There are 11 ways to get from Madrid to Bitola by plane, bus, train, car, or car 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 to Ohrid Airport, bus
best- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Ohrid Airport (OHD)MAD - OHD
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Bitola
9h 27m$213–376Fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
cheapest- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)MAD - TIA
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Ohrid
- Take the bus from Ohrid to Bitola
11h 27m$77–219Train, bus
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-SantsAve
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof84
- Take the bus from Mannheim, ZOB to Kočani
- Take the bus from Kočani to Bitola
37h 26mDrive 3,034 km
- Drive from Madrid to Bitola3,034 km
30h 59m$555–801Fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)MAD - SKG
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Florina
12h 7m$114–253Fly to Skopje International Airport, train
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)MAD - SKP
- Take the train from Skopje to Bitola
13h 20m$101–403Train, bus via Skopje
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-SantsAve
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe HbfTgv
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the train from Skopje to BitolaRe
40h 47mTrain, bus #2
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-SantsAve
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Struga
- Take the bus from Struga to Bitola
46h 47mBus via Padova
- Take the bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Padova
- Take the bus from Padova to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bitola
2d 3h$143–187Bus
- Take the bus from Madrid Mendez Alvaro Estacion Sur to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Kavadarci
- Take the bus from Kavadarci to Bitola
2d 8hDrive, car train
- Drive from Madrid to München Ost
- Take the car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Bitola
32h 56m$672–953
Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Ohrid Airport (OHD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Madrid to Bitola is to fly and bus which costs $75 - $220 and takes 11h 27m.
The fastest way to get from Madrid to Bitola is to fly and bus which takes 9h 27m and costs $210 - $380.
No, there is no direct bus from Madrid to Bitola. However, there are services departing from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur and arriving at Bitola via Padova and Skopje, Transporten Centar. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 3h.
The distance between Madrid and Bitola is 2138 km. The road distance is 3034 km.
The best way to get from Madrid to Bitola without a car is to train and bus which takes 37h 26m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 27m to get from Madrid to Bitola, including transfers.
Madrid to Bitola bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, depart from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur station.
Madrid to Bitola bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, arrive at Padova station.
Yes, the driving distance between Madrid to Bitola is 3034 km. It takes approximately 30h 59m to drive from Madrid to Bitola.
There are 231+ hotels available in Bitola.
What companies run services between Madrid, Spain and Bitola, North Macedonia?
You can take a bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Bitola via Padova and Skopje, Transporten Centar in around 2d 3h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–280
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–220
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–180
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–180
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Ohrid Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 41m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–210
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–280
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–210
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Ohrid Airport via Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–470
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Skopje International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–260
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Ohrid Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–470
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Ohrid Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–470
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Ohrid Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $150–470
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–140
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $65–240
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–230
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- atencion.cliente@iryo.eu
- Website
- iryo.eu
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–150
- Website
- https://iryo.eu/en/home
- Phone
- +34 910 780 990
- Website
- ouigo.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- https://www.ouigo.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–80
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $60–85
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Florina
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +389 (2) 3 164 255
- mztransportad@mztransportad.com.mk
- Website
- mzt.mk
Train from Skopje to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–40
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–310
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from München Ost to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Phone
- +389 72 230-200
- info@ekstrabus.com
- Website
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Ohrid to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Kavadarci
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Kavadarci to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
- Phone
- 033/273-551
- avtoatom@yahoo.com
- Website
- avtoatom.com.mk
Bus from Ohrid to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- avtoatom.mk
Bus from Kočani to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- avtoatom.mk
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Ohrid to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
Bus from Struga to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $19
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $19
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389 70 638 014
- info@metaktrans.mk
- Website
- metaktrans.mk
Bus from Mannheim, ZOB to Kočani
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- metaktrans.mk
- Phone
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Elbasan to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- hakkomerc@gmail.com
- Website
- hakbus.org
Bus from Karlsruhe to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
Bus from Tirana to Struga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.hakbus.org/
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- info@anumitravel.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +389 44 371 066
- hafet-tours@hotmail.com
- Website
- hafettours.mk
Bus from Tirana to Struga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–65
- Schedules at
- hafettours.mk
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $70–90
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +389 42 217 370
- durmotours@yahoo.com
- Website
- durmotours.com.mk
Bus from Padova to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Schedules at
- durmotours.com.mk
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Madrid Mendez Alvaro Estacion Sur to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 47h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $140–210
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +389 34 346 030
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Kavadarci to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/strumicaekspres
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