There are 7 ways to get from Ruse to Ohrid by bus, train, car, shuttle, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus
best- Take the bus from Ruse Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje, Transporten Centar (Скопjе, Транспортен Центар)bus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohridbus
14h 19m$37–64Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Ruse to Sofiatrain 461 / ...
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohridbus
15h 52m$36–86Train, bus via Kičevo
- Take the train from Ruse to Sofiatrain 461 / ...
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje, Transporten Centar (Скопjе, Транспортен Центар)bus
- Take the train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Kičevotrain
- Take the bus from Kichevo to Ohridbus
17h 45m$41–87Drive 700.5 km
- Drive from Ruse to Ohridcar 700.5 km
9h 32m$111–160Shuttle, fly
- Take a shuttle bus from Ruse to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Ohrid Airport (OHD)plane OTP - OHD
10h 51m$231–652Bus via Kavadarci
- Take the bus from Ruse East to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Kavadarcibus
- Take the bus from Kavadarci to Ohridbus
14h 27mTrain, bus #2
- Take the train from Ruse to Sofiatrain 461 / ...
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje, Transporten Centar (Скопjе, Транспортен Центар)bus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohridbus
15h 52m$37–66
Ruse to Ohrid by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ruse to Ohrid is to bus which costs $35 - $65 and takes 14h 19m.
The fastest way to get from Ruse to Ohrid is to drive which takes 9h 32m and costs $110 - $160.
No, there is no direct bus from Ruse station to Ohrid. However, there are services departing from Ruse Central Bus Station and arriving at Ohrid via Sofia Central Bus Station and Skopje, Transporten Centar. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 19m.
The distance between Ruse and Ohrid is 699 km. The road distance is 700.5 km.
The best way to get from Ruse to Ohrid without a car is to bus which takes 14h 19m and costs $35 - $65.
It takes approximately 14h 19m to get from Ruse to Ohrid, including transfers.
Ruse to Ohrid bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, depart from Ruse Central Bus Station.
Ruse to Ohrid bus services, operated by Union Ivkoni, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
Ohrid is 1h behind Ruse. It is currently 11:17 AM in Ruse and 10:17 AM in Ohrid.
Yes, the driving distance between Ruse to Ohrid is 700 km. It takes approximately 9h 32m to drive from Ruse to Ohrid.
What companies run services between Ruse, Bulgaria and Ohrid, North Macedonia?
You can take a bus from Ruse Central Bus Station to Ohrid via Sofia Central Bus Station and Skopje, Transporten Centar in around 14h 19m.
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Ohrid Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $75–460
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Ohrid Airport via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–460
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Ohrid Airport via Dortmund
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–490
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Ohrid Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $170–750
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Ohrid Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–460
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Ohrid Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $370–900
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Ruse to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–24
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $13–20
- 1st Class
- $19–24
- Phone
- +389 (2) 3 164 255
- mztransportad@mztransportad.com.mk
- Website
- mzt.mk
Train from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Kičevo
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–27
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Ruse Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $14–22
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 2 989000
- support.eu@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Ruse Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–17
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje, Transporten Centar (Скопjе, Транспортен Центар)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–35
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +389 71 302 600
- classik.kompani@hotmail.com
- Website
- traveling.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19
- 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
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–23
- Schedules at
- galeb.mk
Bus from Kichevo to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Schedules at
- galeb.mk
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- traveling.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–16
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Kichevo to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–35
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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
- Estimated price
- $16
- Schedules at
- ganicekskluziv.mk
Bus from Kichevo to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ganicekskluziv.mk
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Ruse to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $120–280
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Ruse East to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +389 72 230-200
- info@ekstrabus.com
- Website
- 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 Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–30
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
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