There are 9 ways to get from Varna to Bitola by bus, train, car, plane, or shuttle
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Bus
best- Take the bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Kavadarcibus
- Take the bus from Kavadarci to Bitolabus
15h 26mTrain, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Varna to Sofiatrain
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the train from Skopje to Bitolatrain 645 / ...
17h 54m$41–108Train, bus via Sofia
- Take the train from Varna to Sofia Severtrain
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje, Transporten Centar (Скопjе, Транспортен Центар)bus
- Take the train from Skopje to Bitolatrain 645 / ...
17h 43m$43–89Drive 792.1 km
- Drive from Varna to Bitolacar 792.1 km
10h 11m$125–181Fly Varna Airport to Sofia Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane VAR - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje, Transporten Centar (Скопjе, Транспортен Центар)bus
- Take the train from Skopje to Bitolatrain
13h 6m$157–305Bus via Shumen
- Take the bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Shumen Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Shumen Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Dragomirovobus
- Take the bus from Kyustendil to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bitolabus
20h 16mFly Varna Airport to Skopje International Airport, train
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane VAR - SKP
- Take the train from Skopje to Bitolatrain
19h 2m$177–473Fly Varna Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus, train
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane VAR - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelijabus
- Take the train from Gevgelija to Negotinotrain
- Take the bus from Negotino to Bitolabus
15h 28mShuttle to Burgas Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus, train
- Take a shuttle bus from Varna to Sunny Beach
- Fly from Burgas Airport (BOJ) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane BOJ - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje, Transporten Centar (Скопjе, Транспортен Центар)bus
- Take the train from Skopje to Bitolatrain
15h 12m$175–422
Varna to Bitola by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Varna to Bitola is to train and bus via Sofia which costs $40 - $90 and takes 17h 43m.
The fastest way to get from Varna to Bitola is to drive which takes 10h 11m and costs $120 - $180.
No, there is no direct bus from Varna station to Bitola. However, there are services departing from Varna Central Bus Station and arriving at Bitola via Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika and Kavadarci. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 26m.
The distance between Varna and Bitola is 787 km. The road distance is 792.1 km.
The best way to get from Varna to Bitola without a car is to bus which takes 15h 26m and costs .
It takes approximately 15h 26m to get from Varna to Bitola, including transfers.
Varna to Bitola bus services, operated by Global Biomet, depart from Varna Central Bus Station.
Varna to Bitola bus services, operated by Global Biomet, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
Bitola is 1h behind Varna. It is currently 3:05 PM in Varna and 2:05 PM in Bitola.
Yes, the driving distance between Varna to Bitola is 792 km. It takes approximately 10h 11m to drive from Varna to Bitola.
What companies run services between Varna, Bulgaria and Bitola, North Macedonia?
You can take a bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Bitola via Sofia Central Bus Station, Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika, and Kavadarci in around 15h 26m.
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Varna Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–120
Flights from Burgas Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–120
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Skopje International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
Flights from Varna Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–950
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $65–120
Flights from Varna Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–290
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Skopje International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–310
Flights from Varna Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 50m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–310
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Skopje International Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–350
Flights from Varna Airport to Skopje International Airport via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–480
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–490
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Varna to Sofia Sever
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $16–23
- 1st Class
- $22–28
Train from Varna to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $16–28
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $16–23
- 1st Class
- $22–28
- 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
Train from Gevgelija to Negotino
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4–15
- Schedules at
- mzt.mk
- Phone
- +359 (2) 86 88 892
- office@biomet.bg
- Website
- biomet.bg
Bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–21
- Website
- https://biomet.bg/en/
- Phone
- +359 2 989000
- support.eu@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–23
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Shumen Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–7
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Shumen Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $16–20
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Shumen Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Shumen Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- helpline.svs@gmail.com
- Website
- svs.md
Bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://svs.md/en/bus/route/number-19167
- 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 Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
Bus from Negotino to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- ekstrabus.com.mk
- 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
Bus from Negotino to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/strumicaekspres
- 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(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- traveling.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
- +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
- $27–40
- 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
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
Bus from Kyustendil to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–25
- 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
- $19–30
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Bitola
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Shumen Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 7855 0204
- tic@kustendil.bg
- Website
- kyustendil.bg
Bus from Sofia to Dragomirovo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- kyustendil.bg
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Gevgelija
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Varna to Sunny Beach
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $95–170
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
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