There are 11 ways to get from Kos to Ohrid by ferry, train, bus, car, car ferry, or plane
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Ferry, train, bus
best- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Piraeusferry Bsf / ...
- Take the train from Athens to Larissatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Larisa to Pogradecbus
23h 16mFerry, bus via Istanbul
cheapest- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Bodrumferry
- Take the bus from Bodrum bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Istanbul to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohridbus
30h 30m$83–170Ferry, bus, train, drive
- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Bodrumferry
- Take the bus from Bodrum to Keşanbus
- Take the bus from Keşan to Thessaloníkibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Florinatrain Re
- Drive from Florina to Ohridcar
26h 43m$162–230Car ferry, drive
- Take the car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Bodrumcarferry
- Drive from Port of Bodrum to Ohridcar
15h 51m$195–309Fly to Kozani National Airport Filippos, bus
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Kozani National Airport Filippos (KZI)plane KGS - KZI
- Take the bus from Kozani to Pogradecbus
14h 40mCar ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Piraeuscarferry
- Take the bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusavebus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Ohridbus
32h 3m$232–513Ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Port of Kos to Fourniferry Bsf
- Take the ferry from Fourni to Thessalonikiferry Bsf
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Skopje Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohridbus
34h 35m$186–408Fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane KGS - TIA
- Take the bus from Tirana to Ohridbus
10h 55m$100–234Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane KGS - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelijabus
- Take the bus from Gevgelija to Kavadarcibus
- Take the bus from Kavadarci to Ohridbus
11h 57mFly to Skopje International Airport, bus
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane KGS - SKP
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohridbus
16h 6m$98–406Fly to Ioannina National Airport, bus
- Fly from Kos (KGS) to Ioannina National Airport (IOA)plane KGS - IOA
- Take the bus from Ioannina to Lushnjëbus
- Take the bus from Lushnjë to Elbasanbus
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Ohridbus
13h 59m
Kos to Ohrid by ferry, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Kos to Ohrid is to ferry and bus via Istanbul which costs $80 - $170 and takes 30h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Kos to Ohrid is to fly and bus which takes 10h 55m and costs $95 - $240.
The distance between Kos and Ohrid is 1007 km.
The best way to get from Kos to Ohrid without a car is to ferry and bus via Istanbul which takes 30h 30m and costs $80 - $170.
It takes approximately 23h 16m to get from Kos to Ohrid, including transfers.
Ohrid is 1h behind Kos. It is currently 2:07 PM in Kos and 1:07 PM in Ohrid.
There are 1622+ hotels available in Ohrid.
What companies run services between Kos, Greece and Ohrid, North Macedonia?
There is no direct connection from Kos to Ohrid. However, you can take the ferry to Port of Piraeus, walk to Piraeus, take the train to Athens, take the train to Larissa, walk to Larisa, take the bus to Pogradec, then drive to Ohrid. Alternatively, you can take a ferry from Port of Kos to Ohrid via Port of Bodrum, Bodrum Merkez Garaj, Bodrum Torba Otogar, Bodrum, Keşan, Thessaloníki, Thessaloniki, and Florina in around 26h 43m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Kos to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–290
Flights from Kos to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–200
Flights from Kos to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–200
Flights from Kos to Skopje International Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–320
Flights from Kos to Ioannina National Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–420
Flights from Kos to Ioannina National Airport via Heraklion, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–460
- Website
- skyexpress.gr
Flights from Kos to Kozani National Airport Filippos via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–330
Flights from Kos to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–210
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Kos to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
Flights from Kos to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- $95–320
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Kos to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–230
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Kos to Skopje International Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–310
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Kos to Skopje International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $90–320
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Larissa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Thessaloniki to Florina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- metroeurotirane@hotmail.com
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Larisa to Pogradec
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Kozani to Pogradec
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- 0 286 212 22 22
- info@truvaturizm.com
- Website
- truvaturizm.com
Bus from Bodrum to Keşan
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40
- Schedules at
- truvaturizm.com
- Phone
- +30 2310241545
- crazy.holidays.tours@gmail.com
- Website
- crazyholidays.gr
Bus from Keşan to Thessaloníki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- https://www.crazyholidays.gr/root.en.aspx
- Phone
- 444 0 562
- kamilkoc@kamilkoc.com.tr
- Website
- flixbus.com.tr
Bus from Bodrum bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 59m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–29
- Schedules at
- flixbus.com.tr
- Phone
- 0850 202 22 22
- sikayet@uludagturizm.com.tr
- Website
- balikesiruludag.com.tr
Bus from Bodrum bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22
- Schedules at
- balikesiruludag.com.tr
- Phone
- 0(850) 309 22 16
- bilgi@istanbulkalesi.com.tr
- Website
- istanbulkalesi.com.tr
Bus from Bodrum bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- istanbulkalesi.com.tr
- Phone
- 444 50 33
- bilgi@villaseyahat.com
- Website
- villaseyahat.com
Bus from Bodrum bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $22
- Schedules at
- villaseyahat.com
- Phone
- 0850 811 5959
- website@kaleseyahat.com.tr
- Website
- kaleseyahat.com.tr
Bus from Bodrum bus station to İstanbul Esenler bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $27
- Schedules at
- kaleseyahat.com.tr
- Phone
- +90 212 658 18 51
- info@alparturizm.com.tr
- Website
- alparturizm.com.tr
Bus from Istanbul to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- https://www.alparturizm.com.tr/en/
- 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
- $19
- Schedules at
- https://traveling.com/en/bus/company/classic-company
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18
- Schedules at
- https://traveling.com/en/bus/company/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
- $15–23
- 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
- $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
- Schedules at
- ganicekskluziv.mk
- Phone
- +2105203350
- Website
- top-lines.gr
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $47
- Schedules at
- top-lines.gr
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Piraeus to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $47
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $7–20
- 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
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +389 70 212 106
- info@senadtours.com
- Website
- senadtours.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19
- Schedules at
- senadtours.com
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Skopje Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
Bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelija
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–24
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- 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
- nelatours.com
- Phone
- +389 72 230-200
- info@ekstrabus.com
- Website
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Gevgelija to Kavadarci
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Kavadarci to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
- Phone
- +355 42 239 203 / +355 69 400 4075
- albtrans06@yahoo.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Ioannina to Lushnjë
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100063548259783
- Phone
- +383 44 125 254
- Website
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Lushnjë to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- travel.gjirafa.com
- Phone
- +355 69 213 1213
- Travelbusel@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Lushnjë to Elbasan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $75–170
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Port of Kos to Fourni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $27–60
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
Ferry from Fourni to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 10m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Phone
- +90 533 739 00 00
- info@bodrumexpresslines.com
- Website
- bodrumexpresslines.com
Ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $29–50
- Website
- https://www.bodrumexpresslines.com/en
- Website
- bodrumferryboat.com
Car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Bodrum
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–30
- Website
- http://www.bodrumferryboat.com
- Phone
- +30 210 710 7 710
- info@seajets.gr
- Website
- seajets.com
Car ferry from Port of Kos to Port of Piraeus
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $170–450
- Website
- https://www.seajets.com/
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