There are 14 ways to get from Basel to Bitola by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Ohrid Airport, bus
best- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ohrid Airport (OHD)plane ZRH - OHD
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Bitolabus
7h 33m$230–739Bus #2
cheapest- Take the bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Vranje, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Vranje to Bitolabus
31h 24m$20–131Train, bus via Sankt Pölten
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Sarganstrain Ic3 / ...
- Take the train from Sargans to St.Poelten Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the bus from Sankt Pölten to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the train from Skopje to Bitolatrain 645 / ...
26h 5m$184–372Train, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the bus from Bern to Velesbus
- Take the train from Veles to Bitolatrain
27h 13mDrive, car train
- Drive from Basel to München Ostcar
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Bitolacar
18h 27m$401–563Fly Mulhouse to Ohrid Airport, bus
- Fly from Mulhouse (MLH) to Ohrid Airport (OHD)plane MLH - OHD
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Bitolabus
6h 34m$204–838Fly Mulhouse to Skopje International Airport, train
- Fly from Mulhouse (MLH) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane MLH - SKP
- Take the train from Skopje to Bitolatrain
11h 57m$112–585Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Skopje International Airport, train
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane ZRH - SKP
- Take the train from Skopje to Bitolatrain
12h 51m$143–496Fly Basel to Pristina, train
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Pristina (PRN)plane BSL - PRN
- Take the train from Sh. Ekonomike to Skopjetrain
- Take the train from Skopje to Bitolatrain
14h 2m$93–384Train to Zurich Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Zürich HBtrain
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane ZRH - TIA
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Ohridbus
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Bitolabus
11h 34m$139–332Fly Mulhouse to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Fly from Mulhouse (MLH) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane MLH - TIA
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Ohridbus
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Bitolabus
10h 24m$103–431Bus via Skopje
- Take the bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Zürich Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Zürich hbf to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bitolabus
27h 52m$166–168Bus
- Take the bus from Olten to Strugabus
- Take the bus from Struga to Bitolabus
30h 24m$105–173Drive 1,820.1 km
- Drive from Basel to Bitolacar 1,820.1 km
19h 19m$367–530
Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ohrid Airport (OHD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Basel to Bitola is to bus which costs $19 - $140 and takes 31h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Basel to Bitola is to fly and bus which takes 6h 34m and costs $200 - $850.
No, there is no direct bus from Basel to Bitola. However, there are services departing from Basel, Bahnhof and arriving at Bitola via Zürich hbf and Skopje, Transporten Centar. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 52m.
The distance between Basel and Bitola is 1375 km. The road distance is 1820.1 km.
The best way to get from Basel to Bitola without a car is to train and bus via Sankt Pölten which takes 26h 5m and costs $180 - $380.
It takes approximately 7h 33m to get from Basel to Bitola, including transfers.
Basel to Bitola bus services, operated by GrandBus, depart from Basel, Bahnhof station.
Basel to Bitola bus services, operated by GrandBus, arrive at Zürich Bus Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Basel to Bitola is 1820 km. It takes approximately 19h 19m to drive from Basel to Bitola.
There are 237+ hotels available in Bitola.
What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Bitola, North Macedonia?
You can take a bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Bitola via Zürich Bus Station, Zürich hbf, and Skopje, Transporten Centar in around 27h 52m.
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ohrid Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Skopje International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–440
Flights from Basel to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–380
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ohrid Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–800
Flights from Zurich Airport to Skopje International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $200–440
Flights from Basel to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–380
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ohrid Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Skopje International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–120
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ohrid Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Zurich Airport to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–370
Flights from Basel to Pristina via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Mulhouse to Ohrid Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–800
Flights from Mulhouse to Skopje International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–400
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ohrid Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Zurich Airport to Skopje International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–350
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–350
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $105–115
Flights from Basel to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–400
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Basel to Pristina via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–480
Flights from Zurich Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $85–350
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Mulhouse to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–320
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–90
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Bern
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Basel SBB to Sargans
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–22
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Sargans to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- $100–150
- Phone
- +389 (2) 3 164 255
- mztransportad@mztransportad.com.mk
- Website
- mzt.mk
Train from Skopje to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–40
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
Train from Veles to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–29
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +383 038 534 – 814
- info@trainkos.com
- Website
- trainkos.com
Train from Sh. Ekonomike to Skopje
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- http://www.trainkos.com/
- Phone
- +389 72 230-200
- info@ekstrabus.com
- Website
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Ohrid to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
- Phone
- 033/273-551
- avtoatom@yahoo.com
- Website
- avtoatom.com.mk
Bus from Ohrid to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- avtoatom.mk
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Ohrid to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $19
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
Bus from Struga to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Sankt Pölten to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Elbasan to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- Phone
- +389 71 557 111
- niko_ekspres@hotmail.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Bern to Veles
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +38 098-888-11-08
- igoruzhanskyi@grandbus.com.ua
- Website
- grandbus.com.ua
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.grandbus.com.ua/en
- Phone
- +390975 343195
- info@ventrebus.com
- Website
- ventrebus.com
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $8
- Schedules at
- ventrebus.com
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Basel, Bahnhof to Zürich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Zürich hbf to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $142
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +389 42 217 370
- durmotours@yahoo.com
- Website
- durmotours.com.mk
Bus from Olten to Struga
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $80–130
- Schedules at
- durmotours.com.mk
- Phone
- +381 35 433 333
- info@bogojevic.eu
- Website
- bogojevic-reisen.ch
Bus from Basel, Meret Oppenheim-Strasse to Vranje, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $1–110
- Website
- http://www.bogojevic-reisen.ch
- Phone
- (389) 46 251-882
- info@galeb.mk
- Website
- galeb.mk
Bus from Vranje to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19–28
- Schedules at
- galeb.mk
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