There are 13 ways to get from Europe to Transylvania by train, plane, bus, car, or car train
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Train to Frankfurt, fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane FRA - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
13h 12m$146–352Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane NUE - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
12h 16m$127–403Train, bus via Nuremberg
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the bus from Nuremberg to Târgu Mureșbus
23h 57mTrain
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain Rb5 / ...
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Wien Meidlingtrain
- Take the train from Wien Meidling to Alba Iuliatrain 347
- Take the train from Alba Iulia to Chirileu h.train
27h 56m$369–800Drive 1,403.1 km
- Drive from Europe to Transylvaniacar 1,403.1 km
15h 31m$232–334Train to Frankfurt, fly to Tirgu Mures
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Tirgu Mures (TGM)plane FRA - TGM
9h 32m$308–433Train, train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Tirgu Mures
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Hamm(Westf)Hbftrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Tirgu Mures (TGM)plane DTM - TGM
9h 40m$150–492Train, train to Dortmund Airport, fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Hamm(Westf)Hbftrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane DTM - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
13h 20m$143–561Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane MUC - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
13h 47m$201–426Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Sibiu, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Sibiu (SBZ)plane MUC - SBZ
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Unghenibus
14h 32m$238–557Train, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Würzburg Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the bus from Würzburg to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vestbus
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca, Railway Station Square to Târgu Mureșbus
28h 24mBus
- Take the bus from Eisenach, ZOB to Târgu Mureșbus
35h 35mDrive, car train
- Drive from Europe to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Transylvaniacar
15h 59m$311–435
Frankfurt (FRA) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Transylvania is to train and fly and bus which costs $120 - $410 and takes 12h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Transylvania is to train and fly which takes 9h 32m and costs $300 - $440.
The distance between Europe and Transylvania is 1475 km. The road distance is 1403.1 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Transylvania without a car is to train and bus via Nuremberg which takes 23h 57m and costs .
It takes approximately 13h 12m to get from Europe to Transylvania, including transfers.
The best way to get from Europe to Transylvania is to train which takes 27h 56m and costs $360 - $800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 35h 35m.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to Transylvania is 1403 km. It takes approximately 15h 31m to drive from Europe to Transylvania.
There are 355+ hotels available in Transylvania.
What companies run services between Europe and Transylvania, Romania?
You can take a bus from Nentershausen Markt to Transylvania via Sontra Breitwiese, Sontra Bahnhof, Bebra Bahnhof, Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe, Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe, Wien Meidling, Alba Iulia, and Chirileu h. in around 27h 56m. Alternatively, Romfour operates a bus from Eisenach, ZOB to Târgu Mureș twice a week, and the journey takes 31h 31m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cluj-Napoca via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–240
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–300
Flights from Munich International Airport to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–400
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cluj-Napoca via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–240
Flights from Frankfurt to Tirgu Mures via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Tirgu Mures via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–290
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Tirgu Mures
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–290
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–310
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–220
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Cluj-Napoca via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–290
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Tirgu Mures via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–450
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $29–33
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 54m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $75–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21–50
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–20
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 37m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $140–490
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $140–210
- 1st Class
- $300–490
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–120
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- $35–55
- 1st Class
- $65–120
Train from Wien Meidling to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $160–230
- 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
- $11–13
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $110–140
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $5–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- contact@euro-fratello.ro
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from Nuremberg to Târgu Mureș
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 15m
- 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
- +40 230 562 929
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Würzburg to Cluj-Napoca, Autogara Sens Vest
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $20–26
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +4-0744-251.977
- Website
- veratrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Railway Station Square to Târgu Mureș
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Schedules at
- veratrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0729-770.870
- transolteanutour@yahoo.com
- Website
- transolteanu.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Railway Station Square to Târgu Mureș
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- transolteanu.ro
- Phone
- +40743919764
- Website
- olteanutravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Cluj-Napoca, Railway Station Square to Târgu Mureș
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- olteanutravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Eisenach, ZOB to Târgu Mureș
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 31m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
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