Travel

Getting to Bucharest

1/ By air - www.otp-airport.ro
Regular and charter flights of Romanian air carriers (notably TAROM the national airline), or the foreign airlines (Air France, British Airways, Austrian Airlines, Alitalia, Lufthansa, Delta Airlines etc.) connect Bucharest to the world’s major airports. The most important airport from Bucharest is Henri Coanda.

TAROM - Romanian Air Transport is the Official Congress Airline of the WPA 2013 Regional Congress. Congress participants may obtain special fares for their flight tickets on the occasion of the Congress. 

www.tarom.ro

2/ By train  - www.cfr.ro
International express trains connect the main central European capitals with Bucharest. The most important train station in Bucharest is North Train Station. Traveling by train from other European countries to Romania takes from 6 hours ( Budapest to Timisoara) to about 46 hours ( London to Bucharest). Most train tickets allow several stopovers en route so train travel can be an affordable and relaxing way to include Romania in a European trip.
First and second-class sleepers are available for journeys longer than 10 hours and for overnight trains.
 
3/ By car
Border crossing between Romania and its western neighbors is just a formality. When renting a car in Europe please check with the car rental company about its policy regarding taking the car across national borders. Insurance can be purchased at any Romanian border crossing point. Documents required by Romanian Customs are the vehicle's registration, proof of insurance and a valid driver's license from the driver's home country.
There are many bus routes that connect Bucharest and Romania's main cities with Athens, Berlin, Budapest, Copenhagen, Frankfurt, Istanbul, London, Milan, Munich, Paris, Rome, and Vienna.


When in Bucharest
 

In order to access Bucharest’s map, please click here.

Bucharest has the largest transport network in Romania, and one of the largest in Europe. The Bucharest public transportation network includes subway (underground transport) and tramways, busses and trolleybusses (surface transport).
 
To travel by subway, you may purchase:

• a 2-trip card: 3 LEI (~ 0,7 EUR), not nominal - it can be used by up to 2 persons
• a 10-trip card: 9 LEI (~ 2 EUR), not nominal - it can be used by up to 10 persons
  
• a 1-day card: 5,5 LEI (~ 1,3 EUR), not nominal - it can be used at a 15 mins interval
  

To travel by surface transport, you may purchase:

• 1-trip RATB ticket: 1,3 LEI (~ 0,3 EUR)
• 1-day all-lines subscription: 8 LEI (~ 1,9 EUR)
  
• 7-day all-lines subscription: 17 LEI (~ 4 EUR)
  

* the unique-cost travel tickets and the subscriptions can be purchased from the special RATB cabins in stations.
* the 1-trip tickets must be purchased for every trip with the surface transport means.

In Bucharest there is also a Maxi-Taxi network. It’s a private public transport network with various rates, depending on the distance. The prices and routes are displayed on each vehicle. The trip is paid to the driver when getting on the transport means.
 
Taxi Companies - Phone numbers
Cristaxi (9461 / 9421 / 9466)
Domino Taxi (9414)
Perozzi (9440)
Rodell Taxi (9422)
Taxi 2000 (9494)
Taxi Cobălcescu (9451)
Taxi Leone (9425)
Taxi Meridian (9444 / 9888)
Taxi Mondial (9423)
Taxi Total (9424)

•  Each company shall display the lei/km tariff on the car door. Tariffs differ from one company to another and vary between 1,2lei/km - 5 lei/km. Tariffs also differ as to daytime/night.
  
•  Besides the price per km, both the starting and standing are charged.
  
•  For travels outside Bucharest, an extra charge is applied.
  
•  For each drive by taxi, you can request a tax receipt, which indicates the number of km and the price of the drive.