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‘I loved everything I saw and can’t wait for the next one… I’m just a huge fan.’

Andrew J Noble | British Ambassador | British Embassy Bucharest

Travel and Accommodation

Man lolling in a cartWe offer Patrons’ tickets to the festival for £800, which includes entrance to all talks, concerts and events, all meals and drinks, excursions, and transfers between events. A limited number of Friends’ day tickets are available at 250 lei per day (£50) and include entrance to talks and lunch on a daily basis. A limited number of Friends’ evening tickets are still available separately at 250 lei (£50) on Sunday night, and include dinner and the evening’s entertainment. Please note that Friday evening’s dinner is for patrons and by private invitation only. Standard day tickets, including access to all talks and performances between 09.30 and 18.00, are available within Romania for 20 euros per day. These include morning coffee but exclude all meals and transport between venues.

Travel to and from Romania; airport and railway station shuttles are not included in the tour price but we can offer expert help on making all travel, accommodation and transfers for participants. Accommodation is available at a range of prices, from around 45 Euros to 150 Euros per night, and can be booked through
Laura Vesa (email: office@discoveromania.ro).

Sibiu is the nearest airport to the festival with a limited direct service to the UK currently operated by WIZZAIR from Luton and Ryan Air from Liverpool.

Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa also run flights to Sibiu with a stop off – options available from various UK airports.

There are also frequent direct flights to Romania from London and regional UK airports to Cluj and Bucharest (transfer time to Richis approximately 4-5 hours).

For advice on flying to the festival, ring Mike Morton 01900 824329 or email him on mike.morton@travelcounsellors.com.

For help and bookings for accommodation and all airport transfers, please contact Laura Vesa at DiscoveRomania (email: office@discoveromania.ro).

Travel to and from Romania; airport and railway station shuttles are not included in the tour price but we can offer expert help on making all travel, accommodation and transfers for participants.

Sibiu is the nearest airport to the festival with a limited direct service to the UK currently operated by WIZZAIR from Luton and Ryan Air from Liverpool.

Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa also run flights to Sibiu with a stop off – options available from various UK airports.

There are also frequent direct flights to Romania from London and regional UK airports to Cluj and Bucharest (transfer time to Richis approximately 4-5 hours).

For advice on flying to the festival, ring Mike Morton 07812 210880 or email him on mike.morton@travelcounsellors.com.

For help and bookings for accommodation and all airport transfers, please contact Laura Vesa at DiscoveRomania (email: office@discoveromania.ro).

Trains

The most useful rail services are the two international sleeper trains which run daily from Vienna and Budapest to Bucharest. Connections can be made with flights or Eurostar trains from the UK. There is also a daily daytime service from Budapest, i.e.

  • IC75 Budapest Keleti 09:10 – Sibiu 20:30
  • IC74 Sibiu 08:15 – Budapest Keleti 17:50

Car Hire

Car rental is available from Bucharest, Cluj Napoca, Sibiu and Târgu Mureş. One way drop off is also possible, and cars can also be delivered to Sighişoara or Mediaş.

Contact us

For the festival from outside Romania
Reality and Beyond Ltd 0044 1285 750 358/888
email: lucy@realityandbeyond.co.uk

For shuttles to/from airports/railway stations
Laura Vesa, DiscoveRomania
email: office@discoveromania.ro

For flights and trains
Mike Morton
email: mike.morton@travelcounsellors.com

Romania Day ticket office: +40 269 258 423 or +40 723 516 581