There are 9 ways to get from Bucharest to Bitola by bus, train, night train, car, or plane
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Bus, train
best- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus Simeonidis
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Florinatrain Re
13h 28m$75–111Night train, train, bus
cheapest- Take the night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsanighttrain
- Take the train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofiatrain 461 / ...
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje, Transporten Centar (Скопjе, Транспортен Центар)bus
- Take the train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bitolatrain
17h 15m$42–86Drive 736.7 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Bitolacar 736.7 km
10h 14m$118–170Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane OTP - SKG
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Florinatrain
8h 23m$149–329Bus
- 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, train via Sofia
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bitolatrain
18h 5m$44–107Bus via Skopje
- Take the bus from Bucharest Gară Filaret to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Dragomirovobus
- Take the bus from Kyustendil to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bitolabus
20h 16mFly to Ohrid Airport, bus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Ohrid Airport (OHD)plane OTP - OHD
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Bitolabus
11h 23m$203–492Fly to Skopje International Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane OTP - SKP
- Take the train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bitolatrain
14h 52m$156–389
Bucharest to Bitola by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Bitola is to night train and train and bus which costs $40 - $90 and takes 17h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Bitola is to fly and train which takes 8h 23m and costs $140 - $330.
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 902 km. The road distance is 736.7 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Bitola without a car is to night train and train and bus which takes 17h 15m and costs $40 - $90.
It takes approximately 13h 28m 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 7:39 AM in Bucharest and 6:39 AM in Bitola.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Bitola is 737 km. It takes approximately 10h 14m 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
- airserbia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Ohrid Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $75–450
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Skopje International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–250
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–200
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Skopje International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–270
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Ohrid Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $370–850
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Skopje International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–460
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Ohrid Airport via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–450
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Ohrid Airport via Dortmund
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–480
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $35–160
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Ohrid Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- flypgs.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Skopje International Airport via Sabiha Gokcen
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–350
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Florina
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- 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
- $10–11
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
- +389 (2) 3 164 255
- mztransportad@mztransportad.com.mk
- Website
- mzt.mk
Train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–40
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje, Transporten Centar (Скопjе, Транспортен Центар)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–35
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–60
- 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 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
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–27
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Bucharest Gară Filaret to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- traveling.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–35
- Schedules at
- facebook.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 Kyustendil to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–24
- 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
- $18–30
- 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
- +359 7855 0204
- tic@kustendil.bg
- Website
- kyustendil.bg
Bus from Sofia to Dragomirovo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- kyustendil.bg
- 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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