There are 8 ways to get from Bucharest to Rab by bus, ferry, train, night train, plane, or shuttle
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Bus, ferry
best- Take the bus from Bucharest to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Rijeka bus station
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rab
19h 21mTrain, bus, ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Sud
- Take the bus from Ploieşti to Trieste
- Take the bus from Trieste to Rijeka bus station406 / ...
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rab
22h 25m€68–108Train, bus, ferry via Budapest
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-KeletiIr
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to SiofokIc / ...
- Take the bus from Siófok to Rijeka bus station
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rab
27h 15m€112–141Night train, ferry
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Take the night train from Wien Hbf to RijekaEn
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rab
34h 2m€190–248Fly to Rijeka Airport, ferry
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)OTP - RJK
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rab
12h 40m€148–452Fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)OTP - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb Airport to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvor
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rab
12h 20m€159–317Fly to Treviso Airport, shuttle, ferry
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Treviso Airport (TSF)OTP - TSF
- Take a shuttle bus from Treviso, Aeroporto to Rijeka
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rab
12h 5m€131–542Fly to Zadar Airport, shuttle, line 9309 ferry
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)OTP - ZAD
- Take a shuttle bus from Zadar Airport to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Take the ferry from Novalja to Rab
9h 18m€161–389
Bucharest to Rab by train, bus, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Rab is to train and bus and ferry which costs €65 - €110 and takes 22h 25m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Rab is to fly and shuttle and line 9309 ferry which takes 9h 18m and costs €160 - €390.
The distance between Bucharest and Rab is 1401 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Rab without a car is to bus and ferry which takes 19h 21m and costs .
It takes approximately 19h 21m to get from Bucharest to Rab, including transfers.
Rab is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 8:56 AM in Bucharest and 7:56 AM in Rab.
There are 3100+ hotels available in Rab.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Rab, Croatia?
There is no direct connection from Bucharest to Rab. However, you can take the bus to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar, take the bus to Rijeka bus station, walk to Rijeka, then take the ferry to Rab. Alternatively, you can take a train from Bucuresti Nord to Rab via Budapest-Keleti, Budapest-Kelenfoeld, Siofok, Siófok, Rijeka bus station, and Rijeka in around 27h 15m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–600
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Rijeka Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–320
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Treviso Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Treviso Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €22–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–100
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–390
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Rijeka Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–700
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–360
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Rijeka Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Treviso Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €28–130
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Rijeka Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–600
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Rijeka Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–360
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €64–69
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–95
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–8
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Siofok
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5–6
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Night train from Wien Hbf to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–7
- Schedules at
- transferoviarcalatori.ro
- 2nd Class
- €2–4
- 1st Class
- €4–7
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- contact@regiocalatori.ro
- Website
- regiocalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Website
- https://regiocalatori.ro/
- Phone
- 0751.525.520
- office@astratranscarpatic.ro
- Website
- astratranscarpatic.ro
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Book at
- astratranscarpatic.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Siófok to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Trieste to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 239 629 822
- office@transmarian.ro
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Bus from Ploieşti to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Trieste to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +385 01/6331-933
- plesoprijevoz@plesoprijevoz.hr
- Website
- plesoprijevoz.hr
Bus from Zagreb Airport to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–35
- Schedules at
- plesoprijevoz.hr
Shuttle from Zadar Airport to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19
- Schedules at
- plesoprijevoz.hr
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Treviso, Aeroporto to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–320
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €35–100
- Private
- €170–320
Rome2Rio's guide to Jadrolinija
Contact Details
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Ferry from Rijeka to Rab
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €5–7
Ferry from Novalja to Rab
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €3–4
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