There are 9 ways to get from Bucharest to Athlone by plane, train, bus, busferry, car, car ferry, or night train
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Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport, train
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane OTP - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Athlonetrain
8h 59m€120–285Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the bus from Liffey Valley to Arcadiabus 763
2d 10h€72–269Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Stationbus
- Take the bus from Manchester, Shudehill Interchange to Glasgowbus
- Take the busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentrebusferry 923
- Take the bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2bus X1 / ...
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Zone 11 to Arcadiabus 763 / ...
40h 57mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Bucharest to Dunkirkcar
- Take the car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Athlonecar
2d€426–1,007Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Dublin Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BBU - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Athlonetrain
11h 8m€83–321Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Ireland West Airport Knock, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC)plane OTP - NOC
- Take the train from Claremorris to Athlonetrain
13h 20m€126–254Fly Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)plane OTP - BHD
- Take the train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connollytrain
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Athlonetrain
13h 49m€193–379Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Shannon Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane OTP - SNN
- Take the train from Ennis to Athenrytrain
- Take the train from Athenry to Athlonetrain
14h 8m€150–398Night train, bus, train
- Take the night train from Bucharest to Câmpulung Moldov.nighttrain
- Take the bus from Câmpulung Moldovenesc to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Athlonetrain Re / ...
2d 14h
Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Dublin Airport (DUB) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Athlone is to fly and train which costs €80 - €330 and takes 11h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Athlone is to fly and train which takes 8h 59m and costs €120 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Bucharest to Athlone. However, there are services departing from Bucharest Obor and arriving at Arcadia via Manchester, Shudehill Interchange, Glasgow Buchanan, Grand Central Station Stand 11 and Dublin Airport Zone 11. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 57m.
The distance between Bucharest and Athlone is 2691 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Athlone without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 40h 57m and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 59m to get from Bucharest to Athlone, including transfers.
Bucharest to Athlone bus services, operated by Tarsin, depart from Bucharest Obor station.
Bucharest to Athlone bus services, operated by Tarsin, arrive at Manchester, Coach Station.
Athlone is 2h behind Bucharest. It is currently 2:35 PM in Bucharest and 12:35 PM in Athlone.
There are 20+ hotels available in Athlone.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Athlone, Ireland?
You can take a bus from Bucharest Obor to Arcadia via Rădăuţi, Rădăuți, Dublin, and Liffey Valley in around 2d 10h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport via Leeds Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Dublin Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 47m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Dublin Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Dublin Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 45m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–240
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Shannon Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Shannon Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 27m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Leeds Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Shannon Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–440
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Leeds Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Birmingham
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–220
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Edinburgh
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–370
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–430
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to George Best Belfast City Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–220
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–150
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Heuston to Athlone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–17
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €11–17
Train from Claremorris to Athlone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €8–13
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €15–22
Train from Ennis to Athenry
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €6–9
Train from Athenry to Athlone
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- €6–9
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Belfast Great Central to Dublin Connolly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–28
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Bucharest to Câmpulung Moldov.
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €41–45
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Manchester, Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 31m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Manchester, Shudehill Interchange to Glasgow
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €23–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Glasgow Buchanan to Belfast, Europa Buscentre
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 903 9508
- customerrelations@dublinexpress.ie
- Website
- dublinexpress.ie
Bus from Grand Central Station Stand 11 to Dublin Airport T2
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–140
- Website
- https://www.dublinexpress.ie/
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Dublin Airport Zone 11 to Arcadia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–21
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
Bus from Liffey Valley to Arcadia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–20
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–30
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +40744-530.349
- Website
- transportautoradauti.autogari.ro
Bus from Câmpulung Moldovenesc to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- transportautoradauti.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–450
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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