The resort is reached by frequent buses from the regional hub [wiki=325e1f80ff17c2208be6757fd5bac65a]Târgu Mureş[/wiki] (one hour-one hour and half travel time), at least one bus from [wiki=4478d84e229675d2d06f39076533bcd5]Cluj[/wiki] (three hours and half travel time) and [wiki=b00511ff30d04e361d8c9b27e3ec8aab]Iaşi[/wiki] (five hours and half).
Sovata is located on a secondary railway with limited service: 4-5 trains daily from [wiki=82489aafcad5d0247173ad5a6784ec54]Blaj[/wiki] on the [wiki=26ba3224ef491b44fad2bb9545bf84d5]Bucharest[/wiki]-[wiki=49f3789464ea44f7bb442d248cec8a0c]Brasov[/wiki]-Cluj mainline (three-four hours travel time). The railway is operated by the private company Regiotrans [http://regiotrans.ro/index.html].