There are 10 ways to get from Budapest to Lake Ohrid by plane, bus, car, shuttle, or train
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Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
best- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane BUD - TIA
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Mëmëlishtbus
8h 7m$36–189Bus
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica (Нови Сад, Aутобуска Cтаница)bus 1910 / ...
- Take the bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Strugabus
17h 4m$81–124Drive 921.8 km
- Drive from Budapest to Ohridcar 921.8 km
10h 53m$161–233Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Podgorica Airport, bus
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Podgorica Airport (TGD)plane BUD - TGD
- Take the bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana to Pogradecbus
12h$87–250Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Skopje International Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane BUD - SKP
- Take a shuttle bus from Skopje Airport to Pristina
- Take the bus from Pristina to Strugabus
11h 30m$202–424Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane VIE - TIA
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Mëmëlishtbus
10h 31m$80–369Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane BUD - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Kozanibus
- Take the bus from Kozani to Pogradecbus
11h 12mTrain to Bratislava Airport, fly to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Bratislava Hlavna Stanicatrain
- Fly from Bratislava Airport (BTS) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane BTS - TIA
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Mëmëlishtbus
10h 46m$51–230Train, bus
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Szegedtrain Ic
- Take the train from Szeged to Suboticatrain Re
- Take the train from Subotica to Novi Beogradtrain Ir / ...
- Take the bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Strugabus
17h 39m$74–102Bus via Skopje
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Podmoljebus
19h 14m$80–124
Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Lake Ohrid is to train and bus which costs $70 - $110 and takes 17h 39m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Lake Ohrid is to fly and bus which takes 8h 7m and costs $35 - $190.
No, there is no direct bus from Budapest to Lake Ohrid. However, there are services departing from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar and arriving at Podmolje via Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica and Struga. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 4m.
The distance between Budapest and Lake Ohrid is 830 km. The road distance is 921.8 km.
The best way to get from Budapest to Lake Ohrid without a car is to bus which takes 17h 4m and costs $80 - $130.
It takes approximately 8h 7m to get from Budapest to Lake Ohrid, including transfers.
Budapest to Lake Ohrid bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Budapest to Lake Ohrid bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica (Нови Сад, Aутобуска Cтаница) station.
Yes, the driving distance between Budapest to Lake Ohrid is 922 km. It takes approximately 10h 53m to drive from Budapest to Lake Ohrid.
There are 405+ hotels available in Lake Ohrid.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Lake Ohrid, North Macedonia?
You can take a bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Podmolje via Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica and Struga in around 17h 4m.
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–170
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Podgorica Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–190
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Skopje International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $26–130
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $30–160
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $22–200
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–180
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–230
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–190
Flights from Bratislava Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–210
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–160
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Podgorica Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–200
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Skopje International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–320
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–13
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Szeged
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $10–12
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Szeged to Subotica
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $3–4
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- *
- $40–65
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Bratislava Hlavna Stanica
- *
- $35–55
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $13–21
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $50–100
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +381 11 360 28 99
- [email protected]
- Website
- srbijavoz.rs
Train from Subotica to Novi Beograd
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–11
- Schedules at
- srbijavoz.rs
- Rail 2nd Class
- $6–8
- 1st Class
- $8–11
- Phone
- +355 69 213 1213
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Mëmëlisht
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Mëmëlisht
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Mëmëlisht
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica (Нови Сад, Aутобуска Cтаница)
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +381 11 7614 715
- [email protected]
- Website
- transprodukt.rs
Bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Struga
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Schedules at
- transprodukt.rs
Bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Struga
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–75
- Schedules at
- transprodukt.rs
- Phone
- +382 69 312 161
- [email protected]
- Website
- MS tours
Bus from Podgorica , Bus station to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–29
- Website
- MS tours
- Phone
- +383 38 616 161
- [email protected]
- Website
- gjirafa.com
Bus from Tirana to Pogradec
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–15
- Schedules at
- Linja të autobusëve Gjirafa
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Skopje Airport to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $150–260
- Website
- GoOpti
- Phone
- +383 49 166 760
- [email protected]
- Website
- Amalfi Tours
Bus from Pristina to Struga
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $16–22
- Website
- Amalfi Tours
- Phone
- +30 2461034454
- [email protected]
- Website
- ktelkozanis.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki Macedonia KTEL Bus Station to Kozani
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Schedules at
- ktelkozanis.gr
- Phone
- +30694 051 4160
- [email protected]
- Website
- metroeuro.travel
Bus from Kozani to Pogradec
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- metroeuro.travel
- Phone
- +381 64 80 266 80
- [email protected]
- Website
- Terra Travel d.o.o.
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- Terra Travel d.o.o.
- Phone
- +381 18 255 177
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
Bus from Novi Sad, Autobuska Stanica to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Niš-ekspres
- Phone
- +389 - 71 - 322 - 333
- Website
- martinoski.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Podmolje
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5
- Schedules at
- martinoski.com
- [email protected]
- Website
- Vakcare Struga
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Podmolje
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Website
- Vakcare Struga
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