There are 9 ways to get from Cork to North Macedonia by plane, bus, car, car ferry, shuttle, or train
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Fly Cork Airport to Sofia Airport, bus
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ORK - SOF
- Take the bus from Sofia to Kumanovobus
17h 23m$106–334Fly Cork Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza, bus, shuttle
cheapest- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza (TIA)plane ORK - TIA
- Take the bus from Tirana Airport to Prizren,Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take a shuttle bus from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Skopje
14h 56m$105–299Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cork to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Skopjecar
46h 56m$928–1,504Bus
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walkbus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Passaubus
- Take the bus from Passau to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
3d 14h$154–376Fly Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, bus
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane ORK - SKG
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Skopje Central Bus Stationbus
15h 3m$128–359Fly Cork Airport to Pristina, bus
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Pristina (PRN)plane ORK - PRN
- Take the bus from Pristina to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
12h 24m$194–423Fly Cork Airport to Skopje International Airport
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane ORK - SKP
10h 15m$137–326Fly Cork Airport to Podgorica Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Podgorica Airport (TGD)plane ORK - TGD
- Take a shuttle bus from Podgorica Airport to Ulcinj, Autobuska Stanica Ulcinj
- Take the bus from Ulcinj, Autobuska Stanica Ulcinj to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
39h 13m$258–527Train to Dublin Airport, fly to Dubrovnik Airport, bus
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Dubrovnik Airport (DBV)plane DUB - DBV
- Take the bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Herceg Novi, Jova Bijelića 1bus
- Take the bus from Herceg Novi, Jova Bijelića 1 to Skopje, Transporten Centarbus
16h 32m$158–296
Cork Airport (ORK) to Sofia Airport (SOF) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Cork to North Macedonia is to fly and bus and shuttle which costs $100 - $300 and takes 14h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to North Macedonia is to fly which takes 10h 15m and costs $130 - $330.
No, there is no direct bus from Cork to North Macedonia. However, there are services departing from Cork Alfred St and arriving at Skopje, Transporten Centar via Aston Quay, Dublin, Rădăuți and Passau. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 3 days 14h.
The distance between Cork and North Macedonia is 2791 km.
The best way to get from Cork to North Macedonia without a car is to bus which takes 3 days 14h and costs $150 - $380.
It takes approximately 17h 23m to get from Cork to North Macedonia, including transfers.
Cork to North Macedonia bus services, operated by Citylink, depart from Cork Alfred St station.
The best way to get from Cork to North Macedonia is to bus which takes 3 days 14h and costs $150 - $380. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $130 - $330 and takes 10h 15m.
Cork to North Macedonia bus services, operated by Citylink, arrive at Bachelors Walk station.
North Macedonia is 1h ahead of Cork. It is currently 6:53 AM in Cork and 7:53 AM in North Macedonia.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and North Macedonia?
You can take a bus from Cork Alfred St to Skopje, Transporten Centar via Bachelors Walk, Aston Quay, Navan Rd Stn, Dublin, Rădăuți, Passau, and Passau in around 3d 14h. Alternatively, Ryanair and Wizz Air fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Skopje International Airport (SKP) once a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–280
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–290
Flights from Cork Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–190
Flights from Cork Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–190
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–300
Flights from Cork Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–300
Flights from Dublin Airport to Dubrovnik Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–500
Flights from Cork Airport to Pristina via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–700
Flights from Dublin Airport to Dubrovnik Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–390
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–500
Flights from Cork Airport to Tirana International Airport Nënë Tereza via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Skopje International Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–340
Flights from Cork Airport to Podgorica Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–370
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–500
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Pristina via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $120–430
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Pristina via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $150–700
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Pristina via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–700
- Website
- interjet.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Podgorica Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–600
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Dubrovnik Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–130
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- $25–40
- Phone
- +359 2 981 58 56
- [email protected]
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–35
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- [email protected]
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Sofia to Kumanovo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24–35
- Website
- Citylink
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- [email protected]
- Website
- Aircoach
Bus from Cork Alfred St to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–30
- Website
- Aircoach
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- [email protected]
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–230
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Passau
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $18–24
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +389 42 218 007
- Website
- Nasir Tours
Bus from Passau to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $67
- Website
- Nasir Tours
- Phone
- +383 44 115 097
- [email protected]
- Website
- arbenitours.com
Bus from Tirana Airport to Prizren,Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $20
- Schedules at
- arbenitours.com
- Phone
- +381 69 756756
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Shuttle from Prizren,Autobuska Stanica to Skopje
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $12
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- [email protected]
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Thessaloniki to Skopje Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $28–40
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
- 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
- $10–13
- 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
- $9–10
- Website
- Motoja
- Phone
- +382 69 737 787
- [email protected]
- Website
- gomontenegro.me
Shuttle from Podgorica Airport to Ulcinj, Autobuska Stanica Ulcinj
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Schedules at
- gomontenegro.me
- Phone
- +389 2 2566668
- [email protected]
- Website
- vardarexpress.com
Bus from Ulcinj, Autobuska Stanica Ulcinj to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $51
- Schedules at
- vardarexpress.com
Bus from Herceg Novi, Jova Bijelića 1 to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $51
- Schedules at
- vardarexpress.com
- Phone
- +382 20 633 807
- [email protected]
- Website
- bozur.net
Bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Herceg Novi, Jova Bijelića 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–27
- Schedules at
- bozur.net
- Phone
- +382 31 33 60 06
- [email protected]
- Website
- blueline-mne.com
Bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Herceg Novi, Jova Bijelića 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $26
- Schedules at
- blueline-mne.com
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- [email protected]
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Dubrovnik, Autobusni kolodvor to Herceg Novi, Jova Bijelića 1
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–20
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- [email protected]
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $490–850
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- $506
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