There are 11 ways to get from Southampton to Bucharest by plane, train, bus, car, car train, busferry, or car ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly from Southampton Airport
best- Fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane SOU - OTP
7h 41m$192–396Train, bus via London Luton Airport (LTN)
cheapest- Take the train from Southampton Central to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Take the bus from Luton to Bucharest Oborbus
23h 31m$103–200Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Southampton to Folkestonecar
- Take the car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Bucharestcar
25h 37mTrain to London Heathrow Airport, fly
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Wokingtrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LHR - OTP
7h 16m$190–425Train, train to Luton Airport, fly
- Take the train from Southampton Central to London Waterlootrain
- Take the train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LTN - OTP
7h 54m$183–435Train to London Stansted Airport, fly
- Take the train from Southampton Central to London Waterlootrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane STN - OTP
8h 3m$188–404Train to Bristol Airport, fly
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meadstrain
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BRS - OTP
7h 59m$178–448Train to London Gatwick Airport, fly
- Take the train from Southampton Central to Clapham Junctiontrain
- Fly from London Gatwick Airport (LGW) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LGW - OTP
7h 14m$202–495Train, bus
- Take the train from Southampton Central to London Waterlootrain Weymouth - London Waterloo / ...
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharestbus
32h 41m$204–256Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Southampton Central to London Waterlootrain Weymouth - London Waterloo / ...
- Take the busferry from London Wembley Park to Bucharestbusferry
2d 13h$134–329Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Southampton to Port of Dovercar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Bucharestcar
26h 51m$464–742
Southampton Airport (SOU) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Southampton to Bucharest is to train and bus via London Luton Airport (LTN) which costs $100 - $200 and takes 23h 31m.
The fastest way to get from Southampton to Bucharest is to train and fly which takes 7h 14m and costs $200 - $500.
The distance between Southampton and Bucharest is 2183 km.
The best way to get from Southampton to Bucharest without a car is to train and bus via London Luton Airport (LTN) which takes 23h 31m and costs $100 - $200.
It takes approximately 7h 41m to get from Southampton to Bucharest, including transfers.
Bucharest is 2h ahead of Southampton. It is currently 11:44 AM in Southampton and 1:44 PM in Bucharest.
There are 5397+ hotels available in Bucharest.
What companies run services between Southampton, England and Bucharest, Romania?
KLM, easyJet, and four other airlines fly from Southampton Airport (SOU) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) twice daily.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $50–160
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Berlin Brandenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–160
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Friday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–260
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Luton Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–180
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–550
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Southampton Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $130–430
Flights from Southampton Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–420
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Oradea
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–250
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–440
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $100–410
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from London Gatwick Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–310
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Southampton Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $95–410
- Website
- norwegian.com
Flights from Southampton Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–300
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–440
Flights from Luton Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $55–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $85–340
- Phone
- 0345 6000 650
- Website
- southwesternrailway.com
Train from Southampton Central to London Waterloo
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $40–95
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Woking
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $29–65
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
Train from Southampton Central to Clapham Junction
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $40–90
- Website
- https://www.southwesternrailway.com/
- Phone
- 0345 026 4700
- Website
- thameslinkrailway.com
Train from West Hampstead Thameslink to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 23 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $17–35
- Website
- https://www.thameslinkrailway.com/
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- Website
- leshuttle.com
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.leshuttle.com/uk-en
- Phone
- +44 3457 000 125
- gwr.feedback@gwr.com
- Website
- gwr.com
Train from Southampton Central to Bristol Temple Meads
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $45–85
- Website
- https://www.gwr.com/
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Luton to Bucharest Obor
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 18m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $160
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- latinoexpres@yahoo.com
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from London Wembley Park to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 10h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $80–200
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 01304 44 88 88
- customer.services@poferries.com
- Website
- poferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $9–23
- Website
- https://www.poferries.com/en
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- info@irishferries.com
- Website
- irishferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $6–18
- Website
- https://www.irishferries.com/uk-en/Travel-to-Ireland
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