There are 9 ways to get from Varna to Ohrid by bus, train, car, plane, or shuttle
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 Varna 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
16h 46m$43–73Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Varna to Sofiatrain
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohridbus
17h 26m$38–90Drive 829.1 km
- Drive from Varna to Ohridcar 829.1 km
10h 43m$131–189Fly Varna Airport to Sofia Airport, bus
- 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 bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohridbus
12h 38m$152–286Train, 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 bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohridbus
17h 15m$40–71Bus via Kavadarci
- Take the bus from Varna to Byalabus
- Take the bus from Byala to Sofiabus
- Take the bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Kavadarcibus
- Take the bus from Kavadarci to Ohridbus
18h 36mFly Varna Airport to Skopje International Airport, bus
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane VAR - SKP
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohridbus
18h 34m$237–484Fly Varna Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane VAR - TIA
- Take the bus from Elbasan to Ohridbus
12h 19m$202–388Shuttle to Burgas Airport, fly to Sofia Airport, bus
- 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 bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohridbus
14h 44m$170–370
Varna to Ohrid by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Varna to Ohrid is to bus which costs $40 - $75 and takes 16h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Varna to Ohrid is to drive which takes 10h 43m and costs $130 - $190.
No, there is no direct bus from Varna station to Ohrid. However, there are services departing from Varna Central Bus Station and arriving at Ohrid via Sofia Central Bus Station and Skopje, Transporten Centar. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 46m.
The distance between Varna and Ohrid is 840 km. The road distance is 829.1 km.
The best way to get from Varna to Ohrid without a car is to bus which takes 16h 46m and costs $40 - $75.
It takes approximately 16h 46m to get from Varna to Ohrid, including transfers.
Varna to Ohrid bus services, operated by Grup Plus - Etap Adresss, depart from Varna Central Bus Station.
Varna to Ohrid bus services, operated by Grup Plus - Etap Adresss, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
Ohrid is 1h behind Varna. It is currently 1:09 PM in Varna and 12:09 PM in Ohrid.
Yes, the driving distance between Varna to Ohrid is 829 km. It takes approximately 10h 43m to drive from Varna to Ohrid.
What companies run services between Varna, Bulgaria and Ohrid, North Macedonia?
You can take a bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Ohrid via Sofia Central Bus Station and Skopje, Transporten Centar in around 16h 46m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–120
Flights from Varna Airport to Skopje International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–320
Flights from Varna Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–290
Flights from Varna Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–280
Flights from Burgas Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Varna Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–120
Flights from Burgas Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–110
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Skopje International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $240–1,000
Flights from Varna Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $220–900
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Skopje International Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–360
Flights from Varna Airport to Skopje International Airport via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–330
Flights from Varna Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 25m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $65–300
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
Flights from Varna Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–470
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Skopje International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–320
Flights from Varna Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–290
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–470
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
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
- $21–28
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
- $16–22
- 1st Class
- $21–28
- 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 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $19–23
- 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
- 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 71 302 600
- 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
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $10–16
- Schedules at
- traveling.com
Bus from Sofiya, Avtogara Serdika to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–35
- Schedules at
- traveling.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
- 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/
Bus from Byala to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- 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
- Phone
- 056 844 966
- office@mbus-bg.com
- Website
- mbus-bg.com
Bus from Varna to Byala
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Schedules at
- mbus-bg.com
- Phone
- +359 52 757 044
- info@autogaravn.com
- Website
- autogaravn.com
Bus from Varna to Byala
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://autogaravn.com/en
- 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
- +389 46 787 312
- info@eurobus.mk
- Website
- eurobus.mk
Bus from Elbasan to Ohrid
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Schedules at
- eurobus.mk
- 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
- $90–170
- Website
- https://atlastaxi.eu/
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