There are 11 ways to get from Greece to Transylvania by plane, bus, train, car, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cluj-Napoca, bus
best- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane SKG - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
10h 19m$108–323Bus via Thessaloníki
cheapest- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastirioubus
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Sibiubus
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Unghenibus
26h 2m$99–212Train, bus
- Take the train from Athens to Thessalonikitrain Ic
- Take the bus from Thessaloniki to Sibiubus
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Târgu Mures Airportbus
24h 11mDrive 1,376.8 km
- Drive from Athens to Transylvaniacar 1,376.8 km
19h 4m$289–417Fly Athens International Airport to Cluj-Napoca, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane ATH - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
10h 20m$126–281Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Tirgu Mures
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Tirgu Mures (TGM)plane SKG - TGM
7h 58m$107–342Fly Athens International Airport to Tirgu Mures
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Tirgu Mures (TGM)plane ATH - TGM
7h 44m$145–270Fly Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane SKG - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Brasov
- Take the bus from Braşov to Târgu Mureșbus
10h 49mFly Athens International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane ATH - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Brasov
- Take the bus from Braşov to Târgu Mureșbus
11h 10mBus
- Take the bus from Athens Karolou to Ruse Tsar Osvoboditelbus
- Take the bus from Ruse Central Bus Station to Bucharest Henri Coandă Airportbus
- Take the bus from Bucharest Airport Henri Coanda to Târgu Mureşbus
29h 51m$116–170Bus, train
- Take the bus from Athens to Rusebus
- Take the train from Ruse to Bucuresti Nordtrain
- Take the train from Bucharest to Târgu Mureştrain
30h 40m$150–160
Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Greece to Transylvania is to bus which costs $110 - $170 and takes 29h 51m.
The fastest way to get from Greece to Transylvania is to fly which takes 7h 44m and costs $140 - $270.
No, there is no direct bus from Greece to Transylvania. However, there are services departing from Εφετειο and arriving at Ungheni via Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL, Thessaloniki and Sibiu. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 2m.
The distance between Greece and Transylvania is 835 km. The road distance is 1376.8 km.
The best way to get from Greece to Transylvania without a car is to train and bus which takes 24h 11m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 19m to get from Greece to Transylvania, including transfers.
Greece to Transylvania bus services, operated by KTEL Thessalonikis S.A., depart from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL station.
The best way to get from Greece to Transylvania is to fly which takes 7h 58m and costs $100 - $350. Alternatively, you can bus via Thessaloníki, which costs $95 - $220 and takes 26h 2m.
Greece to Transylvania bus services, operated by KTEL Thessalonikis S.A., arrive at Thessaloniki Monastiriou station.
Yes, the driving distance between Greece to Transylvania is 1377 km. It takes approximately 19h 4m to drive from Greece to Transylvania.
What companies run services between Greece and Transylvania, Romania?
Ryanair, Wizz Air, and Ulendo Airlink fly from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia (SKG) to Tirgu Mures (TGM) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Εφετειο to Transylvania via ΣΤ. Υπεραστικων Λεωφορειων Κηφισου, Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL, Thessaloniki Monastiriou, Thessaloniki, Sibiu, and Ungheni in around 26h 2m.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cluj-Napoca via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–240
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Tirgu Mures via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–320
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Tirgu Mures via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $90–320
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Tirgu Mures via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–290
Flights from Athens International Airport to Tirgu Mures via Larnaca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–280
Flights from Athens International Airport to Tirgu Mures via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–270
Flights from Athens International Airport to Tirgu Mures via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $85–290
Flights from Athens International Airport to Tirgu Mures via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–330
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Friday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $80–270
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–160
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–380
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $130–450
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–280
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $75–190
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $30–160
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cluj-Napoca via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $210–600
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- $160–240
Flights from Athens International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–270
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Tirgu Mures via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–280
Flights from Athens International Airport to Tirgu Mures via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $60–260
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–250
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $70–250
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Thessaloniki Airport Makedonia to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–280
- Phone
- 14511
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
Train from Athens to Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 12m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- Hellenic Train S.A.
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Ruse to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $13–15
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucharest to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $38–41
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Ruse to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $2–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- $2–4
- 1st Class
- $3–4
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–14
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bucharest Airport Henri Coanda to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +30-2310540970
- info@simeonidistours.gr
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Thessaloniki to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
Bus from Thessaloniki to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 58m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- Simeonidis Tours
- Phone
- +40743919764
- Website
- olteanutravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Târgu Mures Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- olteanutravel.autogari.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
- $21–40
- Schedules at
- direct-aeroport.ro
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Brasov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Schedules at
- direct-aeroport.ro
- Phone
- +40751335335
- Website
- edimond.ro
Bus from Braşov to Târgu Mureș
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- edimond.ro
Bus from Braşov to Târgu Mureș
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- edimond.ro
- Phone
- +30 2310 500111
- info@ktelthes.gr
- Website
- KTEL Thessalonikis S.A.
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Thessaloniki Monastiriou
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–60
- Website
- KTEL Thessalonikis S.A.
- Phone
- +4- 0265-255-092
- balinttrans@yahoo.com
- Website
- balinttrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Ungheni
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $2–5
- Schedules at
- balinttrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- Citylines
Bus from Athens Karolou to Ruse Tsar Osvoboditel
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–95
- Website
- Citylines
- Phone
- +359 (0) 877 34 47 47
- pegasus@pegasusbg.com
- Website
- Pegasus
Bus from Ruse Central Bus Station to Bucharest Henri Coandă Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–17
- Website
- Pegasus
- Phone
- 02 981 13 33
- outgoing@tourist-service.com
- Website
- Tourist Service Holding AD
Bus from Athens to Ruse
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $90
- Website
- Tourist Service Holding AD
Want to know more about travelling around Romania
Rome2Rio's Travel Guide series provide vital information for the global traveller. Filled with useful and timely travel information, the guides answer all the hard questions - such as 'How do I buy a ticket?', 'Should I book online before I travel? ', 'How much should I expect to pay?', 'Do the trains and buses have Wifi?' - to help you get the most out of your next trip.
Related travel guides
Want to know more about Flixbus?
Read the travel guide
Getting around the Cyclades
Read the travel guide
Booking & Getting There
There are 392+ hotels available in Transylvania.







































