There are 10 ways to get from Scotland to Macedonia by plane, train, car, bus, car train, busferry, or car ferry
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Fly Glasgow Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, train, drive
best- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane GLA - SKG
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolistrain
- Drive from Rodopolis to Macedoniacar
12h 23m$126–298Fly Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane EDI - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Dupnitsa to Petrichtrain
11h 45m$102–272Train, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Petrichtrain
39h 31m$152–288Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Glasgow to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Macedoniacar
30h 37mFly Glasgow Airport to Sofia Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane GLA - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Dupnitsa Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Dupnitsa to Petrichtrain
14h 39m$103–223Fly Edinburgh Airport to Skopje International Airport, bus, drive
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane EDI - SKP
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Dobrejcibus
- Drive from Dobrejci to Macedoniacar
16h 48mBus, drive
- Take the bus from Glasgow to Manchester, Shudehill Interchangebus
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Oborbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Thessalonikibus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Rodopolisbus
- Drive from Rodopolis to Macedoniacar
42h 8m$131–217Train, bus via Prague
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Bradford Interchangetrain
- Take the bus from Bradford 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 7h$262–625Train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Prestontrain
- Take the train from Preston to Manchester Piccadillytrain
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Motrubusferry
- Take the bus from Motru to Drobeta-Turnu Severinbus
- Take the bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Sofiabus
- Take the train from Sofia to Petrichtrain
2d 14hDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Glasgow to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Macedoniacar
31h 50m$591–927
Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Scotland to Macedonia is to fly and bus and train which costs $100 - $280 and takes 11h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Scotland to Macedonia is to fly and bus and train which takes 11h 45m and costs $100 - $280.
The distance between Scotland and Macedonia is 2817 km.
The best way to get from Scotland to Macedonia without a car is to train and bus which takes 39h 31m and costs $150 - $290.
It takes approximately 12h 23m to get from Scotland to Macedonia, including transfers.
Macedonia is 2h ahead of Scotland. It is currently 5:58 AM in Scotland and 7:58 AM in Macedonia.
There are 44+ hotels available in Macedonia.
What companies run services between Scotland and Macedonia, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria?
There is no direct connection from Scotland to Macedonia. However, you can take the line 500 shuttle to Glasgow Airport, walk to Glasgow Airport (GLA) airport, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG), walk to Thessaloniki Airport, take the bus to Thessaloniki Neos Sidirodromikos Stathmos, walk to Thessaloniki, take the train to Rodopolis, then drive to Macedonia. Alternatively, you can take a train from Glasgow Central to Macedonia via Preston, Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester, Coach Station, Bucharest Obor, Gara Obor, Gara de Nord, Bucharest, Sofia Central Bus Station, Sofia, and Petrich in around 39h 31m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–440
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–400
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Skopje International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–460
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $80–290
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $80–290
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $100–390
- Website
- smartwings.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–280
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $65–200
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $90–150
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- tpecustomer.relations@tpexpress.co.uk
- Website
- tpexpress.co.uk
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $90–160
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–26
- Website
- https://www.tpexpress.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 330 060 0500
- enquiry@sleeper.scot
- Website
- sleeper.scot
Train from Glasgow Central to Preston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–95
- Website
- https://www.sleeper.scot/
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- enquiries@northernrailway.co.uk
- Website
- northernrailway.co.uk
Train from Preston to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $16–30
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
Train from Preston to Bradford Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–50
- Website
- https://www.northernrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
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
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
- 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
- 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
- +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
- +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
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Glasgow to Manchester, Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $28–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Drobeta-Turnu Severin to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $40–70
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Bucharest to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $50–90
- Website
- https://simeonidistours.gr/en/
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Rodopolis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $4–8
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +421 55 680 73 06
- onlinepredaj@eurobus.sk
- Website
- eurobus.sk
Bus from Bradford to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 24h 51m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $85–220
- Website
- https://www.eurobus.sk/en
- Phone
- +359 700 20 544
- Website
- ardatur.bg
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $100–170
- Website
- https://ardatur.bg/en/
- Phone
- +359-887-208-506
- racic_bg@yahoo.com
- Website
- racicbg.com
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- Website
- https://www.racicbg.com/bg/
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Serdica Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $85–120
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- office@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
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
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Motru
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $80–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +4-0745-779.908
- Website
- dikeltour.autogari.ro
Bus from Motru to Drobeta-Turnu Severin
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- dikeltour.autogari.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
- $20–35
- 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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