There are 10 ways to get from Taranto to Bucharest by bus, plane, train (Trenitalia), car, car ferry, or train
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Italobus Connections, bus to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
best- Take the bus from Taranto to Matera
- Take the bus from Matera piazza Matteotti to Bari Airport
- Fly from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)BRI - OTP
7h 31mTrain to Naples Airport, fly to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
cheapest- Take the train from Taranto to Napoli Centrale
- Fly from Naples Airport (NAP) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)NAP - BBU
9h 35m$71–298Bus via Bari
- Take the bus from Taranto Porto Mercantile to Bari Viale Unità d'Italia
- Take the bus from Bari Porto to Tirana
- Take the bus from Tirana to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia to București, Autogara Militari
26h 55m$178–201Train
- Take the train from Taranto to Bari CentraleIc
- Take the train from Bari Centrale to Venezia MestreFr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Graz HbfRjx
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Wien HbfRj / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord347
37h 34m$399–700Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Taranto to Port Of Bari
- Take the car ferry from Port of Bari to Durrës
- Drive from Port Of Durres to Bucharest
21h 36m$223–326Train to Brindisi Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Taranto to Brindisi
- Fly from Brindisi Airport (BDS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)BDS - OTP
5h 11m$159–383Train to Lamezia Terme International Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni
- Take the train from Taranto to Lamezia Terme C.
- Fly from Lamezia Terme International Airport (SUF) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)SUF - OTP
7h 11m$141–472Italobus Connections, bus to Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport, fly to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
- Take the bus from Taranto to Matera
- Take the bus from Matera piazza Matteotti to Bari Airport
- Fly from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport (BRI) to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU)BRI - BBU
8h 2mBus
- Take the bus from Taranto Port to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Take the bus from Tirana to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to București, Autogara Militari
31h 20mBus via Skopje
- Take the bus from Taranto Port to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Take the bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Take the bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest Gară Filaret
32h 5m
Taranto to Bucharest by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Taranto to Bucharest is to train and fly which costs $70 - $300 and takes 9h 35m.
The fastest way to get from Taranto to Bucharest is to train and fly which takes 5h 11m and costs $150 - $390.
No, there is no direct bus from Taranto to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Taranto Porto Mercantile and arriving at București, Autogara Militari via Bari Centrale, Bari Porto, Tirana and Sofia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 26h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Taranto to Bucharest. However, there are services departing from Taranto and arriving at Bucuresti Nord via Bari Centrale, Venezia Mestre, Graz Hbf and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 37h 34m.
The distance between Taranto and Bucharest is 1003 km.
The best way to get from Taranto to Bucharest without a car is to bus via Bari which takes 26h 55m and costs $170 - $210.
It takes approximately 7h 31m to get from Taranto to Bucharest, including transfers.
Taranto to Bucharest bus services, operated by Ferrovie del Sud Est e Servizi Automobilistici S.r.l., depart from Taranto Porto Mercantile station.
Taranto to Bucharest train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, depart from Taranto station.
The best way to get from Taranto to Bucharest is to bus via Bari which takes 26h 55m and costs $170 - $210. Alternatively, you can train, which costs $390 - $700 and takes 37h 34m.
What companies run services between Taranto, Italy and Bucharest, Romania?
You can take a bus from Taranto Porto Mercantile to București, Autogara Militari via Bari Viale Unità d'Italia, Bari Centrale, Bari Porto, Tirana, and Sofia in around 26h 55m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Taranto to Bucuresti Nord via Bari Centrale, Venezia Mestre, Graz Hbf, and Wien Hbf in around 37h 34m.
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- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $40–100
Flights from Brindisi Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $40–210
Flights from Naples Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $40–140
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $70–290
Flights from Bari Karol Wojtyła Airport to Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–260
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lamezia Terme International Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–440
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Taranto to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Taranto to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Taranto to Lamezia Terme C.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $14–50
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Taranto to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $21–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Taranto to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $8–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- $16–23
Train from Taranto to Brindisi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 11m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–45
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Taranto to Napoli Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Taranto to Bari Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $17–30
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bari Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–160
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $35–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $11–50
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket?cref=oebb-header
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- meinenachricht@westbahn.at
- Website
- westbahn.at
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–70
- Website
- https://westbahn.at/en/
- Standard Ticket
- $30–45
- First Class
- $50–70
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–55
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Bucuresti Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $230–320
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- potniski.sz.si
Train from Graz Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–35
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Intercity 2nd Class Ticket
- $15–22
- Regional Train Ticket
- $20–23
- Intercity 1st Class Ticket
- $30–35
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Bus from Taranto to Matera
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 080 5790111
- info@cotrap.it
- Website
- cotrap.it
Bus from Matera piazza Matteotti to Bari Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $5–10
- Schedules at
- biglietteria.cotrap.it
- Phone
- 800 07 9090
- Website
- fseonline.it
Bus from Taranto Porto Mercantile to Bari Viale Unità d'Italia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $5–9
- Schedules at
- fseonline.it
- Phone
- +355697278670
- mb.travel@hotmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Bari Porto to Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $104
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- +355 68 391 1009
- nelatraveltours@gmail.com
- Website
- nelatravel.site
Bus from Tirana to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $47
- Schedules at
- nelatravel.site
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Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Sofia to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $19–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +393293958604
- info@pistoiaviaggi.com
- Website
- pistoia-viaggi.it
Bus from Taranto Port to Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 19m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- pistoia-viaggi.it
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $20–29
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Bucharest Gară Filaret
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–26
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
- Phone
- +355 69 617 8170
- diamanttravel88@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +355 69 234 8608
- info@dritatravel.com
- Website
- dritatravel.com
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- dritatravel.com
- Phone
- +38975468055
- Website
- idotours.com.mk
Bus from Tirana, Terminali Lindor I Autobusave to Skopje, Transporten Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $24
- Schedules at
- autobus.al
- Phone
- 02 952 50 04
- matpu96@abv.bg
- Website
- matpu.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–35
- Schedules at
- matpu.com
- Phone
- +359 894 77 44 02
- office@kaleiatravel.com
- Website
- kaleiatravel.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30
- Website
- https://en.kaleiatravel.com/
- Phone
- +389 47 231 192
- info@transkop.mk
- Website
- transkop.mk
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $18–29
- Schedules at
- transkop.mk
- Phone
- +389(0)2 24 02 388
- avtobuska@maksoob.com.mk
- Website
- traveling.com
Bus from Skopje, Transporten Centar to Sofia
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $12–30
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +3907150211621
- booking@adriaferries.com
- Website
- adriaferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $55–70
- Schedules at
- adriaferries.com
- Phone
- +30 210 4828001
- booking@ventourisferries.com
- Website
- ventourisferries.com
Car ferry from Port of Bari to Durrës
- Ave. Duration
- 10h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $55–70
- Website
- https://ventourisferries.com/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Taranto to Bucharest bus services, operated by Ferrovie del Sud Est e Servizi Automobilistici S.r.l., arrive at Bari Viale Unità d'Italia station.
Bucharest is 1h ahead of Taranto. It is currently 8:06 AM in Taranto and 9:06 AM in Bucharest.
Taranto to Bucharest train services, operated by Trenitalia Intercity, arrive at Bari Centrale station.
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