There are 12 ways to get from Cardiff to Ohrid by plane, bus, train, 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.
Fly Cardiff Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
best- Fly from Cardiff Airport (CWL) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane CWL - TIA
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Ohridbus
16h 5m$122–437Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane BRS - SKG
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Florinatrain
- Take the bus from Bitola to Ohridbus
14h 14m$115–355Train, bus via Cologne
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbftrain Ice
- Take the bus from Cologne to Ohridbus
33h 9m$375–643Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Ohridcar
28h 22m$655–907Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane BHX - TIA
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Ohridbus
12h 2m$155–528Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane LHR - TIA
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Ohridbus
12h$199–586Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane LTN - TIA
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Ohridbus
12h 43m$139–443Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Pristina, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Pristina (PRN)plane LTN - PRN
- Take the bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohridbus
16h 40m$192–778Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Anvers-Centraltrain Eil
- Take the bus from Antwerpen-Centraal to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Elbasanbus
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Ohridbus
33h 57m$407–858Train, bus #2
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Brightontrain
- Take the bus from Brighton to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Ohridbus
40h 30mBus
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Duisburg central train stationbus
- Take the bus from Duisburg to Ohridbus
2d 4h$191–281Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Ohridcar
29h 31m$535–858
Cardiff to Ohrid by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Ohrid is to train and fly and bus which costs $110 - $360 and takes 14h 14m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Ohrid is to train and fly and bus which takes 12h and costs $190 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Ohrid. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Ohrid via London Victoria and Duisburg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 4h.
The distance between Cardiff and Ohrid is 2247 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Ohrid without a car is to train and bus via Cologne which takes 33h 9m and costs $370 - $650.
It takes approximately 16h 5m to get from Cardiff to Ohrid, including transfers.
Cardiff to Ohrid bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Ohrid bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Ohrid is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 9:00 AM in Cardiff and 10:00 AM in Ohrid.
There are 1457+ hotels available in Ohrid.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Ohrid, North Macedonia?
You can take a bus from Park Place to Ohrid via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, and Duisburg in around 2d 4h.
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $23–200
Flights from Luton Airport to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–400
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–360
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–230
Flights from Luton Airport to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $90–380
Flights from Luton Airport to Pristina via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–390
Flights from Luton Airport to Pristina via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $90–380
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–250
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 37m
- When
- Friday, Monday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–600
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $65–250
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $65–260
- Website
- sunexpress.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Antalya
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $210–850
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Malaga
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–420
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Cardiff Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–490
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $170–600
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $45–190
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $80–150
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–120
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $150–250
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Anvers-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $170–280
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Koeln Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- customer.support@eurotunnel.com
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $154
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- $154
Train from Cardiff Central to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $60–95
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $21–28
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $21–28
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $17–27
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Thessaloniki to Florina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from Southampton Central to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Elbasan to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Elbasan to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Elbasan to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Elbasan to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Elbasan to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Tirana to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–21
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Duisburg to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $110–150
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- Phone
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- Nasir Tours
Bus from Cologne to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $97
- Website
- Nasir Tours
- Phone
- 033/273-551
- avtoatom@yahoo.com
- Website
- avtoatom.com.mk
Bus from Bitola to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–7
- Schedules at
- avtoatom.mk
- Phone
- +389 72 230-200
- info@ekstrabus.com
- Website
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Bitola to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Bitola to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +383 49 166 760
- amalfitours2003@gmail.com
- Website
- Amalfi Tours
Bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–13
- Website
- Amalfi Tours
- Phone
- +389 76 241 003
- Info@drd.si
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- motoja.ks@gmail.com
- Website
- Motoja
Bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Website
- Motoja
- Phone
- +389 71 302 600
- classik.kompani@hotmail.com
- Website
- traveling.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–22
- Schedules at
- Classic Company
- Phone
- (389) 46 251-882
- info@galeb.mk
- Website
- galeb.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Schedules at
- galeb.mk
- Phone
- 078/421-297
- biserprom.mk@gmail.com
- Website
- biserprom.com.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–16
- Schedules at
- biserprom.com.mk
- Phone
- +389 71 77 55 29
- ganic.ekskluziv@yahoo.com
- Website
- ganicekskluziv.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–25
- Schedules at
- ganicekskluziv.mk
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- anumitravel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Antwerpen-Centraal to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $145
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Brighton to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 38 616 161
- travel@gjirafa.com
- Website
- gjirafa.com
Bus from Tirana to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $5–280
- Schedules at
- Linja të autobusëve Gjirafa
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- info@nelatours.com
- Website
- nelatours.com
Bus from Tirana to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- nelatravel.site
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Duisburg central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +389 44 338 003
- info@bashkimtours.com
Bus from Duisburg to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 36h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- Bashkim Tours
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.fr
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–100
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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