BY CAR
The A1 highway takes you right near Timisoara. The highway is connected to other European highways. For example, you can get from Timisoara to Budapest (Hungary) in 3 hours, or to Vienna (Austria) in 5 hours. The Vignette price for 7 days (minimum) is approximately 7€.
BY PLANE
The city is served by Romania’s third-largest airport, “Traian Vuia” International Airport, located in the Eastern part of Timişoara Municipality, at a distance of 12 km. There are flights from/to major European cities and domestic destinations operated by: TAROM, Lufthansa, Wizz Air, Ryanair, Blue Air, Eurowings, HiSky.
All information can be found also on “Traian Vuia” Airport of Timişoara website: https://www.aerotim.ro/en/.
Connection with the city:
BUS: There are 2 lines on this route and the price for one trip is 5 lei (1 Euro):
Line Express no.4 (E4) connects the Airport with Timişoara city center: https://stpt.ro/E4/
Line Express no 4b (E4b) connects the Airport with the central railway of station Timișoara: https://stpt.ro/E4b/
TAXI: The taxis are available for the passengers in front of the two terminals. Use only registered taxis, like: Euro Taxi, Tudo Taxi, Radio Taxi, Fan Taxi. Taxi Tudo (+40) 256 945; Taxi Fan (+40) 256 944; Taxi Radio (+40) 256 940; Taxi Euro(+40) 256 941.
To reach the city you can: book a transfer, use local public transportation, take a TAXI or UBER.
Beware that you can only pay in lei (RON) and the exchange rates in the airport are safe, but not so good. It is better to exchange money before getting to Timisoara or to withdraw some money from an ATM (ATMs are available in the airport as well). Get a Taxi from the airport costs 50-60 LEI (~10-12 €).
OTHER AIRPORTS
If you cannot find a direct flight to Timișoara or it’s too expensive, it’s good to check out other airports in this area:
Other Romanian Airports
Oradea: https://www.aeroportoradea.ro/en/
Cluj-Napoca: http://airportcluj.ro/?id_limba=2
Craiova: http://www.aeroportcraiova.ro/en/
Sibiu: http://www.sibiuairport.ro/en/
Bucharest: http://www.bucharestairports.ro/en
Nearby Airports
The other option is to fly from/to Budapest (in Hungary) and Belgrade (Serbia), which is very common and the prices are low.
Details to the flights and transport from the Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport: http://www.beg.aero/en/home.
Details to the flights from the Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport: http://www.bud.hu/english
BY TRAIN
Timisoara’s main railway station (called Timisoara Nord) is connected to several European cities. For example, there are some direct international trains coming from the following cities:
- Bucharest (Nord)
- Vienna (Westbahnhof)
- Budapest (Keleti Railway station)
To find the best route visit these websites:
- International trains: https://int.bahn.de/en/offers/international
- Trains in Romania: https://mersultrenurilor.infofer.ro/ro-RO/Itineraries
- By train between Bucharest and Timișoara is only interesting if you travel during the night, in a sleeping car: leave in the evening from Bucharest North Railway Station and arrive in Timișoara in the morning.
BY BUS
You can find local and international bus connections to Timisoara here: https://www.autogari.ro/?lang=en. You can find direct routes from Hungary, Austria, Germany, Italy, UK, France, Spain any many other countries.
International companies: Flixbus, Atlassib, Eurolines, RegioJet,