There are 10 ways to get from Lisbon to Bucharest by plane, bus, car, or 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 Lisbon-Portela Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
best- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LIS - OTP
7h 5m$104–280Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport, bus, train
cheapest- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)plane LIS - GHV
- Take the bus from Aeroportul Brașov to Terminal Garăbus
- Take the train from Brașov to Bucharesttrain
16h 19m$85–302Bus via Brussels
- Take the bus from Lisbon to Brussels-North train stationbus FlixBus N1143
- Take the bus from Brussels-North Station to Bucharestbus
2d 8h$341–456Drive 3,638.2 km
- Drive from Lisbon to Bucharestcar 3,638.2 km
38h 1m$655–946Train to Faro Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Farotrain
- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane FAO - OTP
10h 40m$124–329Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)plane LIS - BBU
10h 38m$145–271Bus, train via Zurich
- Take the bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragozabus
- Take the train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Gironatrain Ave
- Take the bus from Girona - Bus Station to Zürichbus
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Hbftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nordtrain 347
2d 12h$615–1,110Bus, train
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Braşovbus
- Take the train from Brașov to Bucharesttrain
2d 13h$213–355Bus
- Take the bus from Lisboa Oriente to Huelvabus
- Take the bus from Huelva to Bucureştibus
2d 21h$222–331Bus #2
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charlesbus
- Take the bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Buzaubus
- Take the bus from Buzău to Bucharest Oborbus
3d 8h
Lisbon to Bucharest by bus, train, and foot
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lisbon to Bucharest is to fly which costs $100 - $280 and takes 7h 5m.
The fastest way to get from Lisbon to Bucharest is to fly which takes 7h 5m and costs $100 - $280.
No, there is no direct bus from Lisbon to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Lisbon and arriving at Bucharest via Brussels-North Station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 8h.
The distance between Lisbon and Bucharest is 2995 km. The road distance is 3638.2 km.
The best way to get from Lisbon to Bucharest without a car is to bus via Brussels which takes 2 days 8h and costs $340 - $460.
It takes approximately 7h 5m to get from Lisbon to Bucharest, including transfers.
Lisbon to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Lisbon station.
The best way to get from Lisbon to Bucharest is to fly which takes 7h 5m and costs $100 - $280. Alternatively, you can bus via Brussels, which costs $340 - $460 and takes 2 days 8h.
Lisbon to Bucharest bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Brussels-North train station.
Bucharest is 2h ahead of Lisbon. It is currently 4:50 PM in Lisbon and 6:50 PM in Bucharest.
What companies run services between Lisbon, Portugal and Bucharest, Romania?
Ulendo Airlink and Ryanair fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) 4 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Lisbon to Bucharest via Brussels-North train station and Brussels-North Station in around 2d 8h.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–270
Flights from Faro Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–240
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 56m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–320
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–320
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $95–240
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $140–270
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $75–240
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–290
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $90–310
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $140–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–250
Flights from Faro Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $120–470
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Faro Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $310–450
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- cp.pt
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $35–70
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
Train from Brașov to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–21
- Schedules at
- transferoviarcalatori.ro
- 2nd Class
- $7–13
- 1st Class
- $14–21
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Brașov to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–18
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- contact@regiocalatori.ro
- Website
- regiocalatori.ro
Train from Brașov to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $7–9
- Website
- https://regiocalatori.ro/#/cautare/
- Phone
- +40 751 525 520
- office@astratranscarpatic.ro
- Website
- astratranscarpatic.ro
Train from Brașov to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 33m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $10–15
- Book at
- astratranscarpatic.ro
- Phone
- +40 351 409 153
- info@softrans.ro
- Website
- softrans.ro
Train from Brașov to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–10
- Schedules at
- softrans.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe AVE
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 32m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $70–130
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Zaragoza-Delicias to Girona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Zuerich Hb to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 52m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $120–180
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- $120–180
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $260–470
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Lisbon to Brussels-North train station
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $180–300
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Brussels-North Station to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 39m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $160
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40 (268) 334678
- ratbv@ratbv.ro
- Website
- ratbv.ro
Bus from Aeroportul Brașov to Terminal Gară
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- https://www.ratbv.ro/
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Estación Central de Autobuses de Zaragoza
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $80–140
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Girona - Bus Station to Zürich
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $100–190
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $45–110
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
Bus from Lisboa Oriente to Huelva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
- hello@gipsyy.com
- Website
- gipsyy.com
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Schedules at
- gipsyy.com
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Braşov
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 1h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $170–220
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Huelva to Bucureşti
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 15h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $190–260
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Sete Rios to Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $150–330
- Website
- https://www.alsa.com/en/
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Buzau
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 2h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-0723-660.987
- Website
- acomar.autogari.ro
Bus from Buzău to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Schedules at
- acomar.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40769806781
- Website
- megatrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Buzău to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- megatrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 021.330.81.32
- office@c-i.ro
- Website
- c-i.ro
Bus from Buzău to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–7
- Website
- https://c-i.ro/
- Phone
- +4-0745-797.976
- Website
- hermes.autogari.ro
Bus from Buzău to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $8–11
- Schedules at
- hermes.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40 775 621 669
- petrudanca1981@gmail.com
- Website
- danca-transport.ro
Bus from Buzău to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- danca-transport.ro
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