There are 11 ways to get from Glasgow to Bansko by train, plane, bus, night train, taxi, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane EDI - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko New Stationbus
11h 46m$117–294Fly Glasgow Airport to Sofia Airport, bus
cheapest- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane GLA - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko New Stationbus
12h 24m$104–295Train, bus, night train, taxi
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharestbus
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Stara Zagoranighttrain
- Take the train from Stara Zagora to Belovotrain Ic
- Take the taxi from Belovo to Banskotaxi
45h 1m$341–537Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Banskocar
30h 19m$811–1,129Fly Glasgow Airport to Plovdiv Airport, bus
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)plane GLA - PDV
- Take the bus from Plovdiv South to Banskobus
17h 37m$112–357Train to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Plovdiv Airport, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarkettrain
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Plovdiv Airport (PDV)plane EDI - PDV
- Take the bus from Plovdiv South to Banskobus
16h 43m$110–256Fly Glasgow Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane GLA - 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
15h 42m$107–286Train, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko New Stationbus
47h 24m$468–892Bus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Banskobus
2d 3h$265–356Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchangebus
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Râmnicu Vâlcea Socarbusferry
- Take the bus from Râmnicu Vâlcea to Sofiabus 983
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko New Stationbus
2d 21h$178–344Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Banskocar
31h 26m$687–1,077
Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Glasgow to Bansko is to fly and bus which costs $100 - $300 and takes 12h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Glasgow to Bansko is to train and fly and bus which takes 11h 46m and costs $110 - $300.
No, there is no direct bus from Glasgow station to Bansko. However, there are services departing from Buchanan Bus Station and arriving at Bansko via London Victoria, Bucharest and Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 3h.
The distance between Glasgow and Bansko is 2664 km.
The best way to get from Glasgow to Bansko without a car is to train and bus and night train and taxi which takes 45h 1m and costs $340 - $550.
It takes approximately 11h 46m to get from Glasgow to Bansko, including transfers.
Glasgow to Bansko bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Buchanan Bus Station.
Glasgow to Bansko bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Bansko is 2h ahead of Glasgow. It is currently 6:33 PM in Glasgow and 8:33 PM in Bansko.
Book your Glasgow to Bansko bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Glasgow, Scotland and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Bansko via London Victoria, Bucharest, and Sofia Central Bus Station in around 2d 3h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 27m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–220
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–220
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–370
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 42m
- When
- Friday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Plovdiv Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–390
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–420
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–240
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $100–370
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $100–300
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–240
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $95–330
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Plovdiv Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $100–350
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sofia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–240
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sofia Airport via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–240
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–250
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Hannover
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $60–270
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- 0345 528 0409
- [email protected]
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Website
- Lumo
Train from Glasgow Queen Street to Haymarket
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $10–18
- Website
- Lumo
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $180–290
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $180–290
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–170
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
Train from Glasgow Central to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $120–170
- Website
- Caledonian Sleeper
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Bucharest to Stara Zagora
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $5–23
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $5–8
- 1st Class
- $6–8
Train from Stara Zagora to Belovo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–5
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $157
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- $157
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $160–270
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $70–160
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko New Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko New Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko New Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko New Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $161
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $161
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0898 448 696
- [email protected]
- Website
- bansko.net
Bus from Plovdiv South to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- bansko.org
Bus from Plovdiv South to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- bansko.org
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- bansko.net
- Phone
- +30 23210-22822
- [email protected]
- 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
Bus from Serres to Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $4–17
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Râmnicu Vâlcea to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85–150
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- [email protected]
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Bucharest to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $33
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Râmnicu Vâlcea Socar
- Ave. Duration
- 2d
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80–190
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–100
- Website
- Irish Ferries
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Estimated price
- $50–65
Sevan Taksi
- Phone
- +359 35 950 809
Ivanina Taxi
- Phone
- +359 87 750 6660
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Bulgaria
- Phone
- +359 88 833 3405
- Website
- taxi-bulgaria.com
Tiko Taxi
- Phone
- +359 89 544 1255
- Website
- tikotaxipazardzhik.com
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