There are 10 ways to get from Athens to Alba Iulia by plane, bus, train, car, or night train
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Fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)ATH - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iulia
7h 38m$96–232Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to ThessalonikiIc
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Sibiu
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
22h 36m$98–168Train, drive
- Take the train from Athens to ThessalonikiIc
- Take the train from Thessaloniki to RodopolisRe
- Drive from Rodopolis to Petrich
- Take the train from Petrich to Sofia
- Take the train from Sofia to Vidin
- Take the train from Vidin to Craiova
- Take the train from Craiova to Alba Iulia
31h 7m$97–136Drive 1,306.3 km
- Drive from Athens to Alba Iulia1,306.3 km
16h 20m$274–396Fly to Sibiu, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Sibiu (SBZ)ATH - SBZ
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
10h 19m$126–311Fly to Tirgu Mures, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Tirgu Mures (TGM)ATH - TGM
- Take the train from Vidrasău h. to Războieni
- Take the train from Războieni to Alba Iulia
11h 3m$115–318Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, train
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)ATH - OTP
- Take the train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Vest
- Take the train from Ploieşti Vest to Alba Iulia
13h 37m$97–252Bus via Thessaloníki
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Sibiu
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
23h 5m$121–181Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to București, Autogara MilitariN983
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Alba Iulia
27h 10m$121–183Bus, night train
- Take the bus from Athens to București, Autogara MilitariUnion Ivkoni - Unibus 3670
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Alba IuliaBucureşti Nord Gr.A - Lokoshaza
31h 24m$97–125
Athens to Alba Iulia by bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Alba Iulia is to bus and night train which costs $95 - $130 and takes 31h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Alba Iulia is to fly and bus which takes 7h 38m and costs $95 - $240.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Alba Iulia. However, there are services departing from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL and arriving at Alba Iulia via Thessaloniki and Sibiu. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 5m.
The distance between Athens and Alba Iulia is 1127 km. The road distance is 1306.3 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Alba Iulia without a car is to train and bus which takes 22h 36m and costs $95 - $170.
It takes approximately 7h 38m to get from Athens to Alba Iulia, including transfers.
Athens to Alba Iulia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Athens station.
Athens to Alba Iulia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at București, Autogara Militari station.
Yes, the driving distance between Athens to Alba Iulia is 1306 km. It takes approximately 16h 20m to drive from Athens to Alba Iulia.
Book your Athens to Alba Iulia bus tickets online with Omio.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Alba Iulia, Romania?
You can take a bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Alba Iulia via Thessaloniki Monastiriou, Thessaloniki, and Sibiu in around 23h 5m.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Sibiu via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–330
Flights from Athens International Airport to Sibiu via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–350
Flights from Athens International Airport to Sibiu via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $110–360
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Sibiu via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Sibiu via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $100–550
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–160
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–240
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $190–480
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Tirgu Mures via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–290
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $35–160
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–180
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- hellenictrain.gr
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $25–40
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
Train from Thessaloniki to Rodopolis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Website
- https://www.hellenictrain.gr/en
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Petrich to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 48m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–11
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $6–10
- 1st Class
- $9–11
Train from Sofia to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–16
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $8–12
- 1st Class
- $11–16
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Craiova to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $27–30
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Vidrasău h. to Războieni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–8
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Războieni to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–9
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Ploieşti Vest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $33–36
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Night train from Bucharest to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $38–41
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Website
- interregional.ro
Train from Vidrasău h. to Războieni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- interregional.ro
Train from Războieni to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- interregional.ro
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- interregional.ro
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Schedules at
- transferoviarcalatori.ro
- 2nd Class
- $2–5
- 1st Class
- $5–8
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- contact@regiocalatori.ro
- Website
- regiocalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Website
- https://regiocalatori.ro/
- Phone
- 0751.525.520
- office@astratranscarpatic.ro
- Website
- astratranscarpatic.ro
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $6–9
- Book at
- astratranscarpatic.ro
- Phone
- 0351/40.91.53
- info@softrans.ro
- Website
- softrans.ro
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–6
- Schedules at
- softrans.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–11
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $4–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Athens to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $100–150
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–26
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- simeonidistours.gr
Bus from Thessaloniki to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $70–120
- Schedules at
- simeonidistours.gr
- Phone
- +4-0364.101.110
- Website
- fany.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–12
- Schedules at
- fany.autogari.ro
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $15–22
- Schedules at
- fany.autogari.ro
- Phone
- (0250) 747-41
- secretariat@dacos.com.ro
- Website
- dacos.com.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–8
- Schedules at
- dacos.autogari.ro
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 54m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Schedules at
- dacos.autogari.ro
- helpline.svs@gmail.com
- Website
- svs.md
Bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://svs.md/en/bus/route/number-19167
- Phone
- +40-260-606343
- Website
- cento.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–7
- Schedules at
- cento.ro
- Phone
- +4-0730-223.590
- Website
- romtimex.autogari.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Schedules at
- romtimex.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40744619453
- Website
- cotofana.autogari.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $4–6
- Schedules at
- cotofana.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0726.922.277
- Website
- obada-transmontana.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- obadatrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0258-732.586
- Website
- voltrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- voltrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- ktel2310@gmail.com
- Website
- ktelthes.gr
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $50
- Schedules at
- ktelthes.gr
- Book at
- ktelthes.e-ticketing.gr
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Athens to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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