There are 9 ways to get from Ireland to Macedonia by plane, train, car, car ferry, bus, shuttle, or night train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport, train
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DUB - SOF
- Take the train from Gorna banya spirka to Petrichtrain
12h 15m$81–201Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Dublin to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Macedoniacar
47h 50m$500–1,243Train, car ferry, bus, drive
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic / ...
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Amsterdam Sloterdijkbus
- Take the bus from Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk to Novi Pazar, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Novi Pazar, Autobuska stanica to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Strumicabus
- Drive from Strumica to Macedoniacar
2d 20hFly Dublin Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, train, drive
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane DUB - SKG
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolistrain
- Drive from Rodopolis to Macedoniacar
11h 10m$102–307Fly Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport, train
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane SNN - SOF
- Take the train from Gorna banya spirka to Petrichtrain
16h 19m$83–216Fly Cork Airport to Sofia Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ORK - SOF
- Take the train from Gorna banya spirka to Petrichtrain
15h 42m$96–294Fly Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle, train
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane DUB - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Sofia
- Take the train from Sofia to Petrichtrain
16h 49m$346–622Bus, train, night train
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the train from Suceava to Bucharesttrain
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsanighttrain
- Take the train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofiatrain 461 / ...
- Take the train from Sofia to Petrichtrain
2d 21h$147–366Bus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Bucharest Otopeni Airportbus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sandanskibus
2d 21h$130–393
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Macedonia is to fly and train which costs $80 - $210 and takes 12h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Macedonia is to fly and train and drive which takes 11h 10m and costs $100 - $310.
The distance between Ireland and Macedonia is 2735 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Macedonia without a car is to bus and train and night train which takes 2 days 21h and costs $140 - $370.
It takes approximately 12h 15m to get from Ireland to Macedonia, including transfers.
Macedonia is 2h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 2:22 AM in Ireland and 4:22 AM in Macedonia.
There are 347+ hotels available in Macedonia.
What companies run services between Ireland and Macedonia, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria?
You can take a vehicle from Dublin to Macedonia via Dublin, Rădăuți, Rădăuţi, Bucharest Otopeni Airport, Bucharest Airport Henri Coanda, București, Autogara Militari, and Sandanski in around 2d 21h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $65–190
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $65–190
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–190
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 33m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–270
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–130
Flights from Dublin Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–400
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–410
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–400
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–490
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–170
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–290
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–190
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $55–220
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–400
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Gorna banya spirka to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $6–9
- 1st Class
- $9–10
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
Night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $6–11
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $6–10
- 1st Class
- $9–11
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
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–24
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- $17–24
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Suceava to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $41–44
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–30
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Amsterdam Sloterdijk
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $26–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sandanski
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +381 20 333 733
- garoreisen@gmail.com
- Website
- garo-reisen.rs
Bus from Amsterdam City Center - Sloterdijk to Novi Pazar, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- garo-reisen.rs
- Phone
- +381 20 41 1090
- ozlemtours@yahoo.com
- Website
- polazak.rs
Bus from Novi Pazar, Autobuska stanica to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Schedules at
- polazak.rs
- Phone
- +389 34 346 030
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Strumica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/strumicaekspres
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $270–390
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–230
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–35
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–518
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- $518
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