There are 11 ways to get from France to Transylvania by train, plane, train (TGV), bus, car, or 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 Basel, fly to Tirgu Mures
best- Take the train from Strasbourg to St Louistrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Tirgu Mures (TGM)plane BSL - TGM
6h 10m$182–414Bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvaisbus
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane BVA - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
9h 32m$86–404Train
- Take the train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Wien Westbahnhoftrain 963 / ...
- Take the train from Wien Westbahnhof to Alba Iuliatrain 347
- Take the train from Alba Iulia to Chirileu h.train
27h 47m$482–1,170Bus, train
- Take the bus from Paris to Cluj-Napoca, Railway Station Squarebus
- Take the train from Cluj Napoca to G-ral N. Dăscălescu Hm.train Cluj Napoca - Târgu Mureş
38h 8m$149–225Drive 1,941.6 km
- Drive from Paris to Transylvaniacar 1,941.6 km
20h 24m$348–503Train to Brussels South Charleroi Airport, fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
- Take the train from Lille Flandres to Charleroi-Centraltrain
- Fly from Brussels South Charleroi Airport (CRL) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane CRL - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
9h 23m$87–442Bus to Beauvais–Tillé Airport, fly to Tirgu Mures
- Take the bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvaisbus
- Fly from Beauvais–Tillé Airport (BVA) to Tirgu Mures (TGM)plane BVA - TGM
7h 15m$106–393Train to Basel, fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
- Take the train from Strasbourg to St Louistrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane BSL - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
8h 42m$97–385Train, train to Munich International Airport, fly to Cluj-Napoca, bus
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbftrain
- Take the train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane MUC - CLJ
- Take the bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureşbus
11h 13m$224–707Fly Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Sibiu, bus
- Fly from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport (FKB) to Sibiu (SBZ)plane FKB - SBZ
- Take the bus from Sibiu to Târgu Mures Airportbus
10h 4mFerry, bus
- Take the ferry from Hôtel de Ville to Tour Eiffelferry Hop On-Off
- Take the bus from Paris Tour Eiffel to Târgu Mureșbus
39h 54m
Basel (BSL) to Tirgu Mures (TGM) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from France to Transylvania is to bus and train which costs $140 - $230 and takes 38h 8m.
The fastest way to get from France to Transylvania is to train and fly which takes 6h 10m and costs $180 - $420.
No, there is no direct train from France to Transylvania. However, there are services departing from Cité and arriving at Chirileu h. via Paris Est, Stuttgart Hbf, Wien Westbahnhof and Alba Iulia. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 47m.
The distance between France and Transylvania is 1449 km. The road distance is 1941.6 km.
The best way to get from France to Transylvania without a car is to train which takes 27h 47m and costs $480 - $1,200.
It takes approximately 6h 10m to get from France to Transylvania, including transfers.
France to Transylvania train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Paris Est station.
France to Transylvania train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Stuttgart Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between France to Transylvania is 1942 km. It takes approximately 20h 24m to drive from France to Transylvania.
There are 396+ hotels available in Transylvania.
What companies run services between France and Transylvania, Romania?
You can take a subway from Cité to Transylvania via Gare de l'Est, Paris Est, Stuttgart Hbf, Wien Westbahnhof, Alba Iulia, and Chirileu h. in around 27h 47m.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Basel to Tirgu Mures
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–280
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $26–340
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $30–320
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Tirgu Mures
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $70–340
Flights from Basel to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $30–200
Flights from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Sibiu
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–490
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $50–350
Flights from Brussels South Charleroi Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday, Tuesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $50–350
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $60–380
Flights from Beauvais–Tillé Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $60–380
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $90–210
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to St Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to St Louis
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $26–55
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $140–230
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $35–60
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $55–90
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Paris Est to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $120–550
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- $30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $50–220
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Wien Westbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $150–260
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Westbahnhof to Alba Iulia
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 47m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $170–310
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Alba Iulia to Chirileu h.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $11–12
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Cluj Napoca to G-ral N. Dăscălescu Hm.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $13–14
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Lille Flandres to Charleroi-Central
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $22–45
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $30–65
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- 0040 263 215 521
- [email protected]
- Website
- alexatrans.ro
Bus from Paris to Cluj-Napoca, Railway Station Square
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 33m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $110–180
- Schedules at
- alexatrans.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–15
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–15
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–15
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Cluj-Napoca to Târgu Mureş
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $8–15
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +33 (0) 9 77 40 24 20
- [email protected].
- Website
- Aérobus Paris - Beauvais
Bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–18
- Schedules at
- Aérobus Paris - Beauvais
Bus from Paris Porte Maillot to Aéroport Paris Beauvais
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $7–18
- Schedules at
- Aérobus Paris - Beauvais
- Phone
- +40743919764
- Website
- olteanutravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Sibiu to Târgu Mures Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- olteanutravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- 0040374557200
- Website
- romfour.com
Bus from Paris Tour Eiffel to Târgu Mureș
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- romfour-door2door.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +33 (0)1 76 64 79 12
- [email protected]
- Website
- Batobus
Ferry from Hôtel de Ville to Tour Eiffel
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Website
- Batobus
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