There are 12 ways to get from Ireland 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 Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
best- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)DUB - OTP
6h 34m$150–424Fly Dublin Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
cheapest- Fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)DUB - BBU
8h 55m$68–277Ferry, train, bus
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead
- Take the train from Holyhead to Manchester Piccadilly
- Take the bus from Manchester, Coach Station to Bucharest Obor
32h 48m$123–198Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Dublin to Rosslare Harbour
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Drive from Dunkirk to Bucharest
2d$650–1,193Fly Cork Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Fly from Cork Airport (ORK) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)ORK - OTP
7h 56m$160–617Fly Shannon Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Fly from Shannon Airport (SNN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)SNN - OTP
8h 43m$197–399Train to George Best Belfast City Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Dundalk to Great Victoria Street
- Fly from George Best Belfast City Airport (BHD) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)BHD - OTP
9h 16m$228–534Bus to Kerry Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the bus from Limerick Colbert Station to Kerry Airport
- Fly from Kerry Airport (KIR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)KIR - OTP
9h 36m$112–285Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare EuroportIc
- Take the ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Pembroke Dock
- Take the bus from Upper Park Road to Birmingham Coach Station112
- Take the bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
37h 55m$167–234Bus, bus and ferry
- Take the bus from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 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
39h 45mTrain, car ferry, bus
- Take the train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare EuroportIc
- Take the car ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Dunkirk
- Take the bus from Dunkerque to Ploiești
- Take the train from Ploieşti Sud to Bucharest
2d 22h$349–753Ferry, train, bus and ferry
- Take the ferry from Dublin Ferryport B+I to Holyhead
- Take the train from Holyhead to Manchester Piccadilly
- Take the busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharest
3d 3h$173–268
Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ireland to Bucharest is to fly which costs $65 - $280 and takes 8h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Ireland to Bucharest is to fly which takes 6h 34m and costs $150 - $430.
No, there is no direct bus from Ireland to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Grand Parade and arriving at Bucharest Obor via Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2, Belfast, Europa Buscentre, Buchanan Bus Station, Hanover Street and Manchester, Coach Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h 45m.
The distance between Ireland and Bucharest is 2575 km.
The best way to get from Ireland to Bucharest without a car is to ferry and train and bus which takes 32h 48m and costs $120 - $200.
It takes approximately 6h 34m to get from Ireland to Bucharest, including transfers.
Ireland to Bucharest bus services, operated by Aircoach, depart from Dublin Airport Terminal 1 Zone 2 station.
Ireland to Bucharest bus services, operated by Aircoach, arrive at Europa Bus Centre station.
Bucharest is 2h ahead of Ireland. It is currently 10:26 AM in Ireland and 12:26 PM in Bucharest.
There are 5322+ hotels available in Bucharest.
What companies run services between Ireland and Bucharest, Romania?
Norwegian Air Argentina, Ryanair, and four other airlines fly from Dublin Airport (DUB) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) 4 times a day.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–230
Flights from Cork Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–260
Flights from Cork Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $85–270
Flights from Shannon Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–280
Flights from Kerry Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 22m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $50–150
Flights from Kerry Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $50–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 17m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $85–260
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Leeds Bradford
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–270
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $60–270
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $60–270
Flights from Kerry Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30–150
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–260
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–370
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–330
Flights from Shannon Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–470
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Cork Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 12m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–500
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–550
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–200
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–200
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–180
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $70–210
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Dublin Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $75–370
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Shannon Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–650
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Shannon Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–600
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from George Best Belfast City Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via London Gatwick
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–470
- 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
- $80–260
- Phone
- 03333 211 202
- Website
- tfw.wales
Train from Holyhead to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–95
- Website
- https://tfw.wales/
- Phone
- +44 28 9066 6630
- Website
- translink.co.uk
Train from Dundalk to Great Victoria Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $15–21
- Website
- https://www.translink.co.uk/
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6222
- info@irishrail.ie
- Website
- irishrail.ie
Train from Dublin Pearse to Rosslare Europort
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 58m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–24
- Website
- https://www.irishrail.ie/en-ie/
- Flexible
- $17–24
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Ploieşti Sud to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–9
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Ploieşti Sud to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $2–8
- Schedules at
- transferoviarcalatori.ro
- 2nd Class
- $2–5
- 1st Class
- $5–8
- Phone
- +40 230 562 929
- 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
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Birmingham to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 21h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–40
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +353 1 836 6111
- Website
- buseireann.ie
Bus from Limerick Colbert Station to Kerry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Website
- https://www.buseireann.ie/
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- expressway.ie
Bus from Limerick Colbert Station to Kerry Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Website
- https://www.expressway.ie/
- Schedules at
- https://www.expressway.ie/routes-and-timetables
- Book at
- https://www.expressway.ie/journey-search
- Phone
- 08717 81 81 81
- Website
- nationalexpress.com
Bus from Upper Park Road to Birmingham Coach Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.nationalexpress.com/en
- Phone
- +353 0 1 844 7118
- info@aircoach.ie
- Website
- 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/
- 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
- $20–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Bus from Dunkerque to Ploiești
- Ave. Duration
- 40h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $120–170
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from Manchester Piccadilly to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 17h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80–110
- 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 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $220–240
- On Foot
- $45–60
Ferry from Rosslare Harbour to Pembroke Dock
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 1m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $45–60
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
- Car
- $220–260
- 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
- $210–524
- Website
- https://www.dfds.com/en
- Family (4 persons + car)
- $524
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