There are 5 ways to get from Melbourne to Bansko by plane, bus, night train, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MEL - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Banskobus
28h 15m$777–1,636Fly to Istanbul, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Istanbul (IST)plane MEL - IST
- Take the bus from İstanbul Beşyüzevler to Harmanlibus
- Take the train from Harmanli to Plovdivtrain
- Take the bus from Plovdiv South to Banskobus
34h 40m$603–1,258Fly to Kavala International Airport, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Kavala International Airport (KVA)plane MEL - KVA
- Take the bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Banskobus
32h 21m$640–1,651Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, night train, train, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane MEL - OTP
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Dimitrovgradnighttrain
- Take the train from Dimitrovgrad to Plovdivtrain
- Take the bus from Plovdiv South to Banskobus
35h 52m$684–1,266Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane MEL - 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
31h 9m$796–2,459
Melbourne Airport (MEL) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Melbourne to Bansko is to fly and bus and train which costs $600 - $1,300 and takes 34h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Melbourne to Bansko is to fly and bus which takes 28h 15m and costs $750 - $1,700.
The distance between Melbourne and Bansko is 15293 km.
It takes approximately 28h 15m to get from Melbourne to Bansko, including transfers.
Bansko is 7h behind Melbourne. It is currently 9:25 AM in Melbourne and 2:25 AM in Bansko.
There are 1256+ hotels available in Bansko.
What companies run services between Melbourne, VIC, Australia and Bansko, Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Melbourne to Bansko. However, you can take the bus to Melbourne Airport T3 Skybus/Arrival Dr, walk to Melbourne Airport (MEL) airport, fly to Sofia Airport (SOF), walk to Sofia Airport, take the subway to Sofia Iskarsko Shose, walk to Iskarsko Shose, take the train to Sofia, walk to Sofia Central Bus Station, then take the bus to Bansko. Alternatively, you can take the bus to Melbourne Airport T3 Skybus/Arrival Dr, walk to Melbourne Airport (MEL) airport, fly to Kavala International Airport (KVA), walk to Kavala Airport, take the bus to Chrysoupoli, take the bus to Kavala Central Bus Station, then take the bus to Bansko.
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Sofia Airport via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Sofia Airport via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 21m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $550–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Dubai
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kavala International Airport via Dubai, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kavala International Airport via Doha, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $800–2,200
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kavala International Airport via Abu Dhabi, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,600
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Dubai, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Dubai, Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Doha, Larnaca
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,500
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Doha
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $500–1,400
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Sofia Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $950–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–900
- Website
- etihad.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,000
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Abu Dhabi
- Ave. Duration
- 26h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $550–900
- Website
- rj.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Dubai, Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Doha, Amman
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,300
- Website
- thaiairways.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Istanbul via Suvarnabhumi
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,500
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Kavala International Airport via Suvarnabhumi, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,300
- Website
- arkia.co.il
Flights from Melbourne Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Dubai, Tel Aviv
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $600–1,700
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Dimitrovgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $6–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $6–9
- 1st Class
- $7–10
Train from Dimitrovgrad to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $1–3
- 1st Class
- $2–3
Train from Harmanli to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $2–3
- 1st Class
- $2–4
- Phone
- 0898 448 696
- [email protected]
- Website
- bansko.net
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Schedules at
- bansko.net
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
Bus from Plovdiv South to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- bansko.org
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- [email protected]
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–27
- Schedules at
- en.kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Kavala Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–28
- Schedules at
- en.kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Schedules at
- en.kaleiatravel.com
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–13
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- 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
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- 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
- 0545 792 30 02
- [email protected]
- Website
- luksyonca.com.tr
Bus from İstanbul Beşyüzevler to Harmanli
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $23
- Schedules at
- luksyonca.com.tr
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