There are 10 ways to get from Cologne to Transylvania by plane, bus, train, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Cologne Bonn Airport to Cluj-Napoca, bus
best- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane CGN - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
9h 50m$133–349Bus via Dej
cheapest- Take the bus from Köln to Dejbus
- Take the bus from Dej to Târgu Mureșbus
30h 9m$40–194Bus
- Take the bus from Köln to Târgu Mureșbus
23h 13mTrain
- Take the train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Wien Westbahnhoftrain Drf / ...
- Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof to Alba Iuliatrain 347
- Take the train from Alba Iulia to Chirileu h.train
25h 8m$432–816Drive 1,602.6 km
- Drive from Cologne to Transylvaniacar 1,602.6 km
17h 16m$264–382Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Tirgu Mures
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Tirgu Mures (TGM)plane DTM - TGM
6h 25mTrain to Dortmund Airport, fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane DTM - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
8h 47mTrain to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly to Tirgu Mures
- Take the train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bftrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Tirgu Mures (TGM)plane DUS - TGM
8h 29m$148–446Train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Sibiu, bus
- Take the train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickedetrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Sibiu (SBZ)plane DTM - SBZ
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Unghenibus
10h 54mTrain, train to Eindhoven Airport, fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
- Take the train from Neuss Hbf to Venlotrain
- Take the train from Venlo to Eindhoventrain
- Fly from Eindhoven Airport (EIN) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane EIN - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
10h 39m$133–369
Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cologne to Transylvania is to bus via Dej which costs $35 - $200 and takes 30h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Cologne to Transylvania is to train and fly which takes 8h 29m and costs $140 - $450.
The distance between Cologne and Transylvania is 1427 km. The road distance is 1602.6 km.
The best way to get from Cologne to Transylvania without a car is to bus which takes 23h 13m and costs .
It takes approximately 9h 50m to get from Cologne to Transylvania, including transfers.
The best way to get from Cologne to Transylvania is to bus which takes 23h 13m and costs . Alternatively, you can train, which costs $430 - $850 and takes 25h 8m.
Yes, the driving distance between Cologne to Transylvania is 1603 km. It takes approximately 17h 16m to drive from Cologne to Transylvania.
There are 383+ hotels available in Transylvania.
What companies run services between Cologne, Germany and Transylvania, Romania?
Euro Fratello Srl operates a bus from Köln to Târgu Mureș twice a week, and the journey takes 22h 46m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to Transylvania via München Hbf, Wien Westbahnhof, Alba Iulia, and Chirileu h. in around 25h 8m.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $100–180
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Tirgu Mures
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–270
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–250
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tirgu Mures via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 32m
- When
- Friday and Monday
- Estimated price
- $110–400
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $45–160
Flights from Eindhoven Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–260
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tirgu Mures via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tirgu Mures via Vienna, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Tirgu Mures via Frankfurt, Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $140–600
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $100–460
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $130–550
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Köln Messe/Deutz Bf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $120–290
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $10–25
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from München Hbf to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $100–180
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $170–300
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Alba Iulia to Chirileu h.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–12
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Koeln Hbf to Holzwickede
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +44 343 218 6186
- Website
- eurostar.com
Train from Köln Hbf to D-Flughafen Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $18–35
- Website
- https://www.eurostar.com/rw-en
- Phone
- 0180 6 9 27 37 27
- info@eurobahn.de
- Website
- eurobahn.de
Train from Neuss Hbf to Venlo
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $13–19
- Website
- https://www.eurobahn.de/en/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Venlo to Eindhoven
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6–15
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- 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
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Köln to Târgu Mureș
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- 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
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Köln to Dej
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 43m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $22–170
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +40 741 607 941
- Website
- fany.ro
Bus from Dej to Târgu Mureș
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Schedules at
- fany.ro
- Standard Adult
- $10–15
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