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 Cluj-Napoca, bus
best- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane ORD - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
17h 21m$482–796Fly to Tirgu Mures
cheapest- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Tirgu Mures (TGM)plane ORD - TGM
16h 59m$398–1,437Fly to Sibiu, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Sibiu (SBZ)plane ORD - SBZ
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Unghenibus
18h 54m$500–1,739Fly to Oradea International Airport, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Oradea International Airport (OMR)plane ORD - OMR
- Take the bus from Băile Felix to Unghenibus
20h 11m$542–1,883Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane ORD - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Brasov
- Take the bus from Braşov to Târgu Mureșbus
19h 25mFly to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR)plane ORD - TSR
- Take the bus from Timisoara Airport to Vințu de Josbus
- Take the train from Vinţu de Jos to Chirileu h.train
22h 30m
Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Chicago to Transylvania is to fly and bus which costs $480 - $800 and takes 17h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Chicago to Transylvania is to fly which takes 16h 59m and costs $390 - $1,500.
The distance between Chicago and Transylvania is 8215 km.
It takes approximately 17h 21m to get from Chicago to Transylvania, including transfers.
There are 385+ hotels available in Transylvania.
What companies run services between Chicago, IL, USA and Transylvania, Romania?
American Airlines, Ulendo Airlink, and four other airlines fly from Chicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD) to Tirgu Mures (TGM) 3 times a day.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sibiu via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–2,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sibiu via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–2,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Oradea International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 5m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Oradea International Airport via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $470–1,800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,900
- Website
- united.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $440–1,800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sibiu via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–2,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sibiu via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $470–2,200
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $310–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $380–1,500
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $460–1,700
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Oradea International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 7m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $490–1,800
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $390–1,400
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sibiu via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–2,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tirgu Mures via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 40m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $400–1,500
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
- $430–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $420–1,600
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $410–900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 18h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,200
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,100
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,900
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tirgu Mures via Amsterdam Schiphol, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $370–1,400
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tirgu Mures via Vienna, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Tirgu Mures via Frankfurt, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $450–1,800
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 37m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $450–1,600
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Sibiu via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $550–1,900
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $380–1,300
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Chicago O'Hare International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $500–1,100
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Vinţu de Jos to Chirileu h.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–13
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4- 0265-255-092
- Website
- balinttrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Ungheni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Schedules at
- balinttrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0729-770.870
- transolteanutour@yahoo.com
- Website
- transolteanu.ro
Bus from Băile Felix to Ungheni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $37
- Schedules at
- transolteanu.ro
Bus from Timisoara Airport to Vințu de Jos
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- transolteanu.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
- $23–40
- Schedules at
- direct-aeroport.ro
- Website
- edimond.ro
Bus from Braşov to Târgu Mureș
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- edimond.ro
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