There are 9 ways to get from Bucharest to Lake Ohrid by plane, bus, car, night train, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane OTP - TIA
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Udënishtbus
7h 14mNight 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 bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Podmoljebus
16h 32m$35–50Bus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Podmoljebus
16h 7m$47–94Drive 774 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Ohridcar 774 km
10h 51m$124–179Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane OTP - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Kozanibus
- Take the bus from Kozani to Pogradecbus
10h 58mFly to Skopje International Airport, bus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane OTP - SKP
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Podmoljebus
14h 9m$143–393Fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane OTP - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje, Transporten Centar (Скопjе, Транспортен Центар)bus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Podmoljebus
13h 58m$148–294Bus via Sofia
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje, Transporten Centar (Скопjе, Транспортен Центар)bus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Podmoljebus
16h 7m$48–73Bus via Kyustendil
- 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 Podmoljebus
19h 28m
Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Lake Ohrid is to night train and train and bus which costs $35 - $50 and takes 16h 32m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Lake Ohrid is to drive which takes 10h 51m and costs $120 - $180.
No, there is no direct bus from Bucharest to Lake Ohrid. However, there are services departing from București, Autogara Militari and arriving at Podmolje via Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika and Skopje, Transporten Centar. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 7m.
The distance between Bucharest and Lake Ohrid is 781 km. The road distance is 774 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Lake Ohrid without a car is to bus which takes 16h 7m and costs $45 - $95.
It takes approximately 7h 14m to get from Bucharest to Lake Ohrid, including transfers.
Bucharest to Lake Ohrid bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from București, Autogara Militari station.
Bucharest to Lake Ohrid bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Sofia station.
Lake Ohrid is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 6:26 PM in Bucharest and 5:26 PM in Lake Ohrid.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Lake Ohrid is 774 km. It takes approximately 10h 51m to drive from Bucharest to Lake Ohrid.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia?
You can take a bus from București, Autogara Militari to Podmolje via Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika and Skopje, Transporten Centar in around 16h 7m.
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $65–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–210
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–160
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–200
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Skopje International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Skopje International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–210
- 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
- $65–370
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Skopje International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200–800
- 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
- +355 69 213 1213
- Travelbusel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Udënisht
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- $28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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 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
- $18–29
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389 - 71 - 322 - 333
- Website
- martinoski.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Podmolje
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- martinoski.com
- vakcare@yahoo.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Podmolje
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064111145130
- Phone
- +30 2461034454
- info@ktelkozanis.gr
- Website
- ktelkozanis.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Kozani
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- ktelkozanis.gr
- Book at
- ktelkozanis.gr
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- metroeurotirane@hotmail.com
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Kozani to Pogradec
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- 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
- +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
- +359 7855 0204
- tic@kustendil.bg
- Website
- kyustendil.bg
Bus from Sofia to Dragomirovo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- kyustendil.bg
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