There are 7 ways to get from Cork to Bucharest by plane, bus, busferry, car, car ferry, train, or night 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 from Cork Airport
best- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane ORK - OTP
7h 56m$145–577Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walkbus
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Bucharest Oborbus
2d 13h$87–320Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Cork Alfred Street to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2bus
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centrebus
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchananbusferry 923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchangebus
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Oborbus
41h 50mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Cork to Rosslare Harbourcar
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirkcarferry
- Drive from Dunkirk to Bucharestcar
2d$483–1,204Bus to Kerry Airport, fly
- Take the bus from Cork Bus Station to Kerry Airportbus
- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane KIR - OTP
9h 56m$129–286Train to Dublin Airport, fly
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain
- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane DUB - OTP
9h 8m$153–350Train, bus, night train
- Take the train from Cork to Dublin Heustontrain 205 / ...
- Take the bus from Dublin to Rădăuțibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuţi to Câmpulung Moldovenescbus
- Take the night train from Câmpulung Moldov. to Bucharestnighttrain
2d 15h
Cork Airport (ORK) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Cork to Bucharest is to bus and fly which costs $120 - $290 and takes 9h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Cork to Bucharest is to fly which takes 7h 56m and costs $140 - $600.
No, there is no direct bus from Cork to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Cork Alfred Street and arriving at Bucharest Obor via Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2, Belfast, Europa Buscentre, Buchanan Bus Station, Shudehill Interchange and Manchester, Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 41h 50m.
The distance between Cork and Bucharest is 2687 km.
The best way to get from Cork to Bucharest without a car is to bus and bus and ferry which takes 41h 50m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 56m to get from Cork to Bucharest, including transfers.
Cork to Bucharest bus services, operated by Aircoach, depart from Cork Alfred Street station.
The best way to get from Cork to Bucharest is to fly which takes 7h 56m and costs $140 - $600. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $85 - $320 and takes 2 days 13h.
Cork to Bucharest bus services, operated by Aircoach, arrive at Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 station.
Bucharest is 2h ahead of Cork. It is currently 11:27 AM in Cork and 1:27 PM in Bucharest.
What companies run services between Cork, Ireland and Bucharest, Romania?
KLM and Ryanair fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bucharest Obor via Bachelors Walk, Aston Quay, Navan Road Station, Dublin, Rădăuți, and Rădăuţi in around 2d 13h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–310
Flights from Cork Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–310
Flights from Kerry Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $45–160
Flights from Kerry Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $45–160
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $55–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–390
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–550
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Kerry Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–160
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–170
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–170
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–390
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–190
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $55–220
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Cork to Dublin Heuston
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $26–40
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- $26–40
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Night train from Câmpulung Moldov. to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $47–51
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from Cork Alfred Street to Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
Bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–24
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
Bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–30
- Website
- https://www.aircoach.ie/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–50
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Dublin to Rădăuți
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $35–230
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Cork Bus Station to Kerry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $19–27
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- citylink.ie
Bus from Cork Alfred Street to Bachelors Walk
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $25–35
- Website
- https://www.citylink.ie/
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $13–35
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +40744-530.349
- Website
- transportautoradauti.autogari.ro
Bus from Rădăuţi to Câmpulung Moldovenesc
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Schedules at
- transportautoradauti.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–514
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- $514
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