There are 11 ways to get from Ireland to Macedonia by plane, car, bus, train, night 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.
Fly Dublin Airport to Skopje International Airport, drive
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Skopje International Airport (SKP)plane DUB - SKP
- Drive from Skopje-Airport-SKP to Macedoniacar
10h 7m$91–288Fly Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane DUB - SOF
- Take the train from Zaharna Fabrika to Petrichtrain
12h 28m$87–270Bus, train, night train
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the train from Suceava to Bucharesttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsanighttrain
- Take the train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofiatrain Ic
- Take the train from Sofia to Petrichtrain Ic
2d 20h$120–340Car ferry, drive
- Take the carferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Port of Cherbourgcarferry
- Drive from Port of Cherbourg to Macedoniacar
45h 47m$1,021–2,402Fly Dublin Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia, train, drive
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG)plane DUB - SKG
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolistrain
- Drive from Rodopolis to Macedoniacar
11h 3m$120–295Fly Cork Airport to Sofia Airport, train
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane ORK - SOF
- Take the train from Zaharna Fabrika to Petrichtrain
14h 56m$118–228Fly Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport, train
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane SNN - SOF
- Take the train from Zaharna Fabrika to Petrichtrain
15h 29m$103–346Train, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Praha, ÚAN Florencbus
- Take the bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Petrichtrain Ic
2d 21h$681–1,159Bus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Suceava to București, Autogara Militaribus
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sandanskibus
2d 22h$182–452Train, car ferry, bus via Frankfurt am Main
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europorttrain Ic
- Take the carferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Take the bus from Dunkerque Port to Frankfurt central train stationbus
- Take the bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stopbus
- Take the train from Sofia to Petrichtrain Ic
3d 2h$686–1,154Bus, train, drive
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Suceava to Thessalonikibus
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to Mandrakitrain Re
- Drive from Mandraki to Macedoniacar
3d 7h$131–472
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Skopje International Airport (SKP) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Macedonia is to fly and train which costs $100 - $350 and takes 15h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Macedonia is to fly and drive which takes 10h 7m and costs $90 - $290.
No, there is no direct bus from Ireland to Macedonia. However, there are services departing from Dublin and arriving at Sandanski via Rădăuţi, Suceava and București, Autogara Militari. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 22h.
The distance between Ireland and Macedonia is 2608 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Macedonia without a car is to bus and train and night train which takes 2 days 20h and costs $120 - $340.
It takes approximately 10h 7m to get from Ireland to Macedonia, including transfers.
Ireland to Macedonia bus services, operated by Tarsin, depart from Dublin station.
Ireland to Macedonia bus services, operated by Tarsin, arrive at Rădăuți station.
Macedonia is 2h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 10:58 PM in Ireland and 12:58 AM in Macedonia.
There are 382+ hotels available in Macedonia.
What companies run services between Ireland and Macedonia, Blagoevgrad, Bulgaria?
You can take a vehicle from Dublin to Macedonia via Dublin, Rădăuţi, Suceava, București, Autogara Militari, and Sandanski in around 2d 22h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $65–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–230
Flights from Dublin Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Bratislava
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $80–230
Flights from Dublin Airport to Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–230
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–240
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–370
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–370
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–480
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $130–450
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Skopje International Airport via Venice
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–240
Flights from Dublin Airport to Skopje International Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–240
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–300
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $85–290
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 2m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–240
- Website
- comlux.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–380
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–370
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–480
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Skopje International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Skopje International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–240
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Sofia Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–550
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Sofia Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–500
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Suceava to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 39m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $38–41
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Night train from Bucharest to Gorna Oryahovitsa
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
Train from Gorna Oryahovitsa to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $4–7
- 1st Class
- $5–7
Train from Sofia to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–4
- 1st Class
- $3–4
Train from Zaharna Fabrika to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
Train from Zaharna Fabrika to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
Train from Zaharna Fabrika to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
Train from Sofia to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
Train from Sofia to Petrich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $4–6
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $7–12
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Thessaloniki to Mandraki
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $8–13
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- $16–23
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 59m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $16–23
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- $16–23
- 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 Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–230
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–230
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Praha, ÚAN Florenc
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Suceava to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–70
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Sandanski
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Dunkerque Port to Frankfurt central train station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Praha, ÚAN Florenc to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 6m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $50–95
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- [email protected]
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Frankfurt Central Train Station to Sofia Serdica Bus Stop
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110–160
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- [email protected]
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Suceava to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65–190
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Dublin Terminal 1 to Port of Cherbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $550–1,700
- Website
- Irish Ferries
- 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)
- $503
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)
- $503
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