 - $150 and takes 21h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Venice to Bansko is to train and fly and bus which takes 9h 5m and costs $95 - $310.
No, there is no direct bus from Venice to Bansko. However, there are services departing from Venezia and arriving at Bansko via Venezia, Viale Stazione and Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 22h 36m.
The distance between Venice and Bansko is 1126 km. The road distance is 1279.7 km.
The best way to get from Venice to Bansko without a car is to train and bus which takes 21h 43m and costs $120 - $150.
It takes approximately 9h 31m to get from Venice to Bansko, including transfers.
Venice to Bansko bus services, operated by Yubim, depart from Venezia, Viale Stazione station.
Venice to Bansko bus services, operated by Yubim, arrive at Sofia station.
Bansko is 1h ahead of Venice. It is currently 1:54 AM in Venice and 2:54 AM in Bansko.
Yes, the driving distance between Venice to Bansko is 1280 km. It takes approximately 12h 21m to drive from Venice to Bansko.
What companies run services between Venice, Italy and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Venezia to Bansko via Stazione MESTRE FS C4, Venezia, Viale Stazione, and Sofia in around 22h 36m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–170
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–230
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–230
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–200
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $45–200
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $45–200
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $45–200
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $45–200
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–340
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–190
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–340
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–340
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–240
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $26–100
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.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/
- 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 Padova to Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $41–320
- Schedules at
- goopti.com
- Shared
- $41–45
- Private
- $170–320
- Phone
- 02 981 10 40
- travel@yubim.eu
- Website
- yubim.eu
Bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $130–170
- Schedules at
- yubim.eu
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