There are 9 ways to get from Milan to Bucharest by plane, train, bus or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2rio's travel planner.
Recommended option
Fly from Milan Linate • 5 h 28 min
$25 - $194
8 alternative options
Fly from Milan Malpensa • 5 h 51 min
$35 - $158
Fly from Milan Bergamo • 5 h 54 min
$25 - $143
Train to Bologna, fly • 6 h 38 min
$55 - $182
Train, bus • 25 h 12 min
$96 - $137
Bus FlixBus • 31 h 31 min
$103 - $183
Train • 32 h 33 min
$175 - $307
Bus Eurolines IT • 34 h 14 min
$112 - $162
Drive • 17 h 30 min
$240 - $360
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Milan to Bucharest is to fly which costs 21€ - 130€ and takes 5 h 54 min.
The quickest way to get from Milan to Bucharest is to fly which costs 21€ - 170€ and takes 5 h 28 min.
No, there is no direct train from Milan to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Milano Centrale and arriving at Bucuresti Nord Gara A via Venezia Mestre, Wien Hbf, Budapest-Keleti and Brasov. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 32 h 33 min.
The distance between Milan and Bucharest is 1334 km. The road distance is 1648.9 km.
The best way to get from Milan to Bucharest without a car is to train and bus which takes 25 h 12 min and costs 80€ - 120€.
It takes approximately 5 h 28 min to get from Milan to Bucharest, including transfers.
Milan to Bucharest train services, operated by Trenitalia Frecce, depart from Milano Centrale station.
The best way to get from Milan to Bucharest is to fly which takes 5 h 28 min and costs 21€ - 170€. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 85€ - 160€ and takes 31 h 31 min, you could also train, which costs 150€ - 270€ and takes 32 h 33 min.
The quickest flight from Milan Linate Airport to Bucharest Otopeni Airport is the direct flight which takes 2 h 15 min.
Bucharest is 1 h ahead of Milan. It is currently 8:04 AM in Milan and 9:04 AM in Bucharest.
- Distance: 833.6 miles
- Duration: 5 h 28 min
What companies run services between Milan, Italy and Bucharest, Romania?
Blue Air, Lufthansa and two other airlines fly from Milan to Bucharest every 4 hours. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Milan to Bucharest 3 times a week. Tickets cost $100 - $180 and the journey takes 30 h.
- Website
- alitalia.com
Flights from Milan Linate to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30 - $260
Flights from Milan Linate to Bucharest Otopeni via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 57 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70 - $320
Flights from Milan Linate to Bucharest Otopeni via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 55 min
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $30 - $260
Flights from Milan Linate to Bucharest Otopeni via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 5 min
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $30 - $260
Flights from Milan Malpensa to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $140 - $950
Flights from Milan Malpensa to Bucharest Otopeni via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 25 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50 - $240
Flights from Bologna to Bucharest Otopeni via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 40 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30 - $180
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Milan Malpensa to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 20 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $28 - $190
Flights from Milan Bergamo to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 15 min
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $27 - $220
Flights from Milan Bergamo to Bucharest Otopeni via Palermo
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 20 min
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $27 - $220
Flights from Bologna to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 5 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30 - $150
Flights from Bologna to Bucharest Otopeni via Berlin Schoenefeld
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 10 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30 - $150
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Milan Linate to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $200 - $850
Flights from Milan Malpensa to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 17 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180 - $850
Flights from Milan Malpensa to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $850
Flights from Bologna to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $750
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Milan Malpensa to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 21 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210 - $950
Flights from Bologna to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 10 min
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- $190 - $950
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Milan Bergamo to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 12 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30 - $240
Flights from Bologna to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 5 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $24 - $170
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Milan Malpensa to Bucharest Otopeni via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 2 min
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $140 - $950
- Website
- blueairweb.com
Flights from Milan Linate to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 15 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $30 - $260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Milan Malpensa to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 10 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $210 - $950
- Website
- csa.cz
Flights from Milan Malpensa to Bucharest Otopeni via Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 20 min
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $110 - $470
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Milan Malpensa to Bucharest Otopeni via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4 h 55 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $800
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Milan Malpensa to Bucharest Otopeni via Paris CDG
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 35 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $180 - $550
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Milan Malpensa to Bucharest Otopeni via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5 h 20 min
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120 - $400
The primary train operator in Italy, Trenitalia was created in the year 2000. Trenitalia offers national rail connections in Italy as well as international connections to Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland. The company operates regional and long-distance trains, as well as high-speed trains called Frecce that travel on specialised tracks on speeds of up to 360km/h. Trenitalia tickets are available online, in stations across the country or from many travel agents that offer bookings.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Bologna C.Le
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 2 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $28 - $45
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 13 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $21 - $35
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 13 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $30 - $50
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 060708
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale Station to Bologna Centrale Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 15 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $24 - $35
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale Station to Verona Porta Nuova Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 16 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $21 - $29
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Milano Centrale Station to Venezia Mestre Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 15 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $27 - $40
- Website
- italotreno.it
The primary train operator in Italy, Trenitalia was created in the year 2000. Trenitalia offers national rail connections in Italy as well as international connections to Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland. The company operates regional and long-distance trains, as well as high-speed trains called Frecce that travel on specialised tracks on speeds of up to 360km/h. Trenitalia tickets are available online, in stations across the country or from many travel agents that offer bookings.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1 h 22 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30 - $45
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Wien HBF
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 28 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $85 - $130
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
The primary train operator in Italy, Trenitalia was created in the year 2000. Trenitalia offers national rail connections in Italy as well as international connections to Austria, France, Germany and Switzerland. The company operates regional and long-distance trains, as well as high-speed trains called Frecce that travel on specialised tracks on speeds of up to 360km/h. Trenitalia tickets are available online, in stations across the country or from many travel agents that offer bookings.
Contact Details
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7 h 28 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $65 - $120
- Website
- orario.trenitalia.com
The national railway system of Austria, the OBB carried 209 million passengers on local and regional trains, and 35 million on long-distance trains in 2016 alone. The OBB’s 4865 km network covers 570 trains simultaneously at peak times, with one train leaving every 12 seconds, making it a supremely efficient way to travel around the country and surrounding region. The company’s extensive network connects cities in Austria, and adjacent European countries including Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Slovenia.
Contact Details
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2 h 37 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50 - $75
- Website
- fahrplan.oebb.at
- Book at
- Raileurope.com
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- Website
- mavcsoport.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Brasov
- Ave. Duration
- 13 h 7 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $27 - $45
- Website
- mavcsoport.hu
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Brasov to Bucuresti Nord Gara A
- Ave. Duration
- 3 h 47 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $6 - $10
- Website
- cfrcaltori.ro
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Verona to Bucureşti
- Ave. Duration
- 22 h 59 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $75 - $95
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.autogari.ro
One of Europe’s leading bus companies, Flixbus serves over 1400 destinations, in 26 countries including Germany, France, Italy, Austria, the Netherlands, Croatia, Spain, and across Scandinavia and central and eastern Europe. Founded in 2012, Flixbus’ extensive network connects cities with approximately 200,000 trips, with buses often departing every 30 minutes. One of the most affordable ways to get around Europe (and expanding soon into the US), a Flixbus journey is cost-effective, well-connected, comfortable and safe.
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 1807 123 99 123
- info@flixbus.de
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Milan, Milan to Bucharest, Bucharest Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 30 h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $100 - $180
- Website
- flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 0861 199 1900
- info@baltour.it
- Website
- eurolines.it
Bus from Milano Lampugnano to Bucureşti
- Ave. Duration
- 33 h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $110 - $160
- Schedules at
- eurolines.it
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Milan to Bucharest train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Bucuresti Nord Gara A station.
Yes, the driving distance between Milan to Bucharest is 1649 km. It takes approximately 17 h 30 min to drive from Milan to Bucharest.
Lufthansa, Tarom, Blue Air and Alitalia offer flights from Milan Linate Airport to Bucharest Otopeni Airport.
There are 1940+ hotels available in Bucharest. Prices start at $36 USD per night.
The best way to get from Milan to Milan Linate Airport is to line 73 bus which takes 19 min and costs 1€ - 2€.