There are 11 ways to get from Bitola to Ruse by bus, train, car, plane, or shuttle
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Bus
best- Take the bus from Bitola to Kavadarci
- Take the bus from Kavadarci to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Ruse Central Bus Station
13h 31mTrain, bus via Kyustendil
cheapest- Take the train from Bitola to Skopje, Transporten CentarRe
- Take the bus from Kumanovo to Kyustendil
- Take the train from Kyustendil to SofiaRe
- Take the train from Sofia to RuseRe
19h$41–85Drive 663 km
- Drive from Bitola to Ruse663 km
8h 44m$105–151Train to Skopje International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Bitola to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Fly from Skopje International Airport (SKP) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)SKP - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
14h 31m$208–628Train, bus
- Take the train from Bitola to Skopje, Transporten CentarRe
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia to Ruse East
14h 39m$53–123Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bitola to Kavadarci
- Take the bus from Kavadarci to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Take the train from Sofia to RuseRe
15h 28mBus via Veliko Tŭrnovo
- Take the bus from Bitola to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar (Скопjе, Транспортен Центар) to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Veliko Tarnovo
- Take the bus from Veliko Turnovo to Ruse
17h 22m$49–63Train, bus to Sofia Airport, fly to Varna Airport, shuttle
- Take the train from Bitola to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Varna Airport (VAR)SOF - VAR
- Take a shuttle bus from Varna Airport to Ruse
16h 5m$186–540Bus, bus to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the bus from Bitola to Ohrid
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Elbasan
- Fly from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)TIA - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
11h 24m$199–556Train, bus to Sofia Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Bitola to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)SOF - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
15h 20m$201–570Bus, train, bus to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the bus from Bitola to Negotino
- Take the train from Negotino to Gevgelija
- Take the bus from Gevgelija to Thessaloníki
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)SKG - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
11h 38m
Bitola to Ruse by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bitola to Ruse is to bus via Veliko Tŭrnovo which costs $45 - $65 and takes 17h 22m.
The fastest way to get from Bitola to Ruse is to drive which takes 8h 44m and costs $100 - $160.
No, there is no direct bus from Bitola to Ruse station. However, there are services departing from Bitola and arriving at Ruse Central Bus Station via Kavadarci and Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 31m.
The distance between Bitola and Ruse is 682 km. The road distance is 663 km.
The best way to get from Bitola to Ruse without a car is to bus which takes 13h 31m and costs .
It takes approximately 13h 31m to get from Bitola to Ruse, including transfers.
Bitola to Ruse bus services, operated by Ekstrabus, depart from Bitola station.
Bitola to Ruse bus services, operated by Ekstrabus, arrive at Kavadarci station.
Ruse is 1h ahead of Bitola. It is currently 3:45 PM in Bitola and 4:45 PM in Ruse.
Yes, the driving distance between Bitola to Ruse is 663 km. It takes approximately 8h 44m to drive from Bitola to Ruse.
What companies run services between Bitola, North Macedonia and Ruse, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Bitola to Ruse Central Bus Station via Kavadarci, Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika, and Sofia Central Bus Station in around 13h 31m.
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–150
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–240
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–390
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $60–270
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Bucharest Otopeni via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–250
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–240
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $35–160
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Sofia Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–240
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210–490
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–270
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–310
- Phone
- +389 (2) 3 164 255
- mztransportad@mztransportad.com.mk
- Website
- mzt.mk
Train from Bitola to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–40
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
Train from Negotino to Gevgelija
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4–14
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Kyustendil to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $3–6
- 1st Class
- $5–6
Train from Sofia to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–21
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $11–16
- 1st Class
- $14–21
- Phone
- +389 72 230-200
- info@ekstrabus.com
- Website
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Bitola to Kavadarci
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Kavadarci to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Bitola to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Bitola to Negotino
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
- Phone
- +389 34 346 030
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bitola to Kavadarci
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Bitola to Negotino
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–22
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Veliko Tarnovo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–16
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 2 989000
- support.eu@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Ruse Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–17
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Veliko Tarnovo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Kumanovo to Kyustendil
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $15–20
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
Shuttle from Varna Airport to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $90–260
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–29
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
Bus from Bitola to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $19
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
Bus from Bitola to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- traveling.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–30
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia to Ruse East
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar (Скопjе, Транспортен Центар) to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–35
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 (2) 86 88 892
- office@biomet.bg
- Website
- biomet.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Veliko Tarnovo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–15
- Website
- https://biomet.bg/en/
- Phone
- +359 62 60 22 60
- info@alexok.com
- Website
- alexok.com
Bus from Veliko Turnovo to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Schedules at
- alexok.com
- Phone
- 033/273-551
- avtoatom@yahoo.com
- Website
- avtoatom.com.mk
Bus from Bitola to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- avtoatom.mk
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Ohrid to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- Phone
- +389 2 240 2528
- ruleturs@sas.com.mk
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Gevgelija to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- ruleturs.mk
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