There are 9 ways to get from Podgorica to Bansko by bus, car, plane, train, or shuttle
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Bus via Kyustendil
best- Take the bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Polje, Autobuska Stanica Barbus
- Take the bus from Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Kyustendilbus
- Take the bus from Kyustendil to Dupnitsabus
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Banskobus
13h 20m$76–96Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Banskobus
18h 48m$59–98Drive 534.2 km
- Drive from Podgorica to Banskocar 534.2 km
8h 28m$85–122Fly Podgorica Airport to Sofia Airport, bus
- Fly from Podgorica Airport (TGD) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane TGD - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Banskobus
10h 42m$86–257Train, bus
- Take the train from Podgorica to Sutomoretrain Re
- Take the bus from Sutomore, Autobuska stanica to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Kyustendilbus
- Take the train from Kyustendil to Radomirtrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Radomir to Blagoevgradtrain Ic / ...
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad to Banskobus
15h 4m$73–86Bus via Pristina
- Take the bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko New Stationbus
21h 51m$70–86Fly Podgorica Airport to Skopje International Airport, drive
- Fly from Podgorica Airport (TGD) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane TGD - SKP
- Drive from Skopje-Airport-SKP to Banskocar
9h 14m$140–322Shuttle to Tivat Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Podgorica Airport to Kotor, Autobuska Stanica
- Fly from Tivat Airport (TIV) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane TIV - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Banskobus
14h 6m$256–510Fly Podgorica Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Podgorica Airport (TGD) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane TGD - 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
13h 2m$132–325
Podgorica to Bansko by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Podgorica to Bansko is to bus via Pristina which costs $70 - $90 and takes 21h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Podgorica to Bansko is to drive which takes 8h 28m and costs $80 - $130.
No, there is no direct bus from Podgorica station to Bansko. However, there are services departing from Podgorica , Bus station and arriving at Bansko via Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar, Kumanovo, Kyustendil, Dupnitsa and Blagoevgrad. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 20m.
The distance between Podgorica and Bansko is 655 km. The road distance is 534.2 km.
The best way to get from Podgorica to Bansko without a car is to bus via Kyustendil which takes 13h 20m and costs $75 - $100.
It takes approximately 13h 20m to get from Podgorica to Bansko, including transfers.
Podgorica to Bansko bus services, operated by Zejdin Tours, depart from Podgorica , Bus station.
Podgorica to Bansko bus services, operated by Zejdin Tours, arrive at Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar station.
Bansko is 1h ahead of Podgorica. It is currently 2:23 AM in Podgorica and 3:23 AM in Bansko.
Yes, the driving distance between Podgorica to Bansko is 534 km. It takes approximately 8h 28m to drive from Podgorica to Bansko.
What companies run services between Podgorica, Montenegro and Bansko, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Bansko via Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar, Kumanovo, Kyustendil, Dupnitsa, and Blagoevgrad in around 13h 20m.
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–270
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Skopje International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–260
Flights from Tivat Airport to Sofia Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–310
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 1m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180–350
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Tivat Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $150–280
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–340
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $210–550
Flights from Tivat Airport to Sofia Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–400
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Skopje International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–480
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Skopje International Airport via Izmir
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–470
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
Flights from Tivat Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–600
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–270
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Tivat Airport to Sofia Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $180–340
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Podgorica Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–230
- Phone
- +382 20 441 197
- [email protected]
- Website
- Railways of Montenegro (ŽPCG)
Train from Podgorica to Sutomore
- Ave. Duration
- 44 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–6
- Website
- Railways of Montenegro (ŽPCG)
- Second Class
- $2–3
- First Class
- $5–6
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Kyustendil to Radomir
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $1–2
- 1st Class
- $2–3
Train from Radomir to Blagoevgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $1–2
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $1–2
- 1st Class
- $1–2
- Phone
- +38269233966
- [email protected]
- Website
- zejdin-tours.com
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–13
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +381 20 41 1090
- [email protected]
- Website
- polazak.rs
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Schedules at
- m.facebook.com
- Phone
- +381 800 334 334
- [email protected]
- Website
- lasta.rs
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar
- Phone
- +382 69 312 161
- [email protected]
- Website
- MS tours
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–12
- Website
- MS tours
- Phone
- +381 68 109 090
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8
- Schedules at
- traveling.com
- Phone
- +389 2 2566668
- [email protected]
- Website
- vardarexpress.com
Bus from Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $51
- Schedules at
- vardarexpress.com
Bus from Sutomore, Autobuska stanica to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $51
- Schedules at
- vardarexpress.com
- Phone
- +359 2 981 58 56
- [email protected]
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Kyustendil
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–20
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Kyustendil
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–20
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +359 7855 0204
- [email protected]
- Website
- kyustendil.bg
Bus from Kyustendil to Dupnitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- kyustendil.bg
- Phone
- 0722 60019
- [email protected]
- Website
- Tourist Information Centre - Samokov
Bus from Kyustendil to Dupnitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- Tourist Information Centre - Samokov
- Phone
- 0898 448 696
- [email protected]
- Website
- bansko.net
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- bansko.net
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- bansko.net
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- bansko.net
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- 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 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 Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4–13
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4–13
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4–13
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Blagoevgrad to Bansko
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- [email protected]
- Website
- ruleturs.mk
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
- Phone
- +389 71 77 55 29
- [email protected]
- Website
- ganicekskluziv.mk
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- ganicekskluziv.mk
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- [email protected]
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Schedules at
- en.kaleiatravel.com
- Phone
- +383 44 317 988
- [email protected]
- Website
- Vetoni Tourist
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–29
- Website
- Vetoni Tourist
- Phone
- +383 44 162 498
- [email protected]
- Website
- Barileva Turist
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $21–26
- Website
- Barileva Turist
- Phone
- +383 49 196 565
- [email protected]
Bus from Pristina to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +382 69 737 787
- [email protected]
- Website
- gomontenegro.me
Shuttle from Podgorica Airport to Kotor, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Schedules at
- gomontenegro.me
- 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
- $7–10
- 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
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