There are 10 ways to get from Turkey to Transylvania by plane, bus, night train, train, shuttle, or car
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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$133–314Night 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$73–102Bus
- 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$109–179Night 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 35m$82–296Fly 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$182–233Fly 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 1m$204–235Fly 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$103–137Drive 991 km
- Drive from Istanbul to Transylvaniacar 991 km
13h 28m$158–228
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 $70 - $110 and takes 20h 49m.
The fastest way to get from Turkey to Transylvania is to fly and bus which takes 7h 30m and costs $130 - $320.
No, there is no direct bus from Turkey to Transylvania. However, there are services departing from İskenderpaşa and arriving at Târgu Mureş via İstanbul Esenler bus station and București, Autogara Militari. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h.
No, there is no direct train from Turkey to Transylvania. However, there are services departing from Yenikapi and arriving at Târgu Mureş via Halkali and Bucharest. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 20h 49m.
The distance between Turkey and Transylvania is 897 km. The road distance is 991 km.
The best way to get from Turkey to Transylvania without a car is to bus which takes 20h and costs $100 - $180.
It takes approximately 7h 30m to get from Turkey to Transylvania, including transfers.
Turkey to Transylvania bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from İstanbul Esenler bus station.
Turkey to Transylvania train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Halkali station.
Turkey to Transylvania bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at București, Autogara Militari station.
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
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–270
Flights from Antalya Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Tuesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $170–700
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $160–650
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $65–320
Flights from Istanbul to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–180
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Istanbul to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $90–180
Flights from Antalya Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $140–340
Flights from Antalya Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–340
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–360
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $120–380
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Antalya Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $160–380
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–330
Flights from Istanbul to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–270
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $65–320
Flights from Istanbul to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $60–180
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–850
Flights from Ankara Esenboğa International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 22m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $150–440
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Antalya Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–140
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from İzmir Adnan Menderes International Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- bdz_passengers@bdz.bg
- Website
- bdz.bg
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $11–31
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $11–16
- 1st Class
- $11–15
Night train from Halkali to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $11–31
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $11–16
- 1st Class
- $11–15
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 43m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $39–43
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $16–18
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–21
- Schedules at
- transferoviarcalatori.ro
- 2nd Class
- $7–13
- 1st Class
- $14–21
- 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
- $8–10
- 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
- $8–14
- 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
- $55–95
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–14
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–14
- 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
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
- $22–40
- 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
- $20–35
- 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
- $31
- Schedules at
- cditransport.ro
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