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It is located 2 km north of the centre, at the end of Strada Horea (linked to the centre by lines 3, 32B and 35 in particular). Direct trains to Bucharest (4 per day, 10.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.), Oradea (8 per day, 2.30 a.m. to 4 a.m.), Bistrița (3 per day, 3 a.m.), Iași (3 per day, 8.30 a.m.), Sighetu Marmației (2 per day, 6.30 a.m. to 7 a.m.), Baia Mare (2 per day, 4 hours), Timișoara (3 per day, 6 to 9 hours), Brașov (4 per day, about 7 hours), Sighișoara (4 per day, 4 to 5 hours), Miercurea Ciuc (1 per day, 6.40 hours), Alba Iulia (3 per day, 2.30 to 3 hours). 3 trains per day to Budapest (7 to 8 hours).

Cluj-Napoca has a dynamic airport, served by several airlines. The national airline Tarom (piața Mihai Viteazul 11, open weekdays from 9am to 5pm, +40 264 432 669) offers flights to Bucharest and Iași. The Romanian low-cost airline Blue Air operates flights to Bucharest, Brașov, Constanța and Dublin. Wizz Air (+40 264 307 562, +40 745 655 506) offers numerous international routes, mainly in Europe: France (Paris-Beauvais and Lyon), Belgium (Charleroi), Switzerland (Basel-Mulhouse), Spain, Italy, United Kingdom, Germany

The Hungarian low-cost carrier offers flights to numerous destinations in Europe, mainly Spain, Italy, Germany and the UK, but also to Prague, Warsaw, Stockholm, Oslo, Lisbon, Malta, Dubai, Tel Aviv and St Petersburg. There is a daily service to Paris-Beauvais airport, as well as several flights a week from Lyon Saint-Exupéry and Nice. It also offers a daily flight to Brussels South (Charleroi) and several weekly flights to Basel-Mulhouse and Geneva.

Purchase of long distance bus tickets.

It's right next to the railway station. Several buses leave daily for Târgu Mureş, Sibiu, Făgăraş, Bistriţa, Agnita... There are also local buses for the surrounding villages. Not always convenient: for example, to get to Biertan, you'll have to go through Mediaş and change buses. The bus station is small and tickets are bought inside, in the store. Maxitaxis, which run between Bucharest (Strada Ritmului) - Braşov - Tărgu Mureş, stop here very frequently. Some international buses to France (with Romfour).

Connect between Bucharest and Cluj (by passing through Alba Iulia, Sibiu and Valecea Valecea).

Two direct flights per day to Vienna.

It's about 1 km from the center, on the other side of the river. Sighișoara is located on the line connecting Bucharest to Oradea (then Budapest, for certain routes). So it's easy to reach these towns, as well as Brașov (6 trains a day, 3h to 3h30 journey time), Sinaia (2 a day, 4h20 journey time), Mediaș (7 a day, 30 to 40 minutes journey time) and Cluj (3 a day, 3h30 journey time). A small local train, slow but offering pretty landscapes and villages, reaches Odorheiu Secuiesc, in the Sicilian country (3 per day, 1h45).

To book train and bus tickets in advance.

Established in 1880 (even though the first train to run on Romanian territory, then Austro-Hungarian, did so in the Banat region in 1854), the Compania Națională de Căi Ferate Române (CFR), for National Company of Romanian Railways, is the national public company in charge of the operation of the Romanian rail network. The Romanian territory is largely covered by the train, and international lines serve the neighboring countries.

The first Romanian city to have a tramway, Timișoara can also boast of being the first (and for the moment the only) city in the country to have river shuttles. The public transport company RATT has introduced vaporettos that run along the Bega River between Sfânta Maria Square and Mihai Viteazu Bridge in the west of the city, in the Fabric district. On weekends, the ride is free! The 25-minute walk takes you from the Orthodox Cathedral to the Children's Park and back again. The vaporettos do not operate in winter.

Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair offers daily flights from Bucharest to Paris-Beauvais (except Saturdays), as well as 1 or 2 daily flights to Brussels-Charleroi. It is also the only airline to operate 2 weekly flights between Bucharest and Marseilles. From Cluj and Iaşi, the company also operates numerous flights to Paris-Beauvais and Brussels-Charleroi. Finally, from its various bases in Romania (Bucharest, Cluj and Iaşi), you'll find numerous flights to Italy, England, Germany...

The national airline operates several daily flights to Paris-Charles de Gaulle, as well as weekly flights to Nice and Brussels. The airline also serves major European cities such as Madrid, Barcelona, Rome, London, Prague, Munich, Vienna, Budapest and Athens, as well as a number of destinations outside Europe, including Chișinău, Istanbul, Beirut, Tel Aviv and Cairo. Finally, it operates all domestic flights (Iași, Timișoara, Sibiu, Cluj, Oradea, Satu Mare, Suceava, Baia Mare...).