There are 13 ways to get from Manchester to Macedonia by plane, bus, train, night train, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Manchester Airport to Sofia Airport, bus, train
best- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane MAN - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Dupnitsa to Petrichtrain
11h 17mDrive, car ferry
cheapest- Drive from Manchester to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Macedoniacar
29h 9m$525–832Bus
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Petrich Bus Stationbus
34h 24mTrain, night train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Miditrain Eil
- Take the night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofiatrain 461
- Take the train from Sofia to Petrichtrain
2d 7hDrive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Manchester to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Macedoniacar
27h 56mFly Manchester Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, train, drive
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane MAN - SKG
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolistrain
- Drive from Rodopolis to Macedoniacar
10h 26mFly Manchester Airport to Skopje International Airport, bus, drive
- Fly from Manchester Airport (MAN) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane MAN - SKP
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Dobrejcibus
- Drive from Dobrejci to Macedoniacar
15h 50mTrain to Birmingham Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham Internationaltrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BHX - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Dupnitsa to Petrichtrain
12h 49mTrain to Liverpool, fly to Sofia Airport, bus, train
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Liverpool (LPL) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LPL - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Dupnitsa to Petrichtrain
12h 2mTrain, train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from Tottenham Hale to Stansted Airporttrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane STN - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Dupnitsa to Petrichtrain
13h 59mTrain, bus, drive
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Eustontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Basel Sbbtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Basel SBB to Berntrain Ic6 / ...
- Take the bus from Bern to Strumicabus
- Drive from Strumica to Macedoniacar
36h 3mTrain, bus
- Take the train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffieldtrain
- Take the bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Petrich Bus Stationbus
2d 2hBus and ferry, train
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nordbusferry
- Take the train from Craiova to Vidintrain
- Take the train from Vidin to Sofia Severtrain
- Take the train from Sofia to Petrichtrain
2d 13h
Manchester Airport (MAN) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Manchester to Macedonia is to drive and car ferry which costs $500 - $850 and takes 29h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Manchester to Macedonia is to drive and car ferry which takes 29h 9m and costs $500 - $850.
The distance between Manchester and Macedonia is 2450 km.
The best way to get from Manchester to Macedonia without a car is to bus which takes 34h 24m and costs .
It takes approximately 11h 17m to get from Manchester to Macedonia, including transfers.
Macedonia is 2h ahead of Manchester. It is currently 11:49 PM in Manchester and 1:49 AM in Macedonia.
There are 357+ hotels available in Macedonia.
What companies run services between Manchester, England and Macedonia, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria?
You can take a bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Macedonia via Bucharest Obor, Piața Iancului, Gara de Nord 1, Bucharest, Sofia Central Bus Station, and Petrich Bus Station in around 34h 24m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–190
Flights from Liverpool to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–150
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–280
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport via Karlsruhe/Baden Baden
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $35–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from Manchester Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–450
Flights from Manchester Airport to Skopje International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–460
Flights from Manchester Airport to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–300
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–400
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–270
Flights from Manchester Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–290
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–300
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Manchester Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–300
- Website
- jet2.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–290
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–340
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–160
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Manchester Airport to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–300
- Website
- virgintrains.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Schedules at
- virgintrains.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- virgintrains.co.uk
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- eurostar.com
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- eurostar.com
- Website
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
Night train from Brussel-Zuid / Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- personenverkehr.oebb.at
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Craiova to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- cfrcalatori.ro
- 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
- Website
- trainose.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- trainose.gr
- Website
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Birmingham International
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- crosscountrytrains.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 42 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Liverpool South Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- eastmidlandstrains.co.uk
- Website
- stanstedexpress.com
Train from Tottenham Hale to Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Schedules at
- stanstedexpress.com
- Website
- abelliogreateranglia.co.uk
Train from Tottenham Hale to Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- abelliogreateranglia.co.uk
- Website
- voyages-sncf.com
Train from Paris Est to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- voyages-sncf.com
- Website
- northernrail.org
Train from Manchester Piccadilly to Sheffield
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- northernrail.org
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +38(098) 343 8282
- callcenter@likebus.ua
- Website
- likebus.ua
Bus from Bucharest to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $34
- Schedules at
- likebus.ua
- Phone
- +389 34 346 030
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Dobrejci
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/strumicaekspres
- Phone
- +389 71 557 111
- niko_ekspres@hotmail.com
- Website
- web.facebook.com
Bus from Bern to Strumica
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Sheffield to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85–210
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Website
- global.flixbus.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- global.flixbus.com
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 45h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $80–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–26
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- 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
- $7–55
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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