There are 9 ways to get from Cardiff to Skopje by train, plane, bus, car, car train, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train to Bristol Airport, fly
best- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane BRS - SKP
9h 28m$223–481Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Frankfurt central train stationbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
41h 52m$197–301Train, bus via Karlsruhe
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nordtrain Eil
- Take the train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the bus from Karlsruhe to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
30h 7m$490–1,060Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Cardiff to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Skopjecar
25h 9m$639–861Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane LTN - SKP
8h 15m$234–531Train, bus
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraaltrain Eil
- Take the bus from Amsterdam to Derventa, Milovana Bjeloševića Belogbus
- Take the bus from Derventa, Milovana Bjeloševića Belog to Željeznička stanica Barbus
- Take the bus from Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
38h 24mTrain, bus #2
- Take the train from Cardiff Central to Southampton Centraltrain
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Brightontrain
- Take the bus from Brighton to Tiranabus
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
42h 40mBus via Brussels
- Take the bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivalsbus 507 / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Brussels Midi / Brussels South Westbus
- Take the bus from Brussels-Nord to Pristinabus
- Take the bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
46h 54m$197–271Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cardiff to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Skopjecar
26h 18m$495–768
Cardiff to Skopje by bus and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cardiff to Skopje is to bus via Brussels which costs $190 - $280 and takes 46h 54m.
The fastest way to get from Cardiff to Skopje is to train and fly which takes 8h 15m and costs $230 - $550.
No, there is no direct bus from Cardiff to Skopje. However, there are services departing from Park Place and arriving at Skopje, Transporten Centar via London Victoria and Frankfurt. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 52m.
The distance between Cardiff and Skopje is 2214 km.
The best way to get from Cardiff to Skopje without a car is to train and bus via Karlsruhe which takes 30h 7m and costs $490 - $1,100.
It takes approximately 9h 28m to get from Cardiff to Skopje, including transfers.
Cardiff to Skopje bus services, operated by National Express, depart from Park Place station.
Cardiff to Skopje bus services, operated by National Express, arrive at London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals.
Skopje is 1h ahead of Cardiff. It is currently 1:00 PM in Cardiff and 2:00 PM in Skopje.
There are 1909+ hotels available in Skopje.
What companies run services between Cardiff, Wales and Skopje, North Macedonia?
You can take a bus from Park Place to Skopje, Transporten Centar via London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals, London Victoria, Frankfurt central train station, and Frankfurt in around 41h 52m.
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–850
- Website
- flexflight.dk
Flights from Bristol Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–850
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Skopje International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $70–260
Flights from Bristol Airport to Skopje International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–310
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Skopje International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–310
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–460
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Skopje International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–230
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $23–45
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–170
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–170
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $85–170
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Cardiff Central to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- Transport for Wales
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $20–35
- Website
- Transport for Wales
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Cardiff Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)3432 186 186
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Paris Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $150–260
- Website
- Eurostar
Train from London St Pancras Intl to Amsterdam Centraal
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $190–330
- Website
- Eurostar
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–200
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Karlsruhe Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $110–490
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $158
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- $158
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $20–40
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +44 (0)3457 282930
- Website
- Southern
Train from Southampton Central to Brighton
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–85
- Website
- Southern
- Phone
- +389 75 209 209
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hak Bus
Bus from Karlsruhe to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 43m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $139
- Website
- Hak Bus
- Phone
- +49 (0)7051 93 03 44
- [email protected]
- Website
- prosicbus.com
Bus from Amsterdam to Derventa, Milovana Bjeloševića Belog
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- http://www.prosicbus.com
- Schedules at
- http://www.prosicbus.com/#redvoznje-faq
- Phone
- +387 65 407 734
- [email protected]
Bus from Derventa, Milovana Bjeloševića Belog to Željeznička stanica Bar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +389 2 2566668
- [email protected]
- Website
- vardarexpress.com
Bus from Polje, Autobuska Stanica Bar to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $53
- Schedules at
- vardarexpress.com
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–95
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Park Place to London Victoria Coach Station Arrivals
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–95
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from London Victoria to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- Nasir Tours
Bus from Frankfurt to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $87
- Website
- Nasir Tours
- Phone
- +355 69 232 8000
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Brighton to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 31h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Schedules at
- Diamant Travel
- Phone
- +38975468055
- Website
- idotours.com.mk
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 69 234 8608
- [email protected]
- Website
- dritatravel.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $23–50
- Schedules at
- dritatravel.com
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from London Victoria Green Line Station to Brussels Midi / Brussels South West
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +383 44198634
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Brussels-Nord to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $116
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- [email protected]
Bus from Brussels-Nord to Pristina
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 54m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- Fertours
- Phone
- +383 49 166 760
- [email protected]
- Website
- Amalfi Tours
Bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–13
- Website
- Amalfi Tours
- Phone
- +389 76 241 003
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- [email protected]
- Website
- Motoja
Bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Website
- Motoja
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $10–60
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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