Transylvania

Transylvania is relatively easy to access, due to its relative economic prosperity, tourism industry and proximity to Central Europe.

By plane

There are three main airports in the region.

Cluj-Napoca International Airport

(http://www.airportcluj.ro...) is located in north-western Transylvania. It's the largest airport in Transylvania and an emerging regional hub. WizzAir flies to/from London, Paris, Rome, Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Dortmund, Milano, Venice, Bologna and Grenoble; TAROM flies to/from Frankfurt, Vienna, Milano, Bologna, Madrid and Bucharest; Carpatair flies to/from Budapest and Timişoara;

Sibiu International Airport

(http://www.sibiuairport.r...) is located in the southern part of Transylvania.BlueAir flies to/from London, Madrid and Stuttgart;Austrian Airlines flies to/from Vienna;Lufthansa flies to/from Munich;TAROM flies to/from Bucharest and Munich;Carpatair flies to/from Timisoara;

Transilvania International Airport

(http://www.targumuresairp...) is located in central Transylvania, near Târgu-Mureş. It has daily flights to/from Budapest with Wizzair, MALEV (http://malev.hu/bp/eng/in...) and from Bucharest with TAROM.

By train

There are several daily international trains:

Dacia Express

links Vienna with Bucharest via Budapest; it passes through various cities in the southern part of Transylvania Deva, Alba Iulia, Mediaş, Sighisoara, Brasov;

Ister Express

a faster night train that links Budapest with Bucharest and has the same route as above;

Pannonia Express

links Prague with Bucharest passing through Bratislava and Budapest and reaches the same cities in southern Transylvania as the above trains;

Corona Express

a night train that links Budapest with Brasov going through Cluj and the eastern parts of Transylvania;

Ady Endre Express

links Budapest with Cluj leaves from Cluj early in the morning, gets to Budapest around noon and then gets back to Cluj, arriving in the evening;

Maros/Mureş Express

links Budapest with Targu-Mureş;

Very frequent trains link cities in Transylvania with Bucharest and major cities in all other regions of Romania. Check timetables on infofer.ro (http://infofer.ro/).