There are 10 ways to get from Bucharest to Tartu by plane, train, bus, or ferry
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Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Lennart Meri International Airport, train
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)OTP - TLL
- Take the train from Ülemiste to Tartu
9h 41m€143–332Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Tartu Ülenurme Airport
cheapest- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Tartu Ülenurme Airport (TAY)BBU - TAY
16h 3m€77–326Bus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Doraly Expo Market to Dvirtsevyi Bus Station
- Take the bus from Dvirtsevyi Bus Station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Take the bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Parnu Coach Station
- Take the bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Tartu bussijaam145
39h 30m€150–197Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Tartu Ülenurme Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Tartu Ülenurme Airport (TAY)OTP - TAY
8h 24m€144–440Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL)BBU - TLL
- Take the train from Ülemiste to Tartu
12h 40m€86–218Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Riga International Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Riga International Airport (RIX)OTP - RIX
- Take the train from Riga-Pasazieru to Valga
- Take the train from Valga to Tartu
11h 55m€138–311Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Helsinki Airport, ferry, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Helsinki Airport (HEL)OTP - HEL
- Take the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Take the train from Tallinn to Tartu
12h 32m€176–446Train, bus via Chernivtsi
- Take the train from Bucharest to Suceava
- Take the bus from Suceava to Chernivtsi Bus station
- Take the bus from Chernivtsi Bus station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Take the train from Riga-Pasazieru to Valga874 / ...
- Take the train from Valga to TartuE35 / ...
39h 36m€134–161Bus via Zhytomyr
- Take the bus from Bucharest Filaret Bus Station to Zhytomyr
- Take the bus from Zhytomyr to Pärnu bussijaam
- Take the bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Tartu bussijaam145
2d€116–148Train, bus
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Chisinau402
- Take the bus from Chisinau, Gara Feroviara to Rīga
- Take the train from Riga-Pasazieru to Valga874 / ...
- Take the train from Valga to TartuE35 / ...
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Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Lennart Meri International Airport (TLL) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Tartu is to bus via Zhytomyr which costs €110 - €150 and takes 2 days 0h.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Tartu is to fly which takes 8h 24m and costs €140 - €440.
No, there is no direct bus from Bucharest to Tartu. However, there are services departing from Bucur Obor and arriving at Tartu bussijaam via Bucharest Doraly Expo Market, Dvirtsevyi Bus Station, Riga Central Bus Station and Pärnu bussijaam. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 30m.
The distance between Bucharest and Tartu is 1855 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Tartu without a car is to bus which takes 39h 30m and costs €150 - €200.
It takes approximately 9h 41m to get from Bucharest to Tartu, including transfers.
Bucharest to Tartu bus services, operated by Gunsel, depart from Bucharest Doraly Expo Market station.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Tartu is to bus which takes 39h 30m and costs €150 - €200. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €140 - €440 and takes 8h 24m.
Bucharest to Tartu bus services, operated by Gunsel, arrive at Dvirtsevyi Bus Station.
There are 390+ hotels available in Tartu.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Tartu, Estonia?
You can take a bus from Bucur Obor to Tartu bussijaam via Doraly, Bucharest Doraly Expo Market, Dvirtsevyi Bus Station, Riga Central Bus Station, and Pärnu bussijaam in around 39h 30m. Alternatively, Norwegian Air International, Finnair, and three other airlines fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Tartu Ülenurme Airport (TAY) twice daily.
- Website
- finnair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Lennart Meri International Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–350
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Budapest, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–470
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–450
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Prague, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–500
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Krakow, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–480
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Naples, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €250–650
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Warsaw Chopin, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €180–470
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Tartu Ülenurme Airport via Hamburg, Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–320
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Lennart Meri International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–300
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Riga International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–220
- Website
- airbaltic.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Lennart Meri International Airport via Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–240
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–230
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Helsinki Airport via Riga International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–270
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Lennart Meri International Airport via Stockholm
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Lennart Meri International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €75–190
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Riga International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–210
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Helsinki Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Phone
- +372 616 0245
- klienditugi@elron.ee
- Website
- elron.ee
Train from Ülemiste to Tartu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- https://elron.ee/en
- Express Train Ticket
- €12–17
Train from Valga to Tartu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://elron.ee/en
- Express Train Ticket
- €5–8
Train from Tallinn to Tartu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- https://elron.ee/en
- Express Train Ticket
- €12–18
- Phone
- 8760
- vilciens@info.vivi.lv
- Website
- vivi.lv
Train from Riga-Pasazieru to Valga
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- https://www.vivi.lv/en/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Suceava
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–39
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Website
- data.gov.ro
Train from Bucharest to Suceava
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- data.gov.ro
- Phone
- (+373) 22 83 33 33
- cfm@railway.md
- Website
- railway.md
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Chisinau
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Schedules at
- railway.md
- Phone
- +380 (93) 320-44-44
- help@gunsel.ua
- Website
- gunsel.ua
Bus from Bucharest Doraly Expo Market to Dvirtsevyi Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €55–75
- Website
- https://gunsel.ua/
- Phone
- +37167210066
- info@latlines.lv
- Website
- latlines.lv
Bus from Dvirtsevyi Bus Station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €82
- Schedules at
- latlines.lv
Bus from Chernivtsi Bus station to Riga Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €82
- Schedules at
- latlines.lv
- Phone
- +372 680 0909
- info@luxexpress.eu
- Website
- luxexpress.eu
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Parnu Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–18
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Tartu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–13
- Website
- https://luxexpress.eu/en/
- peatus@agri.ee
- Website
- web.peatus.ee
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Parnu Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://web.peatus.ee/?locale=en
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Tartu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://web.peatus.ee/?locale=en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Parnu Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +371 67 214 512
- info@ecolines.lv
- Website
- ecolines.net
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Parnu Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–12
- Website
- https://ecolines.net/
- Phone
- +358 0600 02010
- info@onnibus.com
- Website
- onnibus.com
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Parnu Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- https://www.onnibus.com/home
- Phone
- +38 (067) 467-44-00
- transtempo@ukr.net
- Website
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Riga Central Bus Station to Parnu Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–30
- Schedules at
- transtempo.ua
Bus from Zhytomyr to Pärnu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–100
- Schedules at
- transtempo.ua
- Phone
- +372 640 4000
- klienditugi@gobus.ee
- Website
- gobus.ee
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Tartu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €5–7
- Website
- https://gobus.ee/en/
- Phone
- +372 606 4969
- info@sebe.ee
- Website
- sebe.ee
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Tartu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Schedules at
- sebe.ee
- Phone
- +372 5886 0000
- info@bussikeskus.ee
- Website
- bussikeskus.ee
Bus from Pärnu bussijaam to Tartu bussijaam
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €12–15
- Website
- http://www.bussikeskus.ee/
- Schedules at
- https://www.bussikeskus.ee/et/regular-services
- Website
- inbus.ua
Bus from Suceava to Chernivtsi Bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–21
- Website
- https://inbus.ua/en
- Phone
- +373 78 348 888
- contact@galtrans.md
- Website
- galtrans.md
Bus from Bucharest Filaret Bus Station to Zhytomyr
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €33
- Schedules at
- galtrans.md
- Phone
- +373 789 18 888
- info@busline.md
- Website
- busline.md
Bus from Chisinau, Gara Feroviara to Rīga
- Ave. Duration
- 43h 32m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Website
- https://busline.md/en/
Ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–75
- Website
- https://www.tallink.com/en
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