There are 8 ways to get from Dublin to Bucharest by plane, ferry, train, bus, car, car ferry, or busferry
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 Bucharest Otopeni
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)DUB - OTP
6h 8m$160–331Fly to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)DUB - BBU
8h 29m$88–264Ferry, train, bus
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead
- Take the train from Holyhead to Stafford
- Take the train from Stafford to Birmingham New Street
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
30h 24m$157–302Ferry, train
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead
- Take the train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Take the train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuid
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien MeidlingNj
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord347
46h 45m$533–986Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Dublin to Rosslare Harbour
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Drive from Dunkirk to Bucharest
2d$650–1,193Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from The Gresham Hotel to Europa Bus Centre
- Take the busferry from Belfast, Europa Buscentre to Glasgow Buchanan923
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchange
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
39hFerry, train, bus and ferry, bus
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry0
- Take the train from Holyhead to Rhyl
- Take the train from Rhyl to Manchester Oxford Road
- Take the busferry from Manchester, Coach Station to Ploiești
- Take the bus from Ploiești to București, Autogara Militari
2d 14h$143–370Ferry, train, bus and ferry
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry0
- Take the train from Holyhead to Wolverhampton
- Take the busferry from Birmingham West Bromwich to Bucharest
3d$206–516
Dublin to Bucharest by ferry, foot, and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Dublin to Bucharest is to fly which costs $85 - $270 and takes 8h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Dublin to Bucharest is to fly which takes 6h 8m and costs $160 - $340.
No, there is no direct bus from Dublin to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from The Gresham Hotel and arriving at Bucharest Obor via Belfast, Europa Buscentre, Buchanan Bus Station, Shudehill Interchange and Manchester, Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h.
The distance between Dublin and Bucharest is 2562 km.
The best way to get from Dublin to Bucharest without a car is to ferry and train and bus which takes 30h 24m and costs $150 - $310.
It takes approximately 6h 8m to get from Dublin to Bucharest, including transfers.
Dublin to Bucharest bus services, operated by Aircoach, depart from The Gresham Hotel station.
Dublin to Bucharest bus services, operated by Aircoach, arrive at Europa Bus Centre station.
Bucharest is 2h ahead of Dublin. It is currently 4:21 AM in Dublin and 6:21 AM in Bucharest.
There are 5353+ hotels available in Bucharest.
What companies run services between Dublin, Ireland and Bucharest, Romania?
Norwegian Air Argentina, HiSky, and five other airlines fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) every 4 hours.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–380
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–220
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–220
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–190
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–190
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–380
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–220
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $70–220
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
- Phone
- +44 345 528 0253
- Website
- avantiwestcoast.co.uk
Train from Holyhead to Stafford
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $65–180
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- $65–90
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- $120–180
Train from Stafford to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–26
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Holyhead to London Euston
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–190
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Holyhead to Rhyl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
Train from Holyhead to Wolverhampton
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 42m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75–210
- Website
- https://www.avantiwestcoast.co.uk/
- Anytime Single
- $75–110
- Anytime Single 1st Class
- $140–210
Train from Stafford to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $14–26
- Website
- https://www.crosscountrytrains.co.uk/
- Phone
- +44 333 311 0039
- contact.wmr@wmtrains.co.uk
- Website
- westmidlandsrailway.co.uk
Train from Stafford to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–26
- Website
- https://www.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from London St. Pancras Int. to Brussel-Zuid
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65–230
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $65–100
- 1st Class
- $140–230
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–170
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- $110–170
- 1st Class
- $180–260
Train from Wien Meidling to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $240–340
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Holyhead to Rhyl
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–50
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Rhyl to Manchester Oxford Road
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–55
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
Train from Holyhead to Wolverhampton
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–85
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 32m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- aircoach.ie
Bus from The Gresham Hotel to Europa Bus Centre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $18–25
- 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
- 5h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Ploiești to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–9
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Busferry from Manchester, Coach Station to Ploiești
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–150
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Birmingham West Bromwich to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 14h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $75–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $220–240
- On Foot
- $45–60
- Phone
- +45 33 42 30 10
- incoming@dfdsseaways.dk
- Website
- dfds.com
Car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $210–529
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- $529
- Phone
- +44 844 770 7070
- info.se@stenaline.com
- Website
- stenaline.dk
Ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead Ferry
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $75–110
- Website
- https://www.stenalinetravel.com/
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