There are 10 ways to get from Bucharest to Bitola by bus, night train, train, car, or plane
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Bus
best- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Kavadarcibus
- Take the bus from Kavadarci to Bitolabus
15h 56mBus via Kumanovo
cheapest- Take the bus from Bucharest Gară Filaret to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Kumanovobus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bitolabus
19h 38m$53–77Night train, train, bus
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsanighttrain
- Take the train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofiatrain 461 / ...
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the train from Skopje to Bitolatrain 645 / ...
17h 14m$58–121Drive 737 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Bitolacar 737 km
10h 18m$118–170Fly to Ioannina National Airport, bus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Ioannina National Airport (IOA)plane OTP - IOA
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Florinabus
12h 35mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofiatrain 461
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the train from Skopje to Bitolatrain 645 / ...
19h 59m$71–131Fly to Skopje International Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane OTP - SKP
- Take the train from Skopje to Bitolatrain
14h 16m$150–429Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane OTP - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelijabus
- Take the train from Gevgelija to Negotinotrain
- Take the bus from Negotino to Bitolabus
11h 32mFly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane OTP - TIA
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Ohridbus
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Bitolabus
10h 45m$147–355Fly to Sofia Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane OTP - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the train from Skopje to Bitolatrain
14h 31m$152–359
Bucharest to Bitola by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Bitola is to bus via Kumanovo which costs $50 - $80 and takes 19h 38m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Bitola is to drive which takes 10h 18m and costs $110 - $170.
No, there is no direct bus from Bucharest to Bitola. However, there are services departing from București, Autogara Militari and arriving at Bitola via Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika and Kavadarci. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 56m.
The distance between Bucharest and Bitola is 739 km. The road distance is 737 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Bitola without a car is to bus which takes 15h 56m and costs .
It takes approximately 15h 56m to get from Bucharest to Bitola, including transfers.
Bucharest to Bitola bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from București, Autogara Militari station.
Bucharest to Bitola bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Sofia station.
Bitola is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 12:11 AM in Bucharest and 11:11 PM in Bitola.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Bitola is 737 km. It takes approximately 10h 18m to drive from Bucharest to Bitola.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Bitola, North Macedonia?
You can take a bus from București, Autogara Militari to Bitola via Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika and Kavadarci in around 15h 56m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $40–210
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Ioannina National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $55–400
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Ioannina National Airport via Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 6m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–310
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Ioannina National Airport via Corfu, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–320
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Skopje International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–300
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $40–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–400
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Skopje International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–200
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $6–11
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $6–10
- 1st Class
- $9–11
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–15
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $9–13
- 1st Class
- $12–15
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–30
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $47–51
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- 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
- $11–40
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
Train from Gevgelija to Negotino
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4–14
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +389 72 230-200
- info@ekstrabus.com
- Website
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Kavadarci
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Kavadarci to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Negotino to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Ohrid to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
- Phone
- +389 34 346 030
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Kavadarci to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/strumicaekspres
Bus from Negotino to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/strumicaekspres
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–30
- Schedules at
- traveling.com
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–29
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–29
- 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 Ohrid to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +30 2385 022 430
- info@ktelflorinas.gr
- Website
- ktel-florinas.gr
Bus from Ioannina to Florina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- ktel-florinas.gr
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Bucharest Gară Filaret to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–24
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelija
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Elbasan to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Schedules at
- eurobus.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
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