There are 14 ways to get from Cardiff to Bitola by train, plane, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
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Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus, train
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)BRS - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje, Transporten Centar (Скопjе, Транспортен Центар)
- Take the train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bitola
17h 30m$128–315Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-MidiEil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)HbfIce
- Take the bus from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Kočani
- Take the bus from Kočani to Bitola
32h 35mTrain, bus via Sankt Pölten
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuid
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to St.Poelten HbfNj
- Take the bus from Sankt Pölten to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to BitolaRe
37h 21m$294–643Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Bitola
26h 52mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)LHR - TIA
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Ohrid
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Bitola
13h 19m$199–455Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)STN - TIA
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Ohrid
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Bitola
14h 11m$153–460Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)LTN - TIA
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Ohrid
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Bitola
14h 5m$141–447Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Skopje International Airport, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)BRS - SKP
- Take the train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bitola
15h 31m$128–363Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)BRS - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelija
- Take the train from Gevgelija to Negotino
- Take the bus from Negotino to Bitola
14h 27mTrain to London Stansted Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)STN - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelija
- Take the train from Gevgelija to Negotino
- Take the bus from Negotino to Bitola
16h 15mTrain, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)LGW - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelija
- Take the train from Gevgelija to Negotino
- Take the bus from Negotino to Bitola
16h 25mTrain, bus #2
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Southampton Central
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Brighton
- Take the bus from Brighton to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Ohrid
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Bitola
42h 10mBus
- Take the bus from Kingsway GD to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train station
- Take the bus from Brussels-Nord to Ferizaj
- Take the bus from Ferizaj to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bitola
2d 5h$184–278Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Bitola
28h$545–808
Cardiff to Bitola by bus and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Bitola is to train and fly and bus which costs $120 - $320 and takes 17h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Bitola is to train and fly and bus which takes 13h 19m and costs $190 - $460.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Bitola. However, there are services departing from Kingsway GD and arriving at Bitola via London Victoria, Brussels-Nord, Ferizaj and Skopje, Transporten Centar. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 5h.
The distance between Cardiff and Bitola is 2664 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Bitola without a car is to train and bus which takes 32h 35m and costs .
It takes approximately 17h 30m to get from Cardiff to Bitola, including transfers.
Cardiff to Bitola bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Kingsway GD station.
Cardiff to Bitola bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Bitola is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 10:20 AM in Cardiff and 11:20 AM in Bitola.
There are 235+ hotels available in Bitola.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Bitola, North Macedonia?
You can take a bus from Kingsway GD to Bitola via London Victoria, Brussels-North train station, Brussels-Nord, Ferizaj, and Skopje, Transporten Centar in around 2d 5h.
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- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–150
Flights from Bristol Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $60–150
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–330
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $70–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–150
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–430
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $28–150
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Skopje International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $80–240
Flights from Bristol Airport to Skopje International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–240
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–220
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–260
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $80–240
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $100–290
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–310
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–130
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–200
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $9–24
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +389 (2) 3 164 255
- mztransportad@mztransportad.com.mk
- Website
- mzt.mk
Train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 4 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
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $95–360
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Frankfurt(Main)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $55–160
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–230
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $65–100
- 1st Class
- $130–230
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- $110–160
- 1st Class
- $170–250
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–50
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Southampton Central to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–35
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.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 70 638 014
- info@metaktrans.mk
- Website
- metaktrans.mk
Bus from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Kočani
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 48m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- metaktrans.mk
- Phone
- 033/273-551
- avtoatom@yahoo.com
- Website
- avtoatom.com.mk
Bus from Kočani to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- avtoatom.mk
Bus from Ohrid to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- avtoatom.mk
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Sankt Pölten to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Elbasan to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Tirana to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–21
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- Phone
- +389 72 230-200
- info@ekstrabus.com
- Website
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Ohrid to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- 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
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Ohrid to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19
- 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
- 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 34 346 030
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Negotino to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Brighton to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- nelatraveltours@gmail.com
- Website
- nelatravel.site
Bus from Tirana to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- nelatravel.site
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Kingsway GD to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $9–29
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +383 44198634
- meticomercc@hotmail.com
- Website
- autobus.al
Bus from Brussels-Nord to Ferizaj
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $116
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 119 284
- info@vectortravelgroup.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Ferizaj to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- vectortravel.eu
- Phone
- +389 70 667 766
- loni.tours@hotmail.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Ferizaj to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–50
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $90–220
- On Foot
- $40–50
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