There are 6 ways to get from Chicago to Transylvania by plane, bus, shuttle, or train
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 Sibiu, bus
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Sibiu (SBZ)ORD - SBZ
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Iernut
18h 43m$442–1,556Fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)ORD - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureş
18h 28m$310–1,120Fly to Tirgu Mures
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Tirgu Mures (TGM)ORD - TGM
16h 49m$350–1,240Fly to Oradea International Airport, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Oradea International Airport (OMR)ORD - OMR
- Take the bus from Nojorid to Târgu Mureș
21h 58m$354–1,246Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)ORD - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Brasov
- Take the bus from Brasov, Gara to Targu Mures
21h 5m$438–863Fly to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR)ORD - TSR
- Take the bus from Timisoara Airport to Alba Iulia
- Take the train from Bărăbanţ Hm. to Târgu Mureş
23h 44m$572–1,056
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Sibiu (SBZ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Transylvania is to fly and shuttle and bus which costs $430 - $900 and takes 21h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Transylvania is to fly which takes 16h 49m and costs $350 - $1,300.
The distance between Chicago and Transylvania is 8321 km.
It takes approximately 18h 43m to get from Chicago to Transylvania, including transfers.
There are 366+ hotels available in Transylvania.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Transylvania, Romania?
Austrian Airlines, Wizz Air, and two other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Tirgu Mures (TGM) once daily.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sibiu via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sibiu via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Oradea International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Oradea International Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $320–1,400
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sibiu via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sibiu via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $280–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Thursday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sibiu via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sibiu via Brussels, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $280–950
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $300–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Oradea International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $330–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $250–900
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $430–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $350–1,000
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 12h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $310–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,300
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tirgu Mures via Vienna, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $340–1,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tirgu Mures via Frankfurt, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $320–1,200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,400
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,400
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bărăbanţ Hm. to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–14
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Sibiu to Iernut
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $12–17
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0259 471 690
- Website
- autogenn.ro
Bus from Nojorid to Târgu Mureș
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 49m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $14–30
- Schedules at
- autogenn.ro
- Phone
- 0371.503.503
- office@direct-aeroport.ro
- Website
- direct-aeroport.ro
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Brasov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $24–40
- Schedules at
- direct-aeroport.ro
- Phone
- +4-0364.101.110
- Website
- fany.ro
Bus from Brasov, Gara to Targu Mures
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–16
- Schedules at
- fany.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0722-862.442
- Website
- pristyl.autogari.ro
Bus from Timisoara Airport to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $6–35
- Schedules at
- pristyl.autogari.ro
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