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Getting home

The best option is to take a train to Bucharest and fly home from there. Bucharest Otopeni (Henri Coandă) airport is 16km north of the city centre. There are 12 trains per day (irregular timing and not all take cycles) on the line from Bucharest Nord to Urziceni that stop at PO Aeroport Henri Coandă station from where it is a 2.5km ride to the terminal buildings. (Turn R at exit to station parallel with railway, then L at main road. Follow this road using hard shoulder R, forking R before flyover and turning L at roundabout under flyover into airport.) Flights operate from Bucharest to many international destinations. There are no bike boxes available at the airport, but there is a wrapping service that will wrap your cycle for a fee. Alternatively, Tulcea airport, 17km south of the city following Dn22, has daily flights to Bucharest while Constanţa airport has domestic services to Bucharest and international flights to Istanbul.

You can return home by rail, although it is a long way by train from the Black Sea back to the cities of western Europe and even further to the UK. During high season (mid-June to mid-September) there is a daily direct train from Tulcea to Bucharest (which takes 5hrs 30mins) and all year there are two trains between Tulcea and Medgidia with connections to both Bucharest and Constanţa. There are regular trains between Constanţa and Bucharest, but only a few of these officially carry cycles. Romanian train details can be found at www.cfrcalatori.ro. International trains link Bucharest Nord with Budapest Keleti and there is an overnight through train to Vienna. After Budapest you will need to retrace your outbound journey.