There are 4 ways to get from Washington to Bansko by subway, plane, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane IAD - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
17h 32m$386–878Fly Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Sofia Airport, bus
- Fly from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DCA - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Bansko New Stationbus
16h 50m$696–1,341Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane IAD - 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
21h 12m$405–642Subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, fly to Kavala International Airport, bus
- Take the subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platformsubway
- Fly from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Kavala International Airport (KVA)plane IAD - KVA
- Take the bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Banskobus
23h 44m$482–1,740
Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Washington to Bansko is to subway and fly and bus which costs $380 - $900 and takes 17h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Washington to Bansko is to fly and bus which takes 16h 50m and costs $650 - $1,400.
The distance between Washington and Bansko is 8149 km.
It takes approximately 17h 32m to get from Washington to Bansko, including transfers.
Bansko is 7h ahead of Washington. It is currently 12:18 PM in Washington and 7:18 PM in Bansko.
There are 205+ hotels available in Bansko.
What companies run services between Washington, DC, USA and Bansko, Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Washington to Bansko. However, you can take the subway to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform, walk to Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) 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 fly to Sofia Airport (SOF), walk to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop, then take the bus to Bansko New Station.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Sofia Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,500
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Sofia Airport via Halifax, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 1m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $650–1,400
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Sofia Airport via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,500
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,400
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,300
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Sofia Airport via Boston, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Sofia Airport via Boston, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,500
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Sofia Airport via Boston, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,500
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $290–1,100
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Sofia Airport via Boston, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Brussels, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Sofia Airport via Boston, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,200
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $470–2,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $470–2,000
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sofia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $290–1,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sofia Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport to Sofia Airport via Boston, Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $500–2,200
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,400
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $460–1,800
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Washington Dulles International Airport to Kavala International Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol, Nuremberg
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,700
- Phone
- +1 202 466 3876
- Website
- wmata.com
Subway from Farragut West, Blue/Orange/Silver Line Track 2 Platform to Washington Dulles International Airport, Silver Line Center Platform
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Website
- https://www.wmata.com
- standard fare after 9:30 p.m
- $2–3
- standard fare 5 a.m - 9:30 p.m.
- $5–8
- 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
- +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
- $11–15
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Book at
- ktelserron.e-ticketing.gr
- 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/
- 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
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@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
- 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/
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