There are 12 ways to get from Cardiff to Ohrid by train, plane, bus, car, car train, night 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 Ohrid Airport
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Ohrid Airport (OHD)BRS - OHD
14h 10m$180–489Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
cheapest- 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
12h 26m$118–443Train, 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 Ohrid
35h 17m$287–628Train, bus
- 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
40h 30mDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestone
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Ohrid
28h 24mTrain 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
11h 41m$174–436Train 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
12h 32m$153–446Train, train to London Gatwick Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Reading
- Take the train from Reading to Gatwick Airport
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)LGW - TIA
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Ohrid
12h 44m$146–441Train to Bristol Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- 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 bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohrid
17h$129–361Train, night train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Take the night train from Amsterdam Centraal to St.Poelten HbfNj
- Take the bus from Sankt Pölten to Ohrid
36h 11m$307–988Bus
- Take the bus from Kingsway GD to London Victoria
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Nuremberg central bus station
- Take the bus from Nürnberg to Ohrid
45h 5m$171–316Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dover
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Drive from Calais to Ohrid
29h 33m$545–808
Bristol Airport (BRS) to Ohrid Airport (OHD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Ohrid is to train and fly and bus which costs $120 - $370 and takes 17h.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Ohrid is to train and fly and bus which takes 11h 41m and costs $170 - $440.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Ohrid. However, there are services departing from Kingsway GD and arriving at Ohrid via London Victoria and Nürnberg. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 45h 5m.
The distance between Cardiff and Ohrid is 2206 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Ohrid without a car is to train and bus via Sankt Pölten which takes 35h 17m and costs $280 - $650.
It takes approximately 14h 10m to get from Cardiff to Ohrid, including transfers.
Cardiff to Ohrid bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Kingsway GD station.
Cardiff to Ohrid bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Ohrid is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 6:44 AM in Cardiff and 7:44 AM in Ohrid.
There are 1282+ hotels available in Ohrid.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Ohrid, North Macedonia?
You can take a bus from Kingsway GD to Ohrid via London Victoria and Nürnberg in around 45h 5m.
Transport is disrupted due to the Russia-Ukraine war. Read more
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $27–160
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–220
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
Flights from Bristol Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–150
Flights from Bristol Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $60–150
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Ohrid Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–400
- Website
- tui.nl
Flights from Bristol Airport to Ohrid Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $250–650
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Ohrid Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–410
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Ohrid Airport via Prague, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–390
- 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
- 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
- $100–390
- 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
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–35
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–140
- 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 Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–170
- 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 Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- $35–55
- 1st Class
- $45–65
- 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
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $190–350
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–160
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- $100–160
- 1st Class
- $170–240
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Southampton Central to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $19–50
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- 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
- $12–50
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85–420
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Amsterdam Centraal to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–330
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- $300–330
- Couchette Carriage
- $190–220
- Seating Carriage
- $100–130
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Sankt Pölten to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 9m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $65–95
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Tirana to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7–21
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Elbasan to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- 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
- +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 71 302 600
- classik.kompani@hotmail.com
- Website
- traveling.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19
- Schedules at
- traveling.com
- Phone
- (389) 46 251-882
- info@galeb.mk
- Website
- galeb.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Schedules at
- galeb.mk
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- traveling.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–16
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- $9–16
- 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
- $16
- Schedules at
- ganicekskluziv.mk
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Kingsway GD to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $9–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from London Victoria to Nuremberg central bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–200
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- nasirtours.mk
Bus from Nürnberg to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $87
- Schedules at
- nasirtours.mk
- 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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