How to get to Timisoara

Travel Information

Timisoara is located in the western corner of Romania, just a few kilometres away from the border of Hungary and Serbia, with very good transport links.

By plane
 

The city is served by Romania's second-largest airport, Traian Vuia International Airport, located 10km away from the city center. It is the hub of the Romania's second-largest airline, Carpatair. There are regular flights from/to numerous major European and domestic destinations.

There are several airlines which fly to Timisoara: Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa, Malev, Alitalia, Carpatair, Tarom, Wizzair. They all have daily flights from different destinations around Europe. Austrian Airlines has 2 flights daily to/from Vienna and then connections, Malev one flight daily to/from Budapest and then connections, Luftansa - several connections with Germany, Alitalia - daily several connections with Italy, Carpatair - daily several connections with Italy and Germany.

Bus line 26 links the airport with downtown Timisoara; taxi and car hire is also available.

 

By train
 

By train using the facilities offered by CFR (Romanian Railways Company), you can have easy connections to Budapest, Vienna and Belgrade.

There are direct trains daily from Budapest (a 5 hours trip), Belgrade (4 hours), Vienna (8 hours) and Munich (15 hours). Check timetables here. There are also numerous trains to Bucharest and most major towns in Romania; check timetables here.

By car
 

There are many ways to get to Timisoara by car, and the quality of the roads in western Romania is very good.

From Hungary
Crossing the border at Cenad/Kiszombor via Sinnicolaul Mare - DN 59A
Crossing the border at Nadlac via Arad - E 671; DN 69. There are good road connections to the main western Romanian cities of Oradea, Baia-Mare and Cluj

From Serbia
Crossing the border at Moravita - E 70; DN 59

From Romanian cities
Lipova (Arad) - DJ 691
Lugoj (Deva, Sibiu, Brasov, Turnu Severin, Craiova, Bucuresti...) - E 70; DN 6
Buzias (Resita...) - DJ 592

Getting Around

Timisoara has a good transportation service including trolleys, trams and buses. The majority of buses and trolleys are new. The trams are old German models, but the travel conditions are quite decent.

There are two types of tickets, one for the three express lines (buses) and one for the rest of the buses, trams and trolleys. The prices for one ticket are around 0.6 and 0.3€ respectively, and you can find them at press stands in almost every station. You can also buy passes for a day, a week, two weeks or a month, on one, two or all lines.

In Timisoara there is no shortage of taxis. You can reach about any point in Timisoara by paying a fee of 10-20 Lei (about 3-6€). Don't negotiate with the driver and insist for the meter to be turned on. If you don't want to overpay avoid private taxis and call for a local taxi company (Tudo, Radio, Timisoara, Autogenn, Fan or Prompt). The taxis licensed by the City Hall have a distinctive oval black sticker on the backseat doors.
 

Useful info:

- Check the weather forecast for Timisoara.
- The local transportation network map (RATT - Regia Autonoma de Transport Timisoara)

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