There are 10 ways to get from Turkey to Transylvania by plane, bus, night train, train, shuttle, 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.
Fly Istanbul to Cluj-Napoca, bus
best- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane IST - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
7h 30m$120–255Night train, train
cheapest- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain Bosphor Express
- Take the train from Bucharest to Târgu Mureştrain Bucureşti Nord Gr.A - Târgu Mureş
20h 49m$85–113Bus
- Take the bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to București, Autogara Militaribus N1998
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Târgu Mureşbus N3906 / ...
20h$103–165Night train, train, bus
- Take the night train from Halkali to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the train from Bucharest to Brașovtrain
- Take the bus from Braşov to Târgu Mureșbus
17h 6mFly Antalya Airport to Cluj-Napoca, bus
- Fly from Antalya Airport (AYT) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane AYT - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
7h 40m$131–306Fly İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Cluj-Napoca, bus
- Fly from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport (ADB) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane ADB - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
9h 34m$151–243Fly Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Cluj-Napoca, bus
- Fly from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport (ESB) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane ESB - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
10h 6m$203–245Fly Istanbul to Bucharest Otopeni, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Istanbul (IST) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane IST - OTP
- Take a shuttle bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Brasov
- Take the bus from Braşov to Târgu Mureșbus
10h 59mBus via Shumen
- Take the bus from Instabul to Shumenbus
- Take the bus from Shumen to Bucharest Henri Coandă Airportbus
- Take the bus from Aeroport Henri Coanda Sosiri to Târgu Mureș Balint Transbus
24h 27m$115–155Drive 992.1 km
- Drive from Istanbul to Transylvaniacar 992.1 km
13h 29m$158–229
Istanbul (IST) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Turkey to Transylvania is to night train and train which costs $80 - $120 and takes 20h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Turkey to Transylvania is to fly and bus which takes 7h 30m and costs $120 - $260.
The distance between Turkey and Transylvania is 897 km. The road distance is 992.1 km.
The best way to get from Turkey to Transylvania without a car is to bus which takes 20h and costs $100 - $170.
It takes approximately 7h 30m to get from Turkey to Transylvania, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Turkey to Transylvania is 992 km. It takes approximately 13h 29m to drive from Turkey to Transylvania.
There are 384+ hotels available in Transylvania.
What companies run services between Turkey and Transylvania, Romania?
You can take a bus from İskenderpaşa to Transylvania via Bayrampaşa Devlet Hastanesi, İstanbul Esenler bus station, București, Autogara Militari, and Târgu Mureş in around 20h.
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Istanbul to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–220
Flights from Antalya Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–650
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $180–650
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $170–200
Flights from Istanbul to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–190
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Istanbul to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $70–190
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Istanbul to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–180
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $110–280
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–360
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–290
Flights from Istanbul to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–190
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $55–280
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–400
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–360
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $160–500
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $120–420
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–460
- Phone
- +35929311111
- onlineticket@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $21–30
- 1st Class
- $28–40
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $40–44
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–19
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–22
- Schedules at
- transferoviarcalatori.ro
- 2nd Class
- $7–13
- 1st Class
- $15–22
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- contact@regiocalatori.ro
- Website
- regiocalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- 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 Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- 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 Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $9–10
- Schedules at
- softrans.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from İstanbul Esenler bus station to București, Autogara Militari
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $50–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $29–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Website
- edimond.ro
Bus from Braşov to Târgu Mureș
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- edimond.ro
- Phone
- 0371.503.503
- office@direct-aeroport.ro
- Website
- direct-aeroport.ro
Shuttle from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Brasov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $23–40
- Schedules at
- direct-aeroport.ro
- Phone
- +359 82 82 81 51
- info@avtogararuse.org
- Website
- avtogararuse.org
Bus from Instabul to Shumen
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $27–40
- Schedules at
- avtogararuse.org
- Phone
- +359 (0) 877 34 47 47
- pegasus@pegasusbg.com
- Website
- pegasusbg.com
Bus from Shumen to Bucharest Henri Coandă Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://pegasusbg.com/
- Phone
- 021 9456
- secretariat@cditransport.ro
- Website
- cditransport.ro
Bus from Aeroport Henri Coanda Sosiri to Târgu Mureș Balint Trans
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $32
- Schedules at
- cditransport.ro
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