There are 11 ways to get from Varna to Butrint by train, bus, car, plane, or shuttle
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Train, bus, drive
best- Take the train from Varna to Sofia Sever
- Take the train from Sofia to Blagoevgrad
- Take the bus from Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal to Serres
- Take the bus from Serres to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Ioannina
- Drive from Ioannina to Butrint
20h 48m$88–136Bus
- Take the bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Skopje, Transporten Centar (Скопjе, Транспортен Центар)
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sarande,Posta Shqiptare
20h 56mDrive 1,051.9 km
- Drive from Varna to Butrint1,051.9 km
12h 30m$191–275Fly Varna Airport to Ioannina National Airport, drive
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Ioannina National Airport (IOA)VAR - IOA
- Drive from Ioannina National Airport (IOA) to Butrint
14h 16m$201–527Train, bus via Struga
- Take the train from Varna to Sofia Sever
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Struga
- Take the bus from Struga to Sarandë
21h 55m$88–126Train, bus
- Take the train from Varna to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sarande,Posta Shqiptare
22h 31mBus via Haskovo
- Take the bus from Varna to Haskovo
- Take the bus from Haskovo Central Bus Station to Thessaloniki Monastiriou Bus Stop
- Take the bus from Thessaloníki to Gjirokastër
- Take the bus from Gjirokastër to Sarandë
27h 32mFly Varna Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)VAR - TIA
- Take the bus from Tirana to Sarandë
13h 59mShuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Varna to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)OTP - TIA
- Take the bus from Tirana to Sarandë
14h 32mShuttle to Bucharest Otopeni, fly to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Take a shuttle bus from Varna to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)OTP - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Igoumenitsa
- Take the bus from Igoumenitsa to Sarandë
17h 52mBus, bus to Istanbul, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Take the bus from Varna to Silivri
- Take the bus from Silivri Otogar to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)IST - TIA
- Take the bus from Tirana to Sarandë
19h 57m
Varna Airport (VAR) to Ioannina National Airport (IOA) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Varna to Butrint is to train and bus via Struga which costs $85 - $130 and takes 21h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Varna to Butrint is to drive which takes 12h 30m and costs $190 - $280.
No, there is no direct bus from Varna station to Butrint. However, there are services departing from Varna Central Bus Station and arriving at Butrint via Sofia Central Bus Station, Skopje, Transporten Centar and Sarande,Posta Shqiptare. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 56m.
The distance between Varna and Butrint is 1240 km. The road distance is 1051.9 km.
The best way to get from Varna to Butrint without a car is to bus which takes 20h 56m and costs .
It takes approximately 20h 48m to get from Varna to Butrint, including transfers.
Varna to Butrint bus services, operated by Global Biomet, depart from Varna Central Bus Station.
Varna to Butrint bus services, operated by Global Biomet, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
Butrint is 1h behind Varna. It is currently 1:32 PM in Varna and 12:32 PM in Butrint.
Yes, the driving distance between Varna to Butrint is 1052 km. It takes approximately 12h 30m to drive from Varna to Butrint.
What companies run services between Varna, Bulgaria and Butrint, Albania?
You can take a bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Butrint via Sofia Central Bus Station, Skopje, Transporten Centar, and Sarande,Posta Shqiptare in around 20h 56m.
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Istanbul, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–800
Flights from Varna Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Sofia, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–410
Flights from Varna Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Belgrade, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–460
Flights from Varna Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Vienna, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
Flights from Varna Airport to Ioannina National Airport via Bratislava, Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–440
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–460
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $40–160
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $65–290
Flights from Varna Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Katowice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $120–340
- Website
- airalbania.com.al
Flights from Istanbul to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–260
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–460
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–160
- 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
- $21–28
Train from Sofia to Blagoevgrad
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $4–7
- 1st Class
- $6–7
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
- +30 23210-22822
- ktelserres@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelserron.gr
Bus from Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal to Serres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Book at
- ktelserron.e-ticketing.gr
Bus from Serres to Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–11
- Schedules at
- ktelserron.gr
- Book at
- ktelserron.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal to Serres
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $6–10
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20–30
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +30 26510 25014
- ktelioa@otenet.gr
- Website
- ktelioannina.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Ioannina
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $29–40
- Schedules at
- ktelioannina.gr
- Book at
- eticket.ktelioannina.gr
- 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
- 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
- +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 77 55 29
- ganic.ekskluziv@yahoo.com
- Website
- ganicekskluziv.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sarande,Posta Shqiptare
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- ganicekskluziv.mk
Bus from Struga to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- ganicekskluziv.mk
- 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
- $31
- 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
- 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
- Phone
- +389 - 71 - 322 - 333
- Website
- martinoski.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Struga
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- martinoski.com
- Phone
- +389046787467
- eurolinia6@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Struga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- vakcare@yahoo.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Struga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- https://facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064111145130
- Phone
- +383 49 166 760
- amalfitours2003@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Struga
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $10
- Website
- https://www.facebook.com/amalfitours1
- Phone
- +389 70 212 106
- info@senadtours.com
- Website
- senadtours.com
Bus from Struga to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $45
- Schedules at
- senadtours.com
- Phone
- +359 0882455155
- bourgasbus@abv.bg
- Website
- burgasbus.info
Bus from Varna to Haskovo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–27
- Website
- https://burgasbus.info/eng/?cat=1
- Phone
- +359 52 757 044
- info@autogaravn.com
- Website
- autogaravn.com
Bus from Varna to Haskovo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–24
- Website
- https://autogaravn.com/en
- Phone
- +355 69 661 4303
- likospartak@gmail.com
- Website
- likokostatours.weebly.com
Bus from Thessaloníki to Gjirokastër
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 001 267-805-2830
- Website
- albanianbus.com
Bus from Gjirokastër to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- https://albanianbus.com/wordpress/
- Website
- travel.gjirafa.com
Bus from Tirana to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- https://travel.gjirafa.com/en/bus-companies/trans-dea
- Phone
- +359 89 345 5533
- info@atlastaxi.eu
- Website
- atlastaxi.eu
Shuttle from Varna to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $240–330
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
- Phone
- +30 2665 0 22309
- info@ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Website
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Igoumenitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $40–65
- Schedules at
- ktel-thesprotias.gr
- Book at
- ktelbus.gr
- Phone
- (+30) 210 822 4112
- contact@ahmetitravel.com
- Website
- ahmetitravel.com
Bus from Igoumenitsa to Sarandë
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- ahmetitravel.com
- Phone
- 0850 222 34 55
- Website
- metroturizm.com.tr
Bus from Varna to Silivri
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–49
- Website
- https://www.metroturizm.com.tr/en
- Standard
- $14–17
- Phone
- 0850 888 33 34
- info@hava.ist
- Website
- hava.ist
Bus from Silivri Otogar to Istanbul Airport Bus
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $3–7
- Website
- https://hava.ist/?lang=en
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