There are 13 ways to get from Cardiff to Macedonia by train, plane, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
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 Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Station
- Take the train from Dupnitsa to Petrich
12h 7m$119–336Train, bus, drive
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Stuttgart HbfTgv
- Take the bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Strumica
- Drive from Strumica to Macedonia
28h 55mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Macedonia
26h 54mFly Cardiff Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, train, drive
- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)CWL - SKG
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolis
- Drive from Rodopolis to Macedonia
16h 7m$178–740Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, train, drive
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)BRS - SKG
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolis
- Drive from Rodopolis to Macedonia
11h 10m$196–311Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)LHR - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Station
- Take the train from Dupnitsa to Petrich
13h 12m$191–437Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, drive
- 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 train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolis
- Drive from Rodopolis to Macedonia
13h 17m$198–470Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, 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 Sofia Airport (SOF)LTN - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Station
- Take the train from Dupnitsa to Petrich
13h 50m$139–370Train, bus, drive via Munich
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris NordEil
- Take the train from Paris l'Est to München Hbf83
- Take the bus from München, ZOB to Strumica
- Drive from Strumica to Macedonia
29h 3mBus, drive
- Take the bus from Park Place to Birmingham Coach Station111
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Rodopolis
- Drive from Rodopolis to Macedonia
39h 41m$119–206Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Antwerp814
- Take the bus from Antwerp Berchem Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Take the train from Sofia to Petrich
2d 2h$210–421Train, bus, drive #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 Thessaloníki
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to RodopolisRe
- Drive from Rodopolis to Macedonia
2d 3hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Macedonia
28h 3m$545–808
Bristol Airport (BRS) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Macedonia is to bus and drive which costs $110 - $210 and takes 39h 41m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Macedonia is to train and fly and drive which takes 11h 10m and costs $190 - $320.
The distance between Cardiff and Macedonia is 2465 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Macedonia without a car is to train and bus which takes 2 days 2h and costs $210 - $430.
It takes approximately 12h 7m to get from Cardiff to Macedonia, including transfers.
Macedonia is 2h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 1:42 AM in Cardiff and 3:42 AM in Macedonia.
There are 342+ hotels available in Macedonia.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Macedonia, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Cardiff to Macedonia. However, you can take the train to Bristol Temple Meads, walk to Bristol Temple Meads, take the shuttle to Bristol Airport, walk to Bristol Airport (BRS) airport, fly to Sofia Airport (SOF), walk to Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop, take the bus to Dupnitsa Bus Station, walk to Dupnitsa, take the train to Petrich, then take the taxi to Macedonia. Alternatively, you can take a train from Cardiff Central to Macedonia via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras Intl, Paris Nord, Paris Est, Stuttgart Hbf, Stuttgart Hbf, and Strumica in around 28h 55m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–430
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–220
Flights from Bristol Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–220
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–250
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $80–250
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $85–260
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–200
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–470
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $28–90
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–150
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- 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
- $35–60
- 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
- $11–26
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Dupnitsa to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $4–6
- 1st Class
- $6–7
Train from Sofia to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–11
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $6–10
- 1st Class
- $9–11
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $95–390
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–250
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–180
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Paris l'Est to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 46m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $70–190
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- 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
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/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
- $12–35
- 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
- $20–50
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Phone
- +359 2 493 0191
- info@traventuria.com
- Website
- traventuria.com
Bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–15
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- Phone
- +389 70 638 014
- info@metaktrans.mk
- Website
- metaktrans.mk
Bus from Stuttgart Hbf to Strumica
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- metaktrans.mk
Bus from München, ZOB to Strumica
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 49m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- metaktrans.mk
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Park Place to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–55
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- 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
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Rodopolis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from London Victoria to Antwerp
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Antwerp Berchem Bus Stop to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 32h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $95–140
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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 67 604 2191
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- 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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