There are 9 ways to get from Bucharest to Shtip by bus, car, night train, train, plane, or shuttle
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Bus, drive
best- Take the bus from Bucharest to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Kyustendilbus
- Drive from Kyustendil to Makedonska Kamenicacar
- Take the bus from Makedonska Kamenica to Štipbus
12h 39mNight train, train, drive
cheapest- Take the night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsanighttrain
- Take the train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofiatrain 461 / ...
- Take the train from Sofia to Kyustendiltrain
- Drive from Kyustendil to Shtipcar
13h 14m$55–74Drive 585.6 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Shtipcar 585.6 km
8h 19m$94–135Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Sofia Airport, bus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane OTP - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Blagoevgrad Train Stationbus
- Take the bus from Delčevo to Štipbus
9h 44mBus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje, Transporten Centar (Скопjе, Транспортен Центар)bus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Štipbus
13h 50mBus via București, Autogara Militari
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Štipbus
15h 5mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofiatrain 461
- Take the bus from Sofia to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Štipbus
19hFly Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane OTP - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelijabus
- Take the bus from Gevgelija to Strumicabus
- Take the bus from Strumica to Štipbus
11h 4mShuttle to Varna Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest to Varna
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane VAR - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Blagoevgrad Train Stationbus
- Take the bus from Delčevo to Štipbus
11h 55m
Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Shtip is to night train and train and drive which costs $55 - $75 and takes 13h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Shtip is to drive which takes 8h 19m and costs $90 - $140.
No, there is no direct bus from Bucharest to Shtip. However, there are services departing from Bucharest and arriving at Štip via Sofia Central Bus Station and Skopje, Transporten Centar. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 50m.
The distance between Bucharest and Shtip is 647 km. The road distance is 585.6 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Shtip without a car is to bus which takes 13h 50m and costs .
It takes approximately 12h 39m to get from Bucharest to Shtip, including transfers.
Bucharest to Shtip bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, depart from Bucharest station.
Bucharest to Shtip bus services, operated by LIKEBUS, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
Shtip is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 7:25 PM in Bucharest and 6:25 PM in Shtip.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Shtip is 586 km. It takes approximately 8h 19m to drive from Bucharest to Shtip.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Shtip, North Macedonia?
You can take a bus from Bucharest to Štip via Sofia Central Bus Station and Skopje, Transporten Centar in around 13h 50m.
- 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
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–210
Flights from Varna Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–210
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–140
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–190
- 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
- $7–11
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $7–10
- 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
Train from Sofia to Kyustendil
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $3–6
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–31
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $48–52
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- callcenter@likebus.ua
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Bucharest to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- +359 7855 0204
- tic@kustendil.bg
- Website
- kyustendil.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Kyustendil
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- kyustendil.bg
- Phone
- +389 33 471 139
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Makedonska Kamenica to Štip
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/Berovo-trans-862062503867001/
Bus from Delčevo to Štip
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/Berovo-trans-862062503867001/
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Štip
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/Berovo-trans-862062503867001/
- Phone
- +359 2 493 0191
- info@traventuria.com
- Website
- traventuria.com
Bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Blagoevgrad Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- 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
- +389 34 346 030
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Štip
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/strumicaekspres
Bus from Gevgelija to Strumica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/strumicaekspres
Bus from Strumica to Štip
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/strumicaekspres
- Phone
- 033/273-551
- avtoatom@yahoo.com
- Website
- avtoatom.com.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Štip
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- avtoatom.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
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofia to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Sofia to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelija
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–24
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest to Varna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $230–320
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
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