There are 9 ways to get from Bitola to Varna by bus, train, car, plane, or shuttle
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Bus via Sofia
best- Take the bus from Bitola to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Stationbus
16h 55m$67–159Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Bitola to Skopjetrain 640 / ...
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofiabus
- Take the train from Sofia Sever to Varnatrain Ic
17h 55m$46–107Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bitola to Kavadarcibus
- Take the bus from Kavadarci to Sofiya, Avtogara Serdikabus
- Take the train from Sofia to Varnatrain Ic
17h 51mDrive 791.3 km
- Drive from Bitola to Varnacar 791.3 km
10h 14m$125–180Train to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, fly to Varna Airport
- Take the train from Florina to Thessalonikitrain
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane SKG - VAR
10h 14m$181–391Bus
- Take the bus from Bitola 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 Varna Central Bus Stationbus
21h 21m$66–104Train, bus to Sofia Airport, fly to Varna Airport
- Take the train from Bitola to Skopjetrain
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofiabus
- Fly from Sofia Airport (SOF) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane SOF - VAR
12h 10m$162–306Train to Skopje International Airport, fly to Varna Airport
- Take the train from Bitola to Skopjetrain
- Fly from Skopje International Airport (SKP) to Varna Airport (VAR)plane SKP - VAR
13h 8m$188–504Train to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle
- Take the train from Florina to Thessalonikitrain
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane SKG - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Varna
12h 36m$306–546
Bitola to Varna by train, bus, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bitola to Varna is to bus which costs $65 - $110 and takes 21h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Bitola to Varna is to train and fly which takes 10h 14m and costs $180 - $400.
No, there is no direct bus from Bitola to Varna station. However, there are services departing from Bitola and arriving at Varna Central Bus Station via Skopje, Transporten Centar and Sofia Central Bus Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 55m.
The distance between Bitola and Varna is 837 km. The road distance is 791.3 km.
The best way to get from Bitola to Varna without a car is to bus via Sofia which takes 16h 55m and costs $65 - $160.
It takes approximately 16h 55m to get from Bitola to Varna, including transfers.
Bitola to Varna bus services, operated by Transkop patnicki soobrakaj A.D. Bitola, depart from Bitola station.
Bitola to Varna bus services, operated by Transkop patnicki soobrakaj A.D. Bitola, arrive at Skopje, Transporten Centar station.
Varna is 1h ahead of Bitola. It is currently 6:19 PM in Bitola and 7:19 PM in Varna.
Yes, the driving distance between Bitola to Varna is 791 km. It takes approximately 10h 14m to drive from Bitola to Varna.
What companies run services between Bitola, North Macedonia and Varna, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Bitola to Varna Central Bus Station via Skopje, Transporten Centar, Sofia, and Sofia Central Bus Station in around 16h 55m.
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Sofia Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $35–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Varna Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–260
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Varna Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Varna Airport via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–260
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–270
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Varna Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $150–600
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 57m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–330
Flights from Skopje International Airport to Varna Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $260–700
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Sofia Airport to Varna Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–110
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bucharest Otopeni via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–190
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–130
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–180
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $16–23
- 1st Class
- $22–28
Train from Sofia Sever to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $16–23
- 1st Class
- $21–28
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Florina to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +389 (2) 3 164 255
- mztransportad@mztransportad.com.mk
- Website
- mzt.mk
Train from Bitola to Skopje
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $12–40
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- 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 Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- 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 2 989000
- support.eu@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 810
- reservations@eurolines.bg
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $65–100
- Website
- https://www.karat-s.com/
- 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
- Phone
- +389 34 346 030
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bitola to Kavadarci
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/strumicaekspres
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- helpline.svs@gmail.com
- Website
- svs.md
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Varna Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- https://svs.md/en/bus/route/number-19167
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $240–330
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
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