BY PLANE

Skopje's airport, Skopje Aleksandar Makedonski International Airport (Alexander the Great) (IATA: SKP), is 20km from Skopje. Cities that are connected to Skopje are: Ljubljana, Vienna, Sofia seasonal, Zagreb, Prague, Zurich, Belgrade, Dusseldorf, Budapest, Istanbul. Airlines that serve Skopje are: Adria Airways, MALEV, Austrian Airlines, Croatia Airlines, Czech Airlines, Helvetic Airways, Jat Airways, Turkish Airlines and soon MAT Airways will publish its flights to some European cities. The airport is accessed by the main highway Belgrade-Skopje-Thessaloniki which connects it directly with the city. Unfortunately there is no public transport that connects the airport with Skopje so you would have to take a taxi or arrange personal transportation.

BY TRAIN

Daily trains run between Skopje and Belgrade, Serbia (9 hours) and Thessaloniki, Greece (5 hours).

BY BUS

There are buses to Skopje from Sofia, Pristina (verified daily buses at 6am and 5pm, 2-3 hours depending on border crossing, as of 11/16/2010), Belgrade, Thessaloniki (Mon. and Wed. only), Istanbul, Zagreb, Austria, Germany, Dubrovnik, Tirana, and Podgorica. The buses arrive in the bus station which is below the train station. All the domestic and international buses arrive in the bus station. It is a new bus station and very modern tel. (+389) (2) 246 60 11 (speaking english).

If you wish to travel to Skopje from Sofia, there are 5 buses a day. Matpu 96 which can be found in near to the Sofia Central Bus Station has buses at 07:00, 09:30, 16:00, 19:00, and 00:00. The cost of a ticket is approximately 30 Lev (15 euros) but they accept euros too. The journey will take around 6 hours and will also include a time zone change from Sofia (GMT + 2) to Skopje (GMT + 1 or Central European Time), so the 16:00 bus will arrive at Skopje Bus Station at approximately 21:00. The website of the bus company is available in English.