There are 10 ways to get from Ireland to Macedonia by plane, bus, train, car, car ferry, shuttle, night train, or 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 Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport, bus, train
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DUB - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Dupnitsa to Petrichtrain
12h 6m$94–233Fly Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane SNN - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Dupnitsa to Petrichtrain
17h 15m$91–278Bus
- 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$139–403Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Dublin to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Macedoniacar
2d$670–1,243Fly 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 Cork Airport to Sofia Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ORK - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Dupnitsa to Petrichtrain
15h 47m$94–296Fly Dublin Airport to Skopje International Airport, train, drive
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane DUB - SKP
- Take the train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Miravtsitrain
- Drive from Miravtsi to Macedoniacar
15h 32m$92–367Fly 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$361–662Bus, 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$131–367Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourgferry
- Take the bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routierebus
- Take the bus from Rennes Place de la Gare to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Petrich Bus Stationbus
3d 1h
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Macedonia is to fly and bus and train which costs $90 - $280 and takes 17h 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 2710 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Macedonia without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 21h and costs $130 - $410.
It takes approximately 12h 6m to get from Ireland to Macedonia, including transfers.
Macedonia is 2h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 4:04 PM in Ireland and 6:04 PM in Macedonia.
There are 343+ 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
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–180
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
Flights from Dublin Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–250
Flights from Dublin Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $70–250
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $70–260
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $75–270
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–220
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–390
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–450
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–330
Flights from Dublin Airport to Skopje International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–410
Flights from Dublin Airport to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–190
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–390
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–490
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–170
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–390
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–190
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–190
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Dublin Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Skopje International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–300
- 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
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–230
- 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
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
- $10–11
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
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +389 (2) 3 164 255
- mztransportad@mztransportad.com.mk
- Website
- mzt.mk
Train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Miravtsi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $9–35
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Suceava to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $41–45
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- 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
- $10–15
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–240
- 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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sandanski
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- $280–400
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +33 806 07 95 30
- contact@capcotentin.fr
- Website
- capcotentin.fr
Bus from Cherbourg-Gare to Rennes-Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Schedules at
- capcotentin.fr
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Rennes Place de la Gare to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 43h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Petrich Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–13
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- 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
- $210–526
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- $526
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 19h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–95
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $250–1,200
- On Foot
- $80–95
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