There are 11 ways to get from Lisbon to Craiova by plane, bus, car, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Craiova Airport
best- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Craiova Airport (CRA)plane LIS - CRA
8h 17m$103–386Fly to Sofia Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Sofia Airport (SOF)plane LIS - SOF
- Take the train from Sofia to Vidintrain
- Take the train from Vidin to Craiovatrain
17h 29m$101–277Bus
- Take the bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Girona, Estació d'Autobusosbus
- Take the bus from Girona, Estació d'Autobusos to Orăștiebus
- Take the bus from Orăștie to Târgu Jiubus Cj1
- Take the bus from Târgu Jiu to Craiovabus
2d 9hDrive 3,410 km
- Drive from Lisbon to Craiovacar 3,410 km
35h 49m$614–887Fly to Bucharest Otopeni, bus
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP)plane LIS - OTP
- Take the bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiovabus
10h 8mFly to Sibiu, train
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Sibiu (SBZ)plane LIS - SBZ
- Take the train from Sibiu to Craiovatrain
16h$145–493Fly to Cluj-Napoca, train
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Cluj-Napoca (CLJ)plane LIS - CLJ
- Take the train from Cluj Napoca to Craiovatrain
17h 2m$123–358Train, bus
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Bragatrain Ic
- Take the bus from Braga to Geneva - Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Geneva to Feldkirch stationbus
- Take the train from Feldkirch to Budapest-Keletitrain Rjx
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Craiovatrain Ic
2d 10h$425–721Bus, train
- Take the bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus
- Take the bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nordbus
- Take the train from Timisoara Nord to Craiovatrain Ic
2d 10h$249–337Bus, train via Toulon
- Take the bus from Lisbon to Toulonbus
- Take the bus from Toulon to Devabus
- Take the train from Deva to Craiovatrain
2d 18h$387–636Bus, train #2
- Take the bus from Lisboa Oriente to Huelvabus
- Take the bus from Huelva to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nordbus
- Take the train from Timisoara Nord to Craiovatrain Ic
2d 19h$229–334
Lisbon to Craiova by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lisbon to Craiova is to fly and train which costs $100 - $280 and takes 17h 29m.
The fastest way to get from Lisbon to Craiova is to fly which takes 8h 17m and costs $100 - $390.
No, there is no direct bus from Lisbon to Craiova. However, there are services departing from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente and arriving at Craiova via Girona, Estació d'Autobusos, Orăștie and Târgu Jiu. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 9h.
The distance between Lisbon and Craiova is 2808 km. The road distance is 3410 km.
The best way to get from Lisbon to Craiova without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 9h and costs .
It takes approximately 8h 17m to get from Lisbon to Craiova, including transfers.
Lisbon to Craiova bus services, operated by ALSA, depart from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente station.
The best way to get from Lisbon to Craiova is to fly which takes 8h 17m and costs $100 - $390. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 2 days 9h.
Lisbon to Craiova bus services, operated by ALSA, arrive at Girona, Estació d'Autobusos station.
Craiova is 2h ahead of Lisbon. It is currently 7:21 AM in Lisbon and 9:21 AM in Craiova.
What companies run services between Lisbon, Portugal and Craiova, Romania?
TAP Portugal, Ulendo Airlink, and Ryanair fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Craiova Airport (CRA) twice daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Craiova via Girona, Estació d'Autobusos, Orăștie, Orăștie, and Târgu Jiu in around 2d 9h.
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Craiova Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $180–400
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Craiova Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Friday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $110–380
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Craiova Airport via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $95–370
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Craiova Airport via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $95–370
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Craiova Airport via Charleroi
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- $120–400
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Craiova Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $180–400
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Bucharest Otopeni
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- $100–270
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sibiu via Madrid
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–460
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sibiu via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $230–490
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sibiu via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $140–500
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cluj-Napoca
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–280
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sibiu via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- $240–490
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sibiu via Basel, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sibiu via Geneva, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $170–550
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sibiu via Lyon, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $240–490
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cluj-Napoca via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $150–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Bucharest Otopeni via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $90–240
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sofia Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- $80–230
- Website
- air.bg
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Sofia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $120–650
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Sibiu to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–24
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Cluj Napoca to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 59m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $36–40
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $9–11
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Deva to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $22–25
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- bdz.bg
Train from Sofia to Vidin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $3–5
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $3–5
- 1st Class
- $3–5
Train from Vidin to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $1–3
- Website
- https://www.bdz.bg/en
- 2nd Class
- $1–3
- 1st Class
- $1–3
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- cp.pt
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Braga
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- $45–90
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Feldkirch to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 48m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $140–210
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- $140–210
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 14m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $33–39
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Timisoara Nord to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–20
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Timisoara Nord to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $17–20
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +34 910 207 007
- Website
- alsa.es
Bus from Estação Rodoviária de Lisboa Oriente to Girona, Estació d'Autobusos
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $140–200
- Schedules at
- alsa.es
- Phone
- +40 730 250 062
- [email protected]
- Website
- mateiunitrans.ro
Bus from Girona, Estació d'Autobusos to Orăștie
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 8m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- $110–130
- Schedules at
- mateiunitrans.ro
- Phone
- +4 0250 997
- Website
- normandiatransport.com
Bus from Orăștie to Târgu Jiu
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $19
- Schedules at
- normandia.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40748-111.955
- Website
- lopanserv.autogari.ro
Bus from Târgu Jiu to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- lopanserv.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40748864677
- Website
- transfyn.autogari.ro
Bus from Târgu Jiu to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- transfyn.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +40 768 922 512
- [email protected]
- Website
- bbilantravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest Otopeni Airport to Craiova
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- bbilantravel.ro
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Braga to Geneva - Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $170–320
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
Bus from Lisbon - Oriente to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- $60–110
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Geneva to Feldkirch station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Lisbon to Toulon
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $180–310
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Toulon to Deva
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $180–310
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 42h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $170–210
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Huelva to Timișoara, Gara Timisoara Nord
- Ave. Duration
- 2d 6h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $180–240
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Lisboa Oriente to Huelva
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $30–75
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
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