There are 8 ways to get from Varna to Shtip by train, bus, car, plane, or taxi
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Train, bus via Blagoevgrad
best- Take the train from Varna to Sofia Sever
- Take the bus from Sofia to Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal
- Take the bus from Delčevo to Štip
13h 34mTrain, drive
cheapest- Take the train from Varna to Sofia Sever
- Take the train from Sofia to Kyustendil
- Drive from Kyustendil to Shtip
13h 50m$37–60Bus
- 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 Štip
14h 15mDrive 640.6 km
- Drive from Varna to Shtip640.6 km
8h 8m$101–146Fly to Skopje International Airport, taxi
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)VAR - SKP
- Take the taxi from Skopje-Airport-SKP to Shtip
12h 5m$208–417Train, 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 Štip
15h 50mBus via Omurtag Bus Station
- Take the bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Omurtag Bus Station
- Take the bus from Omurtag to Sofia - Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Sofia to Dragomirovo
- Take the bus from Kyustendil to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Štip
18h 21mFly to Sofia Airport, bus
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Sofia Airport (SOF)VAR - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Blagoevgrad Train Station
- Take the bus from Delčevo to Štip
8h 10m
Varna Airport (VAR) to Skopje International Airport (SKP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Varna to Shtip is to train and drive which costs $35 - $65 and takes 13h 50m.
The fastest way to get from Varna to Shtip is to drive which takes 8h 8m and costs $100 - $150.
No, there is no direct bus from Varna station to Shtip. However, there are services departing from Varna Central Bus Station and arriving at Štip via Sofia Central Bus Station and Skopje, Transporten Centar. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 14h 15m.
The distance between Varna and Shtip is 751 km. The road distance is 640.6 km.
The best way to get from Varna to Shtip without a car is to bus which takes 14h 15m and costs .
It takes approximately 13h 34m to get from Varna to Shtip, including transfers.
Varna to Shtip bus services, operated by Global Biomet, depart from Varna Central Bus Station.
Varna to Shtip bus services, operated by Global Biomet, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
Shtip is 1h behind Varna. It is currently 4:25 PM in Varna and 3:25 PM in Shtip.
Yes, the driving distance between Varna to Shtip is 641 km. It takes approximately 8h 8m to drive from Varna to Shtip.
What companies run services between Varna, Bulgaria and Shtip, North Macedonia?
You can take a bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Štip via Sofia Central Bus Station and Skopje, Transporten Centar in around 14h 15m.
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Varna Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–150
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Skopje International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $260–600
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Skopje International Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 13h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–270
Flights from Varna Airport to Skopje International Airport via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 45m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–270
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Varna Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–900
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–900
- 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
- $120–550
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Skopje International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–330
- 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 Kyustendil
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3–7
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $3–6
- 1st Class
- $5–7
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
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia to Blagoevgrad Central Bus Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $11–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +389 33 471 139
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Delčevo to Štip
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Štip
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- 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 Omurtag Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Omurtag to Sofia - Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–18
- 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
- $20–30
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Omurtag Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7–12
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Omurtag to Sofia - Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $14–21
- 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 34 346 030
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Štip
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- 033/273-551
- avtoatom@yahoo.com
- Website
- avtoatom.com.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Štip
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- avtoatom.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
Bus from Kyustendil to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–24
- 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
- +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
- +359 2 493 0191
- info@traventuria.com
- Website
- traventuria.com
Bus from Sofia Airport Terminal 1 Bus Stop to Blagoevgrad Train Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Website
- https://traventuria.com/
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Estimated price
- $45–55
Skopje Taxi
- Phone
- +389 71 824 681
- Website
- skopjetaxi.com.mk
Shuttle taxi Skopje
- Phone
- +389 71 237 447
- Website
- shuttletaxi.mk
Classic Taxi
- Phone
- +389 70 279 167
- Website
- facebook.com
Wizi
- Phone
- +389 2 277 6800
- Website
- wizi.hr
Book Taxi
- Phone
- +389 78 202 368
- Website
- booktaxiskopje.com
Ало-такси 13-011
- Phone
- 078 754777
- Website
- zk.mk
Luxe City Taxi
- Phone
- +389 31 431 432
- Website
- facebook.com
Taxi Bubamara
- Phone
- +389 32 441 530
Snupi 13-202
- Phone
- +389 32 444339
Alo Taxi
- Phone
- +389 78 331533
Taxi Perka
- Phone
- +38943222194
Taxi Lider
- Phone
- +389 78 368 123
- Website
- facebook.com
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