There are 13 ways to get from Bristol to Craiova by train, plane, 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.
Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Craiova Airport
best- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Craiova Airport (CRA)plane BHX - CRA
6h 59m$141–474Fly Bristol Airport to Craiova Airport
cheapest- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Craiova Airport (CRA)plane BRS - CRA
12h 42m$79–332Train
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from London St Pancras to Bruxelles-Miditrain Trn
- Take the train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien HBFtrain Nj / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keletitrain Ec
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Craiovatrain Ic
39h$476–753Bus
- Take the bus from Bristol Bus Station to London Victoriabus
- Take the bus from London Victoria to Bucharestbus
- Take the bus from Bucuresti to Piteştibus
- Take the bus from Pitești to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nordbus
40h 7m$195–227Drive, Eurotunnel
- Drive from Bristol to Folkestonecar
- Take the cartrain from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthuncartrain
- Drive from Calais-Fréthun to Craiovacar
25h 9m$668–946Train, train to Luton Airport, fly to Craiova Airport
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkwaytrain
- Fly from Luton Airport (LTN) to Craiova Airport (CRA)plane LTN - CRA
7h 55m$194–766Fly Bristol Airport to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Fly from Bristol Airport (BRS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BRS - OTP
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova Benzinaria Petrombus
9h 41m$99–295Train to Birmingham Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Streettrain
- Fly from Birmingham Airport (BHX) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane BHX - OTP
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova Benzinaria Petrombus
10h 52m$156–537Train to London Heathrow Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Heathrow Airport (LHR) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LHR - OTP
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova Benzinaria Petrombus
11h 15m$186–543Train to London Stansted Airport, fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Fly from London Stansted Airport (STN) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane STN - OTP
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova Benzinaria Petrombus
12h 3m$149–537Train, bus and ferry
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain Bristol Temple Meads - London Paddington / ...
- Take the busferry from London Barking to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nordbusferry
43h 31m$150–316Train, bus
- Take the train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddingtontrain
- Take the bus from London Stonebridge to Sibiubus
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nordbus
45h 19mDrive, car ferry
- Drive from Bristol to Port of Dovercar
- Take the carferry from Port of Dover to Calaiscarferry
- Drive from Calais to Craiovacar
26h 18m$546–845
Bristol to Craiova by train, subway, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bristol to Craiova is to fly which costs $75 - $340 and takes 12h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Bristol to Craiova is to train and fly which takes 6h 59m and costs $140 - $480.
No, there is no direct bus from Bristol station to Craiova. However, there are services departing from Bristol Bus Station and arriving at Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord via London Victoria, Bucuresti and Pitești. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 7m.
No, there is no direct train from Bristol to Craiova. However, there are services departing from Bristol Temple Meads and arriving at Craiova via Paddington, London St Pancras, Bruxelles-Midi, Wien Hbf and Budapest-Keleti. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 39h.
The distance between Bristol and Craiova is 2248 km.
The best way to get from Bristol to Craiova without a car is to train which takes 39h and costs $470 - $800.
It takes approximately 6h 59m to get from Bristol to Craiova, including transfers.
Bristol to Craiova bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bristol Bus Station.
Bristol to Craiova train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), depart from Bristol Temple Meads station.
The best way to get from Bristol to Craiova is to train which takes 39h and costs $470 - $800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $190 - $230 and takes 40h 7m, you could also fly, which costs $75 - $340 and takes 12h 42m.
What companies run services between Bristol, England and Craiova, Romania?
You can take a train from Bristol Temple Meads to Craiova via London Paddington, Paddington, King's Cross St. Pancras station, London St Pancras, Bruxelles-Midi, Wien HBF, Wien Hbf, and Budapest-Keleti in around 39h. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bristol Bus Station to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord via London Victoria, Bucharest, Bucuresti, Piteşti, and Pitești in around 40h 7m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–280
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Friday, Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $80–240
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $35–250
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Saturday, Monday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $35–250
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–410
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–400
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–460
Flights from London Stansted Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $100–370
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Craiova Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $65–280
Flights from Luton Airport to Craiova Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $65–600
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–360
Flights from Bristol Airport to Craiova Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–320
Flights from Bristol Airport to Craiova Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–360
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–210
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bristol Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $80–330
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Birmingham Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $85–400
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from London Heathrow Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $110–460
- Phone
- +44 3447 369 123
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–80
- Website
- Cross Country
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 7000 125
- [email protected]
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
Train from Bristol Temple Meads to London Paddington
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $65–120
- Website
- Great Western Railway (GWR)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from London St Pancras to Bruxelles-Midi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $75–120
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Bruxelles-Midi to Wien HBF
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $260–400
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $73
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $33–39
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +44 (0) 8443 35 35 35
- [email protected]
- Website
- LeShuttle
Car train from Folkestone to Calais-Fréthun
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $156
- Website
- LeShuttle
- Standard fare
- $156
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 026 4700
- Website
- Thameslink
Train from Farringdon to Luton Airport Parkway
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- $27
- Website
- Thameslink
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bristol Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $18–28
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Pitești to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $12–18
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)3717 81 81 81
- Website
- National Express
Bus from Bristol Bus Station to London Victoria
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $24–45
- Website
- National Express
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- [email protected]
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from London Victoria to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 30h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $161
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0250.730.333
- [email protected]
- Website
- antares-transport.ro
Bus from Bucuresti to Piteşti
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $3–6
- Schedules at
- antarestransport.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0353.806.666
- [email protected]
- Website
- eta.ro
Bus from Bucuresti to Piteşti
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- eta.ro
- Phone
- +4-0248-63.63.02
- Website
- astrasa.autogari.ro
Bus from Pitești to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- astrasa.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +4-021-312.03.45
- Website
- comantotrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova Benzinaria Petrom
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–21
- Schedules at
- comantotrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova Benzinaria Petrom
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–21
- Schedules at
- comantotrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova Benzinaria Petrom
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–21
- Schedules at
- comantotrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova Benzinaria Petrom
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $11–21
- Schedules at
- comantotrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040263701919
- [email protected]
- Website
- latinoexpres.ro
Busferry from London Barking to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $75–190
- Schedules at
- latinoexpres.ro
- Phone
- 0724 122 272
- [email protected]
- Website
- euro-fratello.ro
Bus from London Stonebridge to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- euro-fratello.ro
- Phone
- +4- 0265-255-092
- [email protected]
- Website
- balinttrans.autogari.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Craiova, Autogara Pelendava Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $5–24
- Schedules at
- balinttrans.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +353 818 300 400
- [email protected]
- Website
- Irish Ferries
Car ferry from Port of Dover to Calais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–100
- Website
- Irish Ferries
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Booking & Getting There
Bristol to Craiova bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at London Victoria station.
Craiova is 2h ahead of Bristol. It is currently 4:21 PM in Bristol and 6:21 PM in Craiova.
Bristol to Craiova train services, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), arrive at London Paddington station.
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