There are 12 ways to get from Bucharest to Southampton by plane, bus, train, car, car train, busferry, 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 to Southampton Airport
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Southampton Airport (SOU)plane OTP - SOU
7h 44m£142–304Bus, train via London Luton Airport (LTN)
cheapest- Take the bus from Bucharest Obor to Lutonbus
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslinktrain
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Southampton Centraltrain
22h 44m£79–147Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bucharest to Calais-Fréthuncar
- Take the car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestonecartrain
- Drive from Folkestone to Southamptoncar
25h 30mFly to Bristol Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Bristol Airport (BRS)plane OTP - BRS
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Centraltrain
8h 26m£135–334Fly to Luton Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Luton Airport (LTN)plane OTP - LTN
- Take the train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslinktrain
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Southampton Centraltrain
8h 18m£154–509Fly to London Heathrow Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to London Heathrow Airport (LHR)plane OTP - LHR
- Take the train from London Paddington to Readingtrain
- Take the train from Reading to Southampton Centraltrain
8h 16m£165–439Fly to London Stansted Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to London Stansted Airport (STN)plane OTP - STN
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Southampton Centraltrain
8h 33m£151–354Fly to Birmingham Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Birmingham Airport (BHX)plane OTP - BHX
- Take the train from Birmingham International to Southampton Centraltrain
8h 53m£150–434Fly to London Gatwick Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to London Gatwick Airport (LGW)plane OTP - LGW
- Take the train from Gatwick Airport to Chichestertrain
- Take the train from Chichester to Southampton Centraltrain
8h 22m£140–312Bus, train
- Take the bus from Bucharest to London Victoriabus
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Southampton Centraltrain London Waterloo - Weymouth / ...
31h 59m£155–200Bus and ferry, train
- Take the busferry from Bucharest to London Wembley Parkbusferry
- Take the train from London Waterloo to Southampton Centraltrain London Waterloo - Weymouth / ...
2d 12h£98–233Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Bucharest to Calaiscar
- Take the car ferry from Calais to Port of Dovercarferry
- Drive from Port of Dover to Southamptoncar
26h 39m£376–544
Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Southampton Airport (SOU) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Southampton is to bus and train via London Luton Airport (LTN) which costs £75 - £150 and takes 22h 44m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Southampton is to fly which takes 7h 44m and costs £140 - £310.
The distance between Bucharest and Southampton is 1364 miles.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Southampton without a car is to bus and train via London Luton Airport (LTN) which takes 22h 44m and costs £75 - £150.
It takes approximately 7h 44m to get from Bucharest to Southampton, including transfers.
Southampton is 2h behind Bucharest. It is currently 5:01 AM in Bucharest and 3:01 AM in Southampton.
There are 1901+ hotels available in Southampton.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Southampton, England?
KLM and Tarom fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Southampton Airport (SOU) twice daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bristol Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bristol Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £35–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Stansted Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Stansted Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Southampton Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–430
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bristol Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–300
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £40–290
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £45–110
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £30–190
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Heathrow Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–180
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Heathrow Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £80–320
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Birmingham Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Luton Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £50–180
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Heathrow Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–200
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to London Gatwick Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £65–220
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from Luton Airport Parkway to West Hampstead Thameslink
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £12–26
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £12–18
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £19–26
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from London Waterloo to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £35–80
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £35–50
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £55–80
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Calais-Fréthun to Folkestone
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–80
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £40–50
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £55–80
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £20–25
- Anytime Day Single 1st Class
- £27–40
- Phone
- 0343 222 1234
- Website
- tfl.gov.uk
Train from London Paddington to Reading
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £11–22
- Website
- https://tfl.gov.uk/modes/elizabeth-line/
- Off Peak
- £11–18
- Peak
- £15–22
Train from Reading to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £30–45
- 1st Class
- £40–60
Train from Birmingham International to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–180
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Standard
- £60–95
- 1st Class
- £120–180
- Phone
- +44 3451 27 29 20
- Website
- southernrailway.com
Train from Gatwick Airport to Chichester
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £14–21
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £14–21
Train from Chichester to Southampton Central
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £11–17
- Website
- https://www.southernrailway.com/
- Anytime Day Single
- £11–17
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Bucharest Obor to Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 17m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £25–35
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- £120
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Bucharest to London Wembley Park
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- £60–150
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- £45–60
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Calais to Port of Dover
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–40
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- £65–170
- On Foot
- £30–40
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