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Budapest is the main railway hub of the Hungarian railway network, with three large stations. From Budapest, a 7,606 km network radiates through the country with various connections to larger towns.

Train types in Hungary

If your Interrail Pass is valid in Hungary, you'll get access to Hungary's national railway company, MAV-START. You'll also get access to GYSEV/Raaberbahn trains that operate in the country.

Domestic Trains

International trains

Night trains.

Private Railway

Map with main train connections in Hungary

Intercity trains in Hungary

Regional (RE)

Interregional (IR)

EuroCity (EC)

InterCity (IC)

Regional train (R)

Szeged – Subotica
No reservations
Up to five times a day
See more details below for trips to/from Budapest and Belgrade

Railjet (RJ)

Budapest – Gyor – Vienna – Zürich/München
Budapest – Gyor – Viena – Brno – Prague
Budapest – Bratislava – Brno – Prague (– Berlin)
Budapest – Bratislava – Ostrava – Katowice – Warsaw – Terespol
Budapest – Bratislava – Ostrava – Katowice – Krakow – Przemysl
Budapest – Gyor – Vienna
Vienna – Gyor – Budapest – Oradea – Cluj Napoca
Vienna – Gyor – Budapest – Debrecen – Satu Mare – Baia Mare
Budapest – Kosice
Budapest – Graz
Budapest – Ljubljana
Budapest – Zagreb
Budapest – Timisoara – Craiova – Bucharest
Budapest – Arad – Sibiu – Brasov
Budapest – Oradea – Cluj Napoca – Brasov
Vienna – Gyor – Budapest – Debrecen – Zahony – Chop (Ukraine, Pass only valid till Zahony)

EuroNight (EN)

Budapest – Wroclaw – Berlin
Budapest – Prague
Budapest – Krakow – Warsaw
Budapest – Split (summer only)
Budapest – Oradea – Cluj Napoca
Budapest – Sibiu – Brasov – Bucharest
Vienna – Gyor – Budapest – Brasov – Bucharest
Budapest – Craiova – Bucharest
Budapest – Salzburg – München – Stuttgart
Budapest – Zürich

Private railway companies

The private railway lines operated by the Austrian-Hungarian railway company GYSEV (known in Austria as Raaberbahn) can also be accessed with your Interrail Pass.

GYSEV operates a number of train routes, including:

Sopron to Ebenfurth (Austria)

Fertöszentmiklós to Neusiedl/See (Austria)

Popular connections

Domestic routes
International routes

* Alternative route Budapest – Belgrade (check our Rail Planner ):

Budapest – Szeged (reservation required)
Szeged – Subotica (Serbia)
Subotica – Sombor – Novi Sad, direct regional trains
Novi Sad – Belgrade , frequent and fast SOKO trains (reservation required)

Reservations

Which trains in hungary require reservations.

No reservations: Regional trains (RE) and Interregio (IR)
Optional: InterCity and EuroCity domestic trains
Compulsory: InterCity and Eurocity trains on certain international routes
Compulsory: EuroNight on all routes

How can I make reservations for trains in Hungary?

Interrail reservation self-service system

Administration costs when booking through Interrail self-service:

€ 2,- p.p.per train
Additional € 9,- per order (for paper tickets)

With railway carriers

MAV (Hungarian railways): domestic trains
ÖBB (Austrian railways) : domestic and international trains
ČD (Czech railways) : domestic and international trains
ZSSK (Slovakian railways) : domestic and international trains

An explanation of how each booking platform works can be found here: How do I book my reservations

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Tips and tricks for Hungary

Budapest main train stations.

Budapest is a train travel hub, with 4 main stations:

Keleti : Located in the East. The main international and intercity railway station in Budapest.
Nyugati : Located in the North.
Deli : Located in the West.
Kelenföld: Located in the Southwest.

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Buying and using Tickets & Rail Passes in Hungary

This guide will help you save money, time and confusion

This guide to Hungarian train tickets, and how to buy them online, covers the basics of what you can expect to encounter when making bookings. The idea is to provide context for the tickets and journey options you should typically encounter, in usual circumstances, when making a booking either online or at the station. SMTJ has striven to ensure that the advice presented is as accurate as possible, but a guide such as this cannot cover every combination of journey options.

Hungarian national operator MAV sells train tickets for journeys within and to and from Hungary on its recently relaunched booking site ; ignore that it's a beta version, multiple clients have reported that they have successfully used it.

It offers particularly good value for international train journeys and a plus of booking international tickets on the MAV website, is that seats will be assigned, no matter which train you will be taking. Meaning that if you'll be travelling by Railjet, or on one of the EuroCity routes with optional reservations, you will in effect have complimentary assigned seats. But if you book at a station, you will have to pay an additional fee if you want to reserve on international trains when it's optional.

Though as travelling within Hungary by express trains is comparatively cheap, you won't make such big savings for journeys within Hungary.

Also be aware that if you book online on MAV you have to collect your ticket(s) at the station in Hungary, they can't be emailed or posted.

Booking tickets for express train journeys within Hungary:

You can save the equivalent of around €2 by booking tickets online for journeys within Hungary by IC, EC or Railjet trains. But it doesn't matter how far ahead you book, the online prices for the domestic journeys are fixed.

If you want to book at stations, the best option can be using the ticket machines, as ticket counter staff may not speak English. The larger ‘yellow’ machines are comparatively simple to use, thanks to good English translations; and easy to follow step by step instructions.

Tickets for all online bookings on MAV made outside of Hungary have to be collected from ticket machines at stations; you will need to insert the card you used, when making the booking online to collect a ticket, so make sure you take it with you. So If you book train tickets TO Hungary online, you can only collect them in Hungary.

You have to purchase a ticket for your bike at a station if you want to take it on a Hungarian train. For journeys under 50km a flat rate is charged of 235 HUF, for journeys above 50km, the price depends on distance.

Children aged 3 and under travel for free (they need to sit on an adult's lap). Children aged 3 -5 travel for free if they sit in an adult's lap, but 50% of the adult rate if they occupy a seat. Children aged 6 -14 travel at half the adult rate.

On national rail journeys within Hungary those aged 65 and over who are resident in an E.U. country travel for free, you just need to have your passport with you, which in effect becomes your ticket. However, those aged 65 and over who reside outside the E.U. have to buy tickets at the adult rate.

Limited numbers of discounted tickets are available for international train journeys between Hungary and Austria, Germany, The Czech Republic and Switzerland; they're seemingly not available when traveling to/from other countries. Different ticket prices are often offered, so the very cheapest tickets inevitably sell fastest.

If you’ll be making an international train journey from Hungary, MAV will have the cheapest ticket prices. And there are incredible bargains to be had; travel from Budapest to Berlin by EC train for €29!

So for international journeys from Hungary it is worth making the effort to book online and then collect the tickets from the ticket machines at a station in Hungary; DON'T print the ticket yourself, it won't be valid. You'll be sent a code, that you can enter into a ticket machine (the online booking process includes a map showing the stations equipped with such machines). Only tickets printed by the machines are valid

The yellow MAV branded ticket machines have English translations and step-by-step instructions for printing tickets.

(As tickets have to be collected in person in Hungary, booking tickets for trains TO Hungary is a conundrum, despite MAV often offering the cheapest prices for such trains).

A fairly long list, but it will save you time, money and confusion.

(1) Use the ‘full fare’ default - unless you are under 26, will be travelling with children 14 or under, or a pensioner; fall into one of these categories and you’ll be entitled to a discount.

(2) The prices for international journeys are displayed in euros

(3) Tickets for international daytime trains are generally added 2 months ahead of the travel date, but overnight trains can be added sooner

(4) On the first screen you see, having clicked ‘search’ (the screen on which you enter the travellers details including date of birth etc) all of the trains travelling between the cities you have selected, on the date you have chosen, will be displayed If at the next stage of the booking process, you’re not given the option for selecting tickets for some of these trains, it means they are not on sale YET.

(5) This initial screen is also the screen on which you have to select 1st or 2nd class; to compare prices between 1st and 2nd class tickets you need to hit the back button and switch between the two options.

(6) A key thing to look out for when using MAV is that, when you click ‘tickets and prices’, you will be taken to a page that only lists the ticket prices and not the trains. That list of departures you could see on the previous screen will no longer be visible, but the trains you CAN book are listed on the NEXT step

(7) At the next step, click on the ticket prices to see which departures can be booked at that particular price; when more than one train is available you can pick whichever train suits you.

(8) So to see every train departing on your chosen date, you may have to click on multiple ticket prices. Meaning that if you want to travel by a specific departure, that you saw listed on the initial search results page, you may have to click on more than one ticket price in order to find it.

(9) What can cause confusion is that not all trains may YET have been added to the website. For example, when clicking on a price, you might only see a night (EN) train and not the daytime (EC) train etc; and in this instance, that will be because the tickets for the EC train have yet to be placed on sale.

(10) All international tickets sold online by MAV are train AND seat specific; seats will be assigned when making a booking.

(11) A plus of booking international tickets online with MAV is that seat reservations are included, even on routes when they are otherwise ordinarily optional, such as Budapest <> Wien, or Budapest <>Praha. (Reservations are compulsory' for these discounted online tickets because they are seat specific).

(12) On the international daytime routes where no discounts are seemingly available, seat reservations also happen to be compulsory, so the tickets sold online for these trains are also seat specific.

(13) Reservations are also compulsory on the night trains, so the night train prices on MAV all include the reservations fees.

(14) So if you book last minute at the station for journeys to Austria, Germany, The Czech Republic and Switzerland, not only will you have to pay a higher price, because the discounted tickets won't be available; you'll also have to pay an additional fee, should you want to, for a reservation.

Rail pass users have to purchase a reservation (supplement) for journeys by IC trains and for journeys within Hungary by EC and Railjet trains. These supplements cannot be purchased online and they're not sold by the ticket machines, so use a ticket office (and hope the staff will speak English; taking a print out of the trains you want to reserve on can help,

If you want to avoid the reservations on the IC/EC trains, slower, alternative trains are available on all of those routes However, many of these alternative trains are 2nd class only, all seats can be taken at the busiest times of day and some of these slower trains aren’t air-conditioned.

In contrast IC trains are faster, guarantee a seat and many are air-conditioned, so rail pass users shouldn’t rush to avoid IC trains, particularly in the summer months.

Using rail passes to travel to and from Hungary:

Reservations are NOT compulsory for rail pass users for international daytime journeys on the EC trains between Hungary and Slovakia and Czechia, nor on the Railjets for international journeys to Austria, Germany and Switzerland. Though reservations are recommended if you’ll be travelling with a 2nd class rail pass on the Railjets; they're typically busy trains.

However, they ARE mandatory on all other international daytime trains and on ALL international overnight trains. These rail pass reservations cannot be booked online and in Budapest they can only be purchased in person at the counters in the international ticket offices at Budapest-Keleti station and Budapest-Nyugati station. Queues can build up in summer, so the best option is to purchase any future reservations before leaving the station when you first arrive in Budapest.

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Travel By Train In Budapest: 10 Things You Need To Know

Budapest certainly is the hub of Hungary. It’s a central point when it comes to Travel by Train in Budapest there are many trains stop. While Travel by Train in Budapest and in general is exciting and often a new experience for many people, it can also be a bit nerve-wracking at times, especially in a new and foreign city. Put your mind at ease and take a look at the 10 things you need to know about train travel in Budapest.

This article was written to educate about Train Travel and was made by Save A Train, The Cheapest Train Tickets Website In The World .

Train Stations

There are three main train stations which you can Travel by Train in Budapest with and they are:

Keleti: Located in the East. This is the main international and intercity railway station in Budapest.
Nyugati: Located in the West.
Deli: Located in the South

Travel: Airport Transfers

The closest train station to Budapest Airport Terminal 2 is Ferihegy, with trains operating to and from the Nguyati station in Budapest.

Traveling with Luggage

If you are traveling around the city with any backpacks , handbags or any other hand luggage be sure to store this on the floor between your legs while traveling on the trains to be on the safe side .

Safety for Woman

Women can feel at ease when traveling by train around Budapest. The city center is quite safe for a large city and as long as travelers use their common sense and don’t take the unnecessary risk just because they are on vacation then they can rest assured that no harm will come to them.

Avoiding Pickpocketing

Tourists are most likely to get pick-pocketed in crowded public transportation areas such as train stations, where other petty theft may occur. While this is not a cause of major concern visitors are advised to be aware and stay alert .

Getting Around – Travel by Train in Budapest

There are a number of different railway lines in Budapest and train travel forms a large part of their public transport which means you can get just about everywhere by train. Be sure to check the times and different lines you will need to take in order to get to your destination. You can find this travel information online or at the train station. You can also buy tickets at the stations.

Get Yourself a Budapest Card to Travel by Train in Budapest

Once you have been in Budapest a day or two and have got your bearings, be sure to get a Budapest Card. The card offers a number of extras such as free entry into some museums , free bus /train/tram/water travel, and water cruise.

Travel by Train in Budapest Day Trips

There are a number of fantastic day trips to take by doing Travel by Train in Budapest. They will take you to some incredible destinations and show you the spectacular scenery along the way. Be sure to do your research before you go. Make sure you get the most out of your time in this city.

Beautiful Stations

Budapest has some of the oldest and most beautiful train stations in Hungary. Be sure to visit the Eastern Railway Station (Keleti Palyaudvar) and the Western Railway Station (Nyugati Palyaudvar) and you must get to them by Travel by Train in Budapest, while you are there and embrace the history and spectacular architecture that Budapest has to offer.

The History of the Railway Lines

The M1 line in Budapest is the second-oldest underground railway line in the world. It has been in operation since 1894 and is even listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. There is so much history in this city and the trains have been in use for ages and still run efficiently .

Budapest really does have it all and is a popular tourist destination. Why not be like the locals and make use of the trains as a form of public transport? You won’t be disappointed!

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The train ride from London to Budapest is safe, comfortable & affordable and takes less than 24 hours. Take an afternoon Eurostar to Brussels, the excellent Nightjet sleeper train overnight to Vienna and an onward EuroCity train to the heart of Budapest. Or take Eurostar to Paris and a high-speed TGV to Stuttgart, then a Hungarian sleeper train to Budapest. Or travel by daytime trains with an overnight stop in Munich or Zurich. Timetables, prices and how to buy tickets for all these options are explained below in a step-by-step guide.

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London to budapest, which route to choose.

Option 1, lunchtime Eurostar to Brussels, Nightjet sleeper to Vienna & railjet train to Budapest . The easiest, most comfortable & time-effective option, using the Brussels-Vienna Nightjet sleeper, running on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays.

Option 2, lunchtime Eurostar to Paris, Nightjet sleeper to Vienna & railjet train to Budapest . A similar easy, comfortable & time-effective option, using the Paris-Vienna Nightjet sleeper, also running on Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays.

Option 3, morning Eurostar to Paris, TGV to Stuttgart, sleeper to Budapest . A time-effective option with daily departures, dinner in Stuttgart and a comfortable Hungarian sleeper train to Budapest arriving next morning.

Option 4, morning Eurostar to Paris, TGV to Munich, overnight stop, railjet to Budapest . If you prefer daytime trains and a hotel to sleepers, this is the option for you. London to Munich by Eurostar & high-speed double-deck TGV on Day 1, overnight hotel, then Munich to Budapest by fast railjet train on Day 2.

Option 5, the scenic route: Morning Eurostar to Paris, TGV to Zurich, overnight stop, railjet to Budapest . Another all-daytime option with an overnight hotel, taking longer than option 4 but with a wonderful scenic ride through the Arlberg Pass between Switzerland & Austria, see the video here . If it's daytime trains and scenery you want, this is the option for you.

Option 6, the ferry alternative: London & Cambridge to Budapest via the Harwich-Hoek ferry . London to Amsterdam with a cosy private cabin with shower & toilet on the overnight Harwich-Hoek van Holland superferry, fast trains to Munich then sleeper to Budapest. Useful if you want to avoid the Channel Tunnel or if Eurostar fares are expensive, if you need to take a dog or cat , or if you live in East Anglia.

Option 7, by ferry from Hull or Newcastle . By-pass London, taking a DFDS ferry from Newcastle or P&O ferry from Hull to Holland, for onward trains to Budapest.

Which option is cheapest? You have to go online and see, because each option involves several tickets and the price of each ticket varies like an air fare. However, at short notice, the ferry options are usually cheaper than Eurostar.

Can you go out one way, back another? Yes! Almost all European train fares are priced as one-way, so you can book one-way out on one route and one-way back on another. Eurostar is the exception where a return fare is cheaper than two one-ways, so book London-Paris or London-Brussels as a round trip if you can.

Can you stop off? Of course! Simply book trains either side of the stopover on whatever dates you want. Each part of these journeys is ticketed separately in any case (for example, the Eurostar, the sleeper train and the onward train), so it's no problem to stop off on the way at any of the key interchange points.

What if you're not starting from London? See this advice about starting your journey from elsewhere in the UK .

Option 1 , London to Budapest using the Brussels-Vienna sleeper

This is the easiest, most comfortable & most time-effective way from the UK to Budapest. Take Eurostar to Brussels, the excellent 3-times-a-week Nightjet sleeper from Brussels to Vienna, then a connecting train to Budapest. The sleeper is expected to become daily from autumn 2024. Incidentally, option 2 is almost identical in all respects, but via Paris rather than Brussels, so check that out too.

London ► Budapest

The comfortable Austrian Nightjet sleeper train has an air-conditioned Comfortline sleeping-car with nine 1, 2 & 3-berth standard compartments with washbasin and three 1, 2 or 3-berth deluxe compartments with shower & toilet. There are toilets & a shower at the end of the corridor for passengers in the regular sleepers. The sleeping-car attendant can serve drinks, snacks & light meals from a room service menu. The train has a couchette car with 4 & 6 berth compartments, and an ordinary seats car. A light breakfast is included in sleepers & couchettes, served in your compartment. See the Nightjet page for a guide to on-board accommodation, travel tips, photos & video .

Budapest ► London

This comfortable Austrian Nightjet sleeper train has an air-conditioned Comfortline sleeping-car with nine 1, 2 & 3-berth standard compartments with washbasin and three 1, 2 or 3-berth deluxe compartments with shower & toilet. There are toilets & a shower at the end of the corridor for passengers in the regular sleepers. The sleeping-car attendant can serve drinks, snacks & light meals from a room service menu. The train has a couchette car with 4 & 6 berth compartments, and an ordinary seats car. A light breakfast is included in sleepers & couchettes, served in your compartment. See the Nightjet page for a guide to on-board accommodation, travel tips, photos & video .

How much does it cost?

How to buy tickets.

If you buy tickets at www.thetrainline.com you can buy all your tickets together in one place, in plain English, international credit cards accepted and fares shown in multiple currencies. There's a small booking fee. Anyone from any country can use www.thetrainline.com .

Do a dry run first to check prices and availability for each stage before booking for real.

Step 1, go to www.thetrainline.com and book your Eurostar from London to Brussels (and back, if returning) using the train times on this page as a guide. Add this to your basket. Never allow less than an hour in Brussels when connecting into a sleeper train.

Step 2, now book the Nightjet sleeper train from Brussels to Vienna and back at www.thetrainline.com , looking for the direct train with 0 changes. Add to basket.

Booking for this Nightjet typically opens 3-4 months ahead, but it can vary. More about when bookings open . Child under 6? See here .

Step 3, now book the train from Vienna to Budapest and back, also using www.thetrainline.com , allowing at least an hour between trains in Vienna. Add to basket & check out.

Booking opens up to 6 months ahead, but can often be less than this, see more about when bookings open .

Fares are dynamic like air fares, so book early for the cheapest prices and avoid busy days such as Fridays or Sunday afternoons.

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Or use an interrail pass.

Pass or point to point?

Let's be clear, a pass will not save money over the cheapest point-to-point advance-purchase fares you might see if you book a few months ahead. But when point-to-point fares are expensive (for example, at short notice) OR you want flexibility, for example the ability to change your mind, re-route or reschedule as necessary, a pass might be what you need.

If flexibility is what you want, buy the pass. If it's about saving money, you'll have to check point-to-point prices and do the maths.

It's worth doing the maths if you are under 28, if you have kids (kids get a free pass when accompanying an adult but still need to pay reservation fees) or if you live a long way from London (as a pass covers you from your home station to London). Passes are available in 1st & 2nd class, a 2nd class pass is all you need to book any type of sleeper on the Nightjet, even a deluxe.

How to use a pass for a trip to Hungary

Step 1, buy a 4-days in 1-month Interrail pass from www.raileurope.com (click Rail passes and select Europe ) or www.interrail.eu for €283 adult, €212 youth or €255 senior. You load the pass into the Railplanner app on your phone. See pass prices on the Interrail page .

A 4-day pass is enough to get from most regions of Britain to anywhere in Hungary & back again.

A 4-day pass gives you unlimited train travel on any 4 dates you choose in an overall 1 month period. The first travel day can be any date you select in the 11 months after buying the pass, the overall 1 month period starts from that date. Learn about how Interrail passes work here .

Step 2, make a Eurostar passholder reservation from London to Brussels & back, €30 each way. See prices & how to make Eurostar passholder reservations online . Tip: Eurostar passholder availability is limited, so check availability before buying a pass .

Step 3, make a couchette or sleeper reservation on the Nightjet sleeper at www.oebb.at following the instructions here, method 1 . Prices can be found on the Interrail reservations page .

By all means go out one way, back another, with an Interrail pass you can use almost any of the trains & routes to/from Hungary shown on this page, find out how to reserve the relevant trains using the Interrail reservations guide .

Step 4, reservations between Vienna & Budapest are optional, you can make one at www.oebb.at following the instructions here, method 2 .

Have your trip arranged as a package

Railbookers are a train travel specialist who can put together a UK-Hungary trip as a package, including rail travel, hotels & transfers. You'll find a range of suggested tours & holidays on their website which can be customised to your requirements. One of their most popular trips is Ultimate Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest with train travel from the UK - it can be customised to include train travel both ways, just ask. Another top seller is their holiday to Berlin & Prague with travel to & from London by train.

Byway ( Byway.travel ) is a UK-based eco-holiday firm with a 5-star TrustPilot rating . If you're nervous about booking train travel yourself, book a UK-Budapest train trip through Byway as a package, including hotels and starting from any British station you like. Byway includes package protection, a 100% Covid refund guarantee, free disruption and re-planning and on-demand WhatsApp support while you're away.

To see pre-configured packages from London to Budapest, use the journey planner on their website .

Or they can build a trip to your requirements, either email them or use this contact form . When you book, please quote 'Seat 61'.

How to buy tickets by phone

What's the journey like.

1. London to Brussels by Eurostar

Eurostar trains link London & Brussels in just 2 hours, travelling at up to 300 km/h (186 mph). There are two bar cars, power sockets at all seats and free WiFi. Standard Premier and Business Premier fares include a light meal with wine (or breakfast, on departures before 11:00). There's a 30-minute minimum check-in as all border formalities are carried out before you board the train. More about Eurostar & check-in procedure . St Pancras station guide . Brussels Midi station guide . In Brussels, I recommend using the Pullman Hotel bar as your VIP waiting room .

2. Brussels to Vienna by Nightjet

3. Vienna to Budapest by EuroCity or railjet train

Railjet trains have 1st & 2nd class plus a small Business Class area where seats cost €15 more than regular 1st class and a complimentary welcome drink of tea, coffee or wine is included. All seats have power sockets. There's a restaurant car although in 1st & Business classes an attendant will take food orders and serve you at your seat. EuroCity trains use older but still comfortable air-conditioned Hungarian carriages, usually with a restaurant car. More about Vienna to Budapest trains . Budapest Keleti station guide .

Option 2, London to Budapest using the Paris-Vienna sleeper

Almost identical to option 1, but via Paris instead of Brussels. Option 1 involves an easy same-station change in Brussels from Eurostar to Nightjet, this involves an easy 7 minute walk from the Gare du Nord to the Gare de l'Est , that's the only real difference. The Paris-Vienna & Brussels-Vienna Nightjets run on the same 3 days of the week (both due to become daily from autumn 2024), in fact they run coupled together as a single train between Mannheim and Vienna.

The comfortable Austrian Nightjet sleeper train has two air-conditioned Comfortline sleeping-cars each with nine 1, 2 & 3-berth standard compartments with washbasin and three 1, 2 or 3-berth deluxe compartments with shower & toilet. There's a shower at the end of the corridor for passengers in the regular sleepers. The train has a couchette car with 4 & 6 berth compartments, and an ordinary seats car. See the Nightjet page for a guide to on-board accommodation, travel tips, photos & video .

There's no restaurant car, but in sleepers or couchettes you can order drinks, snacks and hot dishes from a room service menu, served in your compartment. The sleeper & couchette fares include a light breakfast with tea or coffee, served in your compartment.

Budapest ► London

This comfortable Austrian Nightjet sleeper train has two air-conditioned Comfortline sleeping-cars each with nine 1, 2 & 3-berth standard compartments with washbasin and three 1, 2 or 3-berth deluxe compartments with shower & toilet. There's a shower at the end of the corridor for passengers in the regular sleepers. The train has a couchette car with 4 & 6 berth compartments, and an ordinary seats car. See the Nightjet page for a guide to on-board accommodation, travel tips, photos & video .

Fares vary like air fares, book early for the cheapest prices.

On the sleeper train, berths are sold individually, so one ticket means one bed, the other beds in your compartment will be sold to other passengers. For sole occupancy, simply book 1 ticket in a 1-berth sleeper or 2 tickets in a 2-berth sleeper or 4 tickets in a 4-berth couchette and so on.

Return fares are twice the one-way fare.

Using www.thetrainline.com allows you to book all your tickets in one place, in €, £ or $, international cards no problem, small booking fee.

Booking for this Nightjet typically opens 2-4 months ahead, it varies. More about when bookings open . Child under 6? See here .

Tip: After booking you can use the Manage booking facility at www.eurostar.com to choose an exact seat from a seating plan, see tips on choosing a seat on Eurostar .

Step 2, make a Eurostar passholder reservation from London to Paris & back, €30 each way. See prices & how to make Eurostar passholder reservations online . Tip: Eurostar passholder availability is limited, so check availability before buying a pass .

Railbookers are a train tour & holiday specialist who can put a trip together as a package, with rail travel, hotels & transfers to your specifications. As you're booking a package, they'll also take care of you if anything happens such as a strike or delay. One of their most popular trips is Ultimate Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest with train travel from the UK - it can be customised to include train travel back to the UK as well, just ask them. Also a top seller is their holiday to Berlin & Prague with travel to & from London by train.

1. London to Paris by Eurostar

Eurostar trains link London & Paris in just 2 hours 20 minutes, travelling at up to 300 km/h (186 mph). There are two bar cars, power sockets at all seats and free WiFi. Standard Premier and Business Premier fares include a light meal with wine (or breakfast, on departures before 11:00). There's a 30-minute minimum check-in as all border formalities are carried out before you board the train. More about Eurostar & check-in procedure . St Pancras station guide . Gare du Nord station guide .

2. Paris to Vienna by Nightjet

Option 3 , by Eurostar to Paris, TGV to Stuttgart, sleeper to Budapest

Another good way to reach Budapest, with daily departures, a convenient morning departure from London, cosy sleeper berth at night on a comfortable Hungarian sleeper train with a morning arrival in Budapest with a full day's sightseeing ahead of you.

Step 1, travel from Budapest to Stuttgart by sleeper train Kalman Imre leaving Budapest Keleti at 20:40 & arriving Stuttgart Hbf 08:38.

Each train is ticketed separately, so add up the price for each leg of the journey. On the sleeper train, berths are sold individually, so one ticket means one bed, the other beds in your compartment will be sold to other passengers. For sole occupancy, simply book 1 ticket in a single-berth sleeper or 2 tickets in a 2-berth sleeper or 4 tickets in a 4-berth couchette & so on.

If you're returning, book the Eurostar as a round trip because Eurostar return fares are significantly cheaper than two one-ways. With the TGV & sleeper train it doesn't matter, a round trip is simply two one-ways and it can be easier to book one way at a time & add to basket.

Another way to book tickets

Step 3, make a passholder reservation on the Paris-Stuttgart TGV for around €18 each way using the official Interrail reservation service .

Step 4, make a couchette or sleeper reservation on the Hungarian sleeper at www.oebb.at following the instructions here, method 1 . Prices can be found on the Interrail reservations page .

Railbookers are a train travel specialist who can put together a trip as a package, including rail travel, hotels & transfers. Their website has a range of suggested tours & holidays which can be customised to your requirements. One of their most popular trips is their Ultimate Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Budapest which starts by train from the UK. It can be customised to include train travel back to the UK as well, just ask.

Eurostar trains link London & Paris in 2h20, travelling at up to 300 km/h (186 mph). There are two bar cars, power sockets at all seats and free WiFi. Standard Premier and Business Premier fares include a light meal with wine (or breakfast, on departures before 11:00). There's a 30-minute minimum check-in as all border formalities are carried out before you board the train. More about Eurostar & check-in procedure . St Pancras station guide . Gare du Nord station guide .

2. Paris to Stuttgart by TGV Duplex See the video

In Paris it's an easy 7 minute 500m walk from the Gare du Nord to the Gare de l'Est for the TGV to Germany. Sit back with a glass of red and enjoy the ride - book an upper deck seat for the best views. The train is equipped with power sockets for laptops & mobiles at all seats in both classes, and a cafe-bar serves drinks, snacks & microwaved hot dishes. The train soon leaves the Paris suburbs behind and speeds across a vast wide open plateau of woods & farmland at up to 320 km/h (199 mph), past picturesque French villages of the Champagne region. An hour or two later, the train leaves the high-speed line and slowly meanders through pretty wooded hills, the countryside eventually flattening out towards Strasbourg. On leaving Strasbourg, look out for Strasbourg cathedral on the left with its famously missing second tower. Minutes afterwards you rumble across the river Rhine into Germany, before heading on to Stuttgart. Paris Gare de l'Est station guide .

3. Stuttgart to Budapest by sleeper train Kalman Imre See the video

Cosy & inviting, the photo below shows the modern air-conditioned Hungarian sleeping-car of the Kalman Imre in Munich. The sleeping-car has 11 compartments with washbasin, each of which can be used as a 1, 2 or 3 berth room, with toilets at the end of the corridor. The fare includes a light breakfast of coffee, juice & croissant . More about the sleeper train Kalman Imre . Budapest Keleti station guide .

Good morning Budapest!

Option 4 , london to budapest with overnight stop in munich.

If you'd prefer an earlier train, another railjet train leaves Budapest Keleti at 13:40 arriving Munich Hbf at 20:31 or and another at 11:40 arriving 18:31. A restaurant car is available, treat yourself to a meal - 1st & business class passengers are served at their seat. There are power sockets at all seats & free WiFi. More pictures & information about railjet trains .

The 320 km/h double-deck TGV Duplex has a cafe-bar, power sockets at all seats & free WiFi. I recommend an upper deck seat for the best views, any seat number >60 is upper deck. Watch the sun rise over Bavaria and the morning mist clear, see the Munich-Paris TGV video

London to Paris by Eurostar starts at £52 one-way or £78 return in standard class, £97 one-way, £168 return standard premier (1st class).

Variation via Brussels instead of Paris

You can also travel from London to Munich via Brussels & Frankfurt rather than Paris, see the London to Germany page .

2. Paris to Munich by TGV Duplex See video guide

3. Munich to Budapest by railjet

Railjet trains have 1st & 2nd class plus a small Business Class area where seats cost €15 more than regular 1st class and a complimentary welcome drink of tea, coffee or wine is included. All seats have power sockets. There's a bistro-restaurant car and a cafe-bar, an attendant will take food orders at your seat in 1st & Business classes. More about railjets . Budapest Keleti station guide .

Option 5 , London to Budapest with overnight stop in Zurich. The scenic route!

This option not only keeps you on daytime trains with an overnight hotel in Zurich, rather than using a sleeper, it's the scenic option as it takes you through the Alps via the fabulous Arlberg Pass between Switzerland and Austria, hugging the valley wall with the mountaintops high above and the valley floor way below. You then travel on right across the Austrian Tirol. This option uses a direct railjet train between Zurich & Budapest - although the way cheap tickets work you're better off having a lunch stop in Austria!

This is a lovely scenic ride, passing the Zürichsee & Walensee lakes, then snaking at low speed through the mountains of the Arlberg Pass in the Alps and along the River Inn across the Austrian Tirol, watch this video . You get great views of the citadel at Salzburg as the train crosses the river Salzach, then it travels through Vienna and on to Budapest. For the best views, find a seat on the left hand side of the train leaving Zurich, that way you'll be on the lake side of the train out of Zurich, the train reverses at Buchs, they you'll be on the right-hand (valley) side of the train through most of the Arlberg Pass, and on the side for views of Salzburg.

If returning, you should book London to Paris as a round trip, because Eurostar return fares are significantly cheaper than two one-ways. All the other trains are one-way ticketed where a round trip is simply two one ways, so it doesn't matter, and it can be easier to book one way at a time. On Eurostar, a reserved seat is automatically included.

Tip: If you like, you can break up the journey by taking the 08:40 departure from Zurich and spending 2 hours having lunch in Innsbruck. Just book Zurich-Innsbruck and Innsbruck-Budapest as two tickets.

You print your own tickets or can show them on your phone.

A 4-day pass is enough to get from London to anywhere in Austria & back again via this route.

Step 3, make a passholder reservation on the Paris-Switzerland TGV-Lyria, €29 each way, see cost of reservations & how to make them .

Step 4, seat reservations from Zurich to Budapest are optional, but a good idea. Make them at www.oebb.at using method 2 as shown here .

By all means go out one way, back another, with an Interrail pass you can use any of the trains & routes to/from Hungary shown on this page, find out how to reserve the relevant trains using the Interrail reservations guide .

Railbookers are a train travel specialist who can put together a tour or short break for you as a package, including rail travel, hotels & transfers. On their website you'll find a range of suggested tours & holidays by rail which can be customised to your own requirements. And as you're booking a package, they'll take care of you if anything happens to one part of the itinerary such as a strike or delay.

2. Paris to Zurich by TGV-Lyria

All TGV-Lyria trains are now 320km/h (199 mph) double-deck TGV Duplex like the one shown below. TGV-Lyria trains have 3 classes: Standard class (2nd), standard premiere (1st class) and business premiere (1st class with hot meal & drinks included in the fare). There's a cafe-bar car selling drinks & snacks. There are power points for mobiles & laptops at all seats in all classes. Lyria is a consortium of the French and Swiss national railways. More about TGV-Lyria . Paris Gare de Lyon station guide . Zurich HB station guide .

3. Zurich to Budapest by Railjet More about railjet trains

Scenery on the Arlberg route

Swiss lakes : Soon after leaving Zurich, the railjet runs alongside the shore of the Zürichsee and then the Walensee.

Arlberg Pass : Above, we're now in Austria, with brooding skies over the Arlberg pass. The pass itself is long, narrow and curvaceous with the train snaking along the valley sides, often high above the valley floor.

Arlberg Tunnel : Between Bludenz and St Anton am Arlberg the train passes through the Arlberg Tunnel, 6.2 km (6.3 miles) long and opened in 1884. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlberg_Railway_Tunnel .

River Inn : Running alongside the river Inn in the Tirol, somewhere between Landeck & Ötzal.

Mountains near Innsbruck . The train calls at Innsbruck Hbf for several minutes.

Kufstein : The train stops at Kufstein, where the castle towers above the station.

Above right, lunch is served. In first & business class on a railjet, the steward takes your order & serves lunch at your seat.

Cutting across Germany : East of Kufstein, the train takes a short cut through Germany without stopping, see the route map here . All fast Innsbruck-Salzburg-Vienna trains do this, they're still considered Austrian domestic trains even though they spend an hour on German territory! Such a train is called a Korridorzug . The train crosses back into Austria near Freilassing, just before Salzburg.

Salzburg : View of the Fortress Hohensalzburg on the right hand side as the railjet crosses the River Salzach into Salzburg Hbf heading east.

The railjet has landed . A railjet has arrived spot on time in Budapest's historic Keleti station , built 1881-1884

Watch the Video: Through the Arlberg

Option 6, via the harwich - hoek van holland ferry.

This is the ferry alternative, a great option if you live in East Anglia. It's the route to use if Eurostar fares are expensive or if you want to avoid the Channel Tunnel, for example if you suffer from claustrophobia. I don't recommend the Dover-Calais route because of poor train/ferry connections, the Stena Line rail & sail service via Harwich & Hoek van Holland is the one to use as it has co-ordinated timetables and integrated ticketing, see the Stena Line Rail & Sail page & watch the video .

London, Cambridge & Harwich ► Budapest

At Harwich, the station is right next to the ferry terminal and you walk off the train into the terminal, check in at the Stena Line desk and walk onto Stena Line's luxurious overnight superferry Stena Hollandica to Hoek van Holland. All passengers travel in cosy private cabins with en suite toilet & shower & satellite TV. Deluxe Comfort class & Captains class cabins are also available, and there's free WiFi in the lounges, restaurants & bars on 9 deck. You can get on board the ferry around 9pm, have a late dinner in the restaurant and settle into your cabin.

The ferry sails at 23:00 and arrives at Hoek van Holland at 08:00 Dutch time next morning.

The Vienna to Amsterdam Nightjet train has a Comfortline sleeping-car with 1 & 2 bed compartments with washbasin, 1, 2 & 3 bed deluxe compartments with shower & toilet, and 4 & 6 berth couchettes. More about Nightjets.

Budapest ► Harwich, Cambridge & London

The Kalman Imre has a comfortable air-conditioned Hungarian sleeping-car with 1, 2 & 3 bed compartments with washbasin, a modern Hungarian couchette car with 4 & 6 berth compartments and ordinary seats. More about this sleeper train .

Day 2, travel from Stuttgart to Amsterdam on ICE trains leaving Stuttgart Hbf at 09:23, changing at Cologne Hbf , arriving Amsterdam Centraal 15:29. The ICE trains have a restaurant car, power sockets at all seats & free WiFi.

Alternatively , travel from Budapest to Vienna by railjet , leaving Budapest Keleti at 15:40 and arriving Vienna Hbf at 18:20, then take the Nightjet sleeper train leaving Vienna Hbf at 20:10 and arriving Amsterdam Centraal at 09:59.

Day 2, travel from Amsterdam to London overnight by Stena Line Rail & Sail .

You leave Amsterdam Centraal at 18:35 by Dutch intercity train to Schiedam Centrum and change onto the frequent metro to Hoek van Holland Haven. At Hoek, the metro station is next to the ferry terminal. Check in at the Stena Line desk at least 45 minutes before sailing time, then walk up the gangway onto the luxurious Stena Line superferry Stena Britannica and sail overnight to Harwich in a cosy private cabin with shower, toilet & satellite TV.

The ferry sails from Hoek van Holland at 22:00 and arrives at Harwich International at 06:30 next morning (day 3), UK time. Day 3, Take a train from Harwich to London Liverpool Street arriving around 08:56, or from Harwich to Cambridge arriving 09:41 (10:39 on Sundays). See the Stena Line Rail & Sail page for full details .

Step 1, buy a Stena Line Rail & Sail ticket from London to Hoek van Holland online as shown on the Stena Line Rail & Sail page .

Buy the onward metro & train ticket to Amsterdam as shown on that page.

1. London to Amsterdam by train & ferry

A train takes you from London's Liverpool Street station directly to the ferry terminal at Harwich. You walk off the train, into the terminal, get your boarding card & cabin key at the Stena Line check-in desk and walk straight onto the overnight ferry to Hoek van Holland. The superferry Stena Britannica is the largest ferry of its kind in the world. All passengers travel in private cabins with shower, toilet & satellite TV. There's free WiFi. The journey from London to Holland is explained in detail on the Stena Line Rail & Sail page . See the video .

The Stena Britannica at boarding at Harwich, a floating hotel with private cabins, restaurant, bar, lounges, shop & kennels.

Above left, a standard outside cabin. Larger photo . 360º photo . Above right, the Stena Plus lounge with complimentary red & white wine, tea, coffee & snacks.

Above left, the bar on 9 deck. Above right, a Captain's Class cabin with complimentary minibar, toilet & shower.

2. Amsterdam to Stuttgart on ICE trains

ICEs are German Railways' premier trains, with 1st & 2nd class, a bistro-restaurant car, power sockets at all seats & free WiFi. More about ICE trains .

An ICE3neo at Frankfurt Flughafen. ICE3neo photos courtesy of OM the rails

3. Stuttgart to Budapest by sleeper train Kalman Imre More information

Cosy & inviting, the photo below shows the modern air-conditioned Hungarian sleeping-car of the Kalman Imre at Munich Hbf . The sleeping-car has 11 compartments with washbasin, each of which can be used as a 1, 2 or 3 berth room, with toilets at the end of the corridor. The fare includes a light breakfast of coffee, juice & croissant. More about the sleeper train Kalman Imre .

Sleeper train Kalman Imre , boarding on platform 12 at Munich. More about this sleeper train .

Option 7, Scotland & North to Budapest

If you live in the North of England or Scotland, one option is to take a train up to London, then travel to Hungary as described above. You can buy special connecting train tickets from most UK stations to London International, see advice on buying connecting train tickets to London . But DFDS Seaways ( www.dfds.com ) run an excellent daily cruise ferry from Newcastle to Amsterdam overnight, and P&O Ferries ( www.poferries.com ) sail overnight from Hull to Rotterdam. So why not by-pass London, with lunch in Amsterdam into the bargain?

Scotland & the North ► Budapest

Day 1, take a train to either Hull or Newcastle, whichever is most convenient for where you live.

In Hull, transfer to P&O ferry terminal and sail overnight from Hull to Rotterdam by P&O cruise ferry, with bus/train connection to Amsterdam Centraal. The ferry has bars, restaurants & cosy en suite cabins. For details of schedule, fares & tickets, see the Hull-Rotterdam page .

In Newcastle, transfer to the DFDS ferry terminal at North Shields and sail overnight from Newcastle to Amsterdam by DFDS Seaways cruise ferry. The ferry has bars, restaurants & cosy en suite cabins. For details of schedule, fares & tickets see the Newcastle-Amsterdam page .

Day 2, spend the rest of the day in Amsterdam, all the sights are an easy walk from Amsterdam Centraal . Left luggage lockers are available.

This comfortable Austrian Nightjet train has an air-conditioned Comfortline sleeping-car with nine 1, 2 & 3-berth standard compartments with washbasin and three 1, 2 or 3-berth deluxe compartments with shower & toilet. There's a shower at the end of the corridor for passengers in the regular sleepers. The train has couchette cars with 4 & 6 berth compartments, and ordinary seats cars. See the Nightjet page for a guide to on-board accommodation, travel tips, photos & video .

Budapest ► Scotland & the North

You've now the best part of the day to explore Amsterdam, left luggage lockers are available .

In the afternoon, if you're heading for Hull take a frequent Dutch train to Rotterdam and the P&O transfer bus from Rotterdam Centraal to Rotterdam Europoort ferry terminal. If you're heading for Newcastle, a DFDS transfer bus runs from Amsterdam Centraal to IJmuiden ferry terminal.

Day 2, sail from Holland to Hull or Newcastle by overnight cruise ferry, whichever is most convenient for where you live, arriving next morning (day 3). Transfer to the station and take a train home.

For details of timetables, fares & how to buy tickets from Amsterdam to the UK via these ferry routes, see the Hull-Rotterdam page or the Newcastle-Amsterdam page .

To check train fares to Hull or Newcastle, see any train operator website such as www.lner.co.uk .

To check ferry fares, go to www.dfds.com (Newcastle-Amsterdam), www.poferries.com (Hull-Rotterdam). There's more info on the Hull-Rotterdam page & Newcastle-Amsterdam page .

Step 1, book your ferry at www.dfds.com (Newcastle-Amsterdam) or www.poferries.com (Hull-Rotterdam). There's more info on the Hull-Rotterdam page & Newcastle-Amsterdam page .

Booking for this Nightjet typically opens 3-4 months ahead, but it can vary. More about when bookings open . You print your own ticket.

Step 1, take the overnight cruise ferry from Newcastle to Amsterdam with DFDS or Hull to Rotterdam with P&O, with private en suite cabins, restaurants, bars, cinema. If travelling with DFDS from Newcastle, a transfer bus takes you from IJmuiden ferry terminal to Amsterdam Centraal station next morning. If travelling with P&O from Hull, a transfer bus takes you from Rotterdam Europoort ferry terminal to Rotterdam Centraal , from where frequent Dutch trains run to Utrecht.

Step 2, take the daily Nightjet sleeper train from Amsterdam to Linz, Vienna or Innsbruck.

Step 3, take a EuroCity train from Vienna to Budapest See the Vienna to Budapest page for details

Holidays & tours by train

If you want a holiday to Hungary by train not plane, but want someone else to organise all the train tickets & hotels for you, two specialist companies can do just that.

Railbookers, railbookers.co.uk

Railbookers can custom-make a flight-free holiday to Budapest for you, with train travel & hotels, for however long you like, leaving on any date you like. Why not combine a visit to Budapest with Prague and Vienna, 6 nights from around £689 per person. Indeed, they can arrange any tour of Eastern Europe you like to your own specification, with trains reserved, hotels booked and transfers arranged.

European Rail Timetable & maps

Traveller's Railway Map of Europe - buy online

Rail Map Europe is the map I recommend, covering all of Europe from Portugal in the west to Moscow & Istanbul in the east, Finland in the north to Sicily & Athens in the south. Scenic routes & high-speed lines are highlighted. See an extract from the map . Buy online at www.europeanrailtimetable.eu (shipping worldwide) or at www.amazon.co.uk (UK addresses).

Lonely Planet Eastern Europe - buy online at Amazon.co.uk

Click the images to buy at Amazon.co.uk

My own book, an essential handbook for train travel to Europe based on this website called " The Man in Seat 61 ", was published in June 2008, and is available from Amazon.co.uk with shipping worldwide.

Hotels in Budapest

For something affordable near Budapest Keleti station with decent reviews try the inexpensive Baross City Hotel just across the road or the Elit Hotel two minutes walk down the road. Also consider the Hotel Bristol , an inexpensive 4-star hotel 550m 8-minute walk from the station with great reviews. But perhaps the best hotel near Keleti station is the Intercity Hotel , just across the square, this would be my choice here.

For something affordable near Budapest Nyugati station , try the ever-popular & funky 3-star T62 Hotel just across the road or the even cheaper 3-star Star Inn Budapest Centrum a few minutes walk away, both with good reviews. The 4-star Radisson Blu Béke Hotel is just one block along the road from the station.

For something different, but relatively inexpensive the floating hotel MS Maribelle gets great reviews, it's a river cruise boat permanently moored on the Pest side of the Danube close to the fortress with views across the river of the Hungarian Parliament.

For something special & historic , the luxurious 5-star Corinthia Hotel is the Grande Dame of Budapest hotels. Opened in 1896 as the Grand Hotel Royal, it was almost certainly the inspiration for the 2014 film The Grand Budapest Hotel , made 2 years after film-maker Wes Anderson stayed here. It's a superb hotel with a great spa and an excellent breakfast - with choice of dry or sweet champagne included. It's 20 minutes walk from Keleti station or 9 minutes by taxi. It's a !5 minute walk or a few minutes by taxi or number 4 or 6 tram from Nyugati station .

Also historic and top notch, the New York Palace Hotel opened in 1894 and houses the famous New York Cafe on its ground floor. It's 15 minutes walk from Keleti station and gets fabulous reviews.

Backpacker hostels: www.hostelworld.com

www.hostelworld.com : If you're on a tight budget, don't forget about backpacker hostels. Hostelworld offers online booking of cheap private rooms or dorm beds in backpacker hostels in Budapest and most other European cities at rock-bottom prices.

Travel insurance & other tips

Always take out travel insurance.

You should take out travel insurance with at least £1m or preferably £5m medical cover from a reliable insurer. It should cover trip cancellation and loss of cash & belongings up to a reasonable limit. These days, check you're covered for covid-19-related issues, and use an insurer whose cover isn't invalidated by well-meant but excessive Foreign Office travel advice against non-essential travel. An annual policy is usually cheapest even for just 2 or 3 trips a year, I have an annual policy with Staysure.co.uk myself. Don't expect travel insurance to bail you out of every missed connection, see the advice on missed connections here . Here are some suggested insurers, I get a little commission if you buy through these links, feedback always welcome.

Get an eSIM with mobile data package

Don't rely on WiFi, download an eSIM with a European mobile data package and stay connected. Most newer mobile phones can download a virtual SIM including iPhone 11 & later, see device compatibility list . There's no need to buy a physical SIM card! Maya.net is a reliable eSIM data retailer with a 4.5 out of 5 Trustpilot rating and a range of packages including unlimited data .

Get a Curve card for foreign travel

Most banks give you a poor exchange rate then add a foreign transaction fee on top. A Curve MasterCard means no foreign transaction fees and gives you the mid-market exchange rate, at least up to a certain limit, £500 per month as I write this. The money you spend on your Curve card goes straight onto one of your existing debit or credit cards. And you can get a Curve card for free.

How it works: 1. Download the Curve app for iPhone or Android . 2. Enter your details & they'll send you a Curve MasterCard - they send to the UK and most European addresses. 3. Link your existing credit & debit cards to the app, you can link up to two cards with the free version of Curve, I link my normal debit card and my normal credit card. 4. Now use the Curve MasterCard to buy things online or in person or take cash from ATMs, exactly like a normal MasterCard. Curve does the currency conversion and puts the balance in your own currency onto whichever debit or credit card is currently selected in the Curve app. You can even change your mind about which card it goes onto, within 14 days of the transaction.

I have a Curve Blue card myself, it means I can buy a coffee on a foreign station on a card without being stung by fees and lousy exchange rates, just by tapping the Curve card on their card reader. The money goes through Curve to my normal debit card and is taken directly from my account (in fact I have the Curve card set up as payment card on Apple Pay on my iPhone, so can double-click my phone, let it do Face ID then tap the reader with the phone - even easier than getting a card out). I get a little commission if you sign up to Curve, but I recommend it here because I think it's great. See details, download the app and get a Curve card , they'll give you £5 cashback through that link.

Get a VPN for safe browsing. Why you need a VPN

When travelling you may use free public WiFi which is often insecure. A VPN encrypts your connection so it's always secure, even on unsecured WiFi. It also means you can select the geographic location of the IP address you browse with, to get around geoblocking which a surprising number of websites apply. See VPNs & why you need one explained . ExpressVPN is a best buy with a 4.7 out of 5 Trustpilot ranking which I use myself - I've signed up as an ExpressVPN affiliate, and if you go with expressvpn.com using this link you should see a special deal, 3 months free with an annual subscription. I also get some commission to help support this site.

Carry an Anker powerbank

Tickets, reservations, hotel bookings and Interrail or Eurail passes are often now held on your mobile phone. You daren't let it run out of power, and you can't always rely on the phone's internal battery or on being near a power outlet. I always carry an Anker powerbank which can recharge my phone several times over. Buy from Amazon.co.uk or Buy from Amazon.com .

Touring cities? Use hill walking shoes!

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To travel by train from Hungary to Austria you have the main route from Budapest to Vienna served by frequent Railjet trains. It might be the case that you have to buy a second train ticket from your departure station to Budapest. Please use the given booking links to find schedules and ticket prices. Buy saver fare tickets are available from 14,90 EUR.

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Travel from Hungary to Switzerland by direct train. On the travel route Budapest to Zurich there is a direct overnight train and one direct day train with a journey times of 11:40 hours. Train tickets are available from 29/44 EUR. You will find much more train connections with a change in Vienna (Austria). Find the exact train schedules for your travel journey and buy your train tickets via the given booking websites.

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Travel from Hungary to Czech Republic by one of the frequent train connections. The journey time on the main line from Budapest to Prague is 6:30 hours. Buy your saver fare ticket from 7.100 HUF (20 EUR). Find the exact train schedules and train ticket fares via the given booking websites.

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Hungary - Germany

Train tickets from Budapest and selected other cities in Hungary to Germany are available from Deutsche Bahn (German railways) via the given booking links. There you also find the train schedules. Saver price tickets called "Sparpreis Europa" offer very attractive ticket fares from 39 EUR. These tickets are valid for routes from Hungary via either Slovakia and Czech Republic or via Austria to Germany. If it is not possible to book a saver price ticket from your departure station all the way to Germany, book a first one from Hungarian railways MAV from your departure station to Budapest. Followed by a second ticket from Budapest to Germany.

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Travel from Hungary to Croatia by direct day train. The journey time on the travel route from Budapest to Zagreb is eight hours. Buy saver fare tickets from 19 EUR. In the summer months, Hungarian railways MAV offer night trains from Budapest to Rijeka and Split. In Croatia you have a daily night train connection from Zagreb to Split. Dubrovnik is only accessible from Split by bus. Find the exact train schedules for your travel journey and buy your train tickets via the given booking websites. The train tickets are also available at a station.

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Travel from Hungary to Poland by direct day train or by overnight train. The train connection Budapest to Warsaw has a journey time of 10:20 hours. Train tickets are available from 9.500 HUF (27 EUR). Find the exact train schedules for your travel journey and buy your train tickets via the given booking websites.

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To travel from Hungary to Romania by train, buy your train tickets from Hungarian railway MAV START. They offer a variety of discounts for one way and return journeys as well as the cheap advance fare "Fortuna" tickets. Online tickets from MAV START have to be printed from ticket machines at stations in Hungary! Of course you can buy all tickets at international ticket desks at stations in Hungary as well. International services run mainly from Budapest via the Lököshaza/Curtici border crossing to Arad and from there either to Timisoara and onwards to Craiova and Bucharest or via Simeria - Sibiu/Sighisoara - Brasov to Bucharest. Additional international express trains run via the Biharkresztes/Episcopia Bihor border crossing to Oradea - Cluj Napoca - Brasov.

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Travel from Hungary to Serbia by direct train on the route from Budapest to Belgrade. There are saver fare tickets available from 15 EUR. 2021: the direct route Budapest to Novi Sad and on to Belgrade is under construction. The best option is to travel by train from Budapest to Zagreb and from Zagreb to Belgrade if you want to avoid changes and buses. Find the exact train schedules and buy your train tickets via the given booking websites.

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Travel from Hungary to Slovenia by direct day train. The journey time on the travel route from Budapest to Ljubljana is 7:40 hours. Train tickets are available as saver fare price from 9 EUR. In Hodoš is the only railway station for border crossing trains between both countries. Find the exact train schedules for your travel journey and buy your train tickets via the given booking websites.

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Travel from Hungary to Slovakia by direct trains on the route from Budapest to Bratislava. You will find frequent train connections with a journey time of 2:20 hours and a ticket price of 3.300 HUF (9,50 EUR). There are as well train connections from Budapest via Miskolc to Košice. Find the exact train schedules and buy your train tickets via the given booking websites.

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Hungary - Ukraine

Travel from Hungary to Ukraine by direct overnight train. It is the most comfortable way of travel between Budapest and Lviv/Kiev with a journey time of 15/22 hours. You can also travel first with a ticket from Hungarian railways MAV to Zahony. Then buy a ticket locally at the train station from Zahony to Chop. And from Chop a ticket of Ukrainian railways to your travel destination. There are several daily trains crossing the border between Zahony and Chop. Find the exact train schedules for your travel journey and buy your train tickets via the given booking websites. The train tickets are also available at a station.

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Hungary Travel Guide

Last Updated: April 29, 2024

Hungary is one of the many underrated gems of Europe . Compared to pricey Western Europe, Hungary offers incredible value. It boasts beautiful landscapes, rich history, hearty food, and affordable nightlife ( Budapest is one of the best nightlife spots on the continent).

You’ll also find fewer crowds, cheaper prices, beautiful national parks, historic city centers, and friendly people.

It’s one of my favorite places to explore in Europe!

While most visitors only visit Budapest, there is so much to see elsewhere around the country. It always surprises me that, for a country in the middle of Europe, so few people actually bother to explore it!

This travel guide to Hungry can help you visit the country on a budget and ensure you have an epic trip without breaking the bank.

Things to See and Do
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Where to Stay
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Top 5 things to see and do in hungary.

A bright orange sunset over the Danube in beautiful Budapest, Hungary

1. Explore Budapest

With its cheap accommodation, a multitude of thermal baths, and historic castles, Budapest is always a big hit with travelers. On a visit to Hungary’s capital city, you can explore underground caves, marvel at the stunning architecture, and enjoy the incredible nightlife. Cruise the river Danube on a riverboat to check out the views during the day, and then dance the night away when the boats turn into some of the city’s best late-night clubs. It has lots to do, cheap food, and a lively atmosphere. It’s one of my favorite cities in the world!

2. Visit the ruin bars

After World War II, many buildings in the city were left ruined and abandoned. Squatters, then artists, and now hipsters moved into them and have turned them into eclectic “ruin bars” that even the locals love. The atmosphere is grungy and unique with rundown exteriors that open into hip spaces for dancing, performance art, and theater. Decorated with reclaimed materials and quirky antiques, the ruin bars are an iconic part of Hungary’s nightlife. Szimpla Kert and Fogasház are among my favorites.

3. Soak in the largest thermal lake in the world

Hévíz is located near Lake Balaton and is home to the largest swimmable thermal lake in the world, Lake Hévíz. Whatever the season, the lake remains a perfect temperature for taking a dip in the therapeutic waters which are rich in minerals like magnesium, calcium, sulfur, and hydrogen carbonate (Hungary’s thermal waters have been used for thousands of years for their health benefits). In the early 1900s the area became a popular spa resort destination, with visitors flocking from all around Europe. There isn’t much to the town beyond this, but it makes for a neat day trip if you’re in the area. Single entry tickets are 3,500 HUF for three hours and there is a range of spa services available too.

4. Hike Gulács Hill

This inactive volcano stands around 400 meters (1,312 feet) high and makes for a wonderful hike. The path is rugged and often covered in dense forests or fallen trees, so it’s not ideal for children. Various trails snake up the mountain, and on the way, you can visit other landmarks like an old, abandoned quarry. Mysterious paths continuously intersect and lead to nowhere, so it’s easy to get a little lost, and dense woods add to the mystique of the hike. From the first observation point, you can see all the way to Lake Balaton. You’ll get stunning views of the entire area and it’s only a 3-kilometer (2-mile) trek. It makes for an easy day trip from Budapest.

5. Take a trip to Eger

Tucked away in northern Hungary near the Bükk Mountains, this town dates all the way back to the 10th century. It is known for its historic castle, which was originally a manor house and chapel that overlooked the valley. Throughout the 11th and 12th centuries, the castle suffered major damage and was rebuilt and fortified multiple times until the church began to demolish the structure in the late 1700s. Luckily, the demolition was stopped, and archeological digs and excavations began in the 20th century. Today, visitors can explore the remains of the medieval bishop’s castle for 2400 HUF. Eger is also famous for its stunning Baroque and architecture and Turkish ruins, thermal baths, and the best red wine in the country. You can buy wine directly from those who make it, so this is a good place for souvenirs — or to stock up for yourself!

Other Things to See and Do in Hungary

1. dance at the sziget music festival.

The Sziget Music Festival is one of the largest music festivals in Europe. It takes place every August for one week on Margaret Island in Budapest, right on the Danube River. Because of its size and international popularity, tourists and locals alike flock to Budapest to take in the scene. With over 1,000 performances, there is something for most musical tastes. You can book tickets online. Prices start around 132,000 HUF for a full festival pass.

2. Relax at Lake Balaton

Lake Balaton is the biggest freshwater lake in Central Europe and is known affectionately as the Hungarian inner sea. It’s a popular tourist destination both for visitors and nationals thanks to its beaches and volcanic hills. In Tihany, you can visit a Benedictine Abbey that dates to 1065 CE (admission is 2,200 HUF). Towards the north of the lake is a wine-growing region, wetlands, and some epic hiking trails. For those looking for more relaxation, you’ll find over 1,000 hot springs famed for their medicinal properties here. One of the most popular is Héviz Lake (mentioned above) which also offers visitors a whole range of different spa treatments. Treatments start from 3,900 HUF for a 35-minute massage.

3. Cruise along the Danube

The Danube is the second-longest river in Europe (the Volga is the longest). The river runs through the entire country and you can visit many of the small towns that line its coast by taking a boat cruise (you can even cruise into Germany if you have time). Expect to pay around 22,000 HUF for a full-day cruise that includes lunch. For a shorter 4-hour cruise without food included, prices start at 4,000 HUF.

4. Visit the Necropolis in Pécs

Located just a couple hours from Budapest, this UNESCO World Heritage Site dates to the 4th century. It’s the largest necropolis in Europe, with several burial chambers open to the public, including multi-level chambers. Admission is 1,700 HUF. It’s currently closed for renovations and expected to reopen in early 2023.

5. Take a food tour

Hungarian cuisine is both delicious and hearty. If you’re a foodie like me and want to sample the country’s most popular dishes (while learning about their cultural importance), take a food tour. Food Tour Budapest runs in-depth guided tours around Budapest that can introduce you to the region’s best dishes and teach you how they came to be. Tours last a few hours and start at 18,200 HUF.

6. Admire the National Gallery

Established in 1957 and located in the Royal Palace in Budapest, the National Gallery is home to works from prominent Hungarian and European artists. There are a lot of paintings and sculptures here, as well as a collection of altarpieces from the 1400s. You can also tour the building’s dome for views of the city. It’s not a huge gallery, so you only need a few hours to take it in. Admission to the gallery is 3,400 HUF per person and an audio guide is 1,100 HUF.

7. Go birdwatching

Hungary is home to a surprising number of bird species. Hot spots for birding include Hortobágy, Lake Ferto, Kiskunság, Lake Tisza, Bükk, and the Zemplén Mountains. In these places, you have a fair chance of seeing great bustards, sakers, imperial eagles, pygmy cormorants, woodpeckers, and even Ural owls. There are several companies that can arrange small group trips to these places (often combined with other activities, like wine tastings). Tours aren’t cheap, though — multi-day tours cost upwards of 240,000 HUF — so consider a self-guided trip if you’re on a budget.

8. Visit the House of Terror museum

Hungary is infamous for the brutality of its leaders under the Nazi and Soviet regimes. This building is both a museum and a memorial paying homage to the thousands of people who were tortured and brutally killed here. It’s not a light way to spend your afternoon, but you’ll get heaps of insight into Hungary’s complex history. Admission is 4,000 HUF.

9. Cycle the countryside

There are over 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles) of cycling paths in the Hungarian countryside (and 200 kilometers/125 miles around Budapest). Lake Balaton has a popular cycling route that runs all the way around its perimeter. For those looking to go further afield on a multi-day excursion, the paths in Hungary also connect with routes in Germany and Austria . The routes are easy to navigate, though if you prefer to take a guided tour there are plenty available. A one-day guided tour costs between 22,220-55,550 HUF per person. If you are traveling with a bicycle, it can be transported by train within Hungary.

10. Explore Tengerszem Nature Preserve

This nature preserve is in an old stone mine, which closed in 1907. Nature has slowly reclaimed the area and water has filled the massive gorge. The site was declared the most beautiful area in all of Hungary in 2011. It’s a unique location to spend the day as its protected status means there are all kinds of incredible flora and fauna to be seen. The preserve is near Sarospatak in the northeast of the country (it’s just 20 minutes from the border with Slovakia ).

11. Soak in the baths

Thermal baths are a big part of Hungarian culture. Whether you’re relaxing in the famous Szechenyi Baths in Budapest or checking out a small hot pool in the countryside, you can’t leave Hungary without partaking in this local pastime (there are over 1,300 thermal baths in the entire country). Weekday admission is around 3,800 HUF per person, with prices rising slightly on the weekend.

12. Visit the Royal Palace (Buda Castle)

They call it a castle, but the Royal Palace in Budapest is more of a palace complex than a proper ‘castle.’ Though it was originally constructed in the 13th century, the huge Baroque complex you see today was built between 1749 and 1769. The palace’s days of being a luxurious living space ended in World War II when Nazi (and then Russian) troops looted it. Today, it’s home to a collection of museums. Beneath the castle, there is a spooky labyrinth that tourists can explore for 3,000 HUF.

13. Wander the Great Market Hall

At the head of Budapest’s Vaci Utca, the kitschy shopping street in town, is the Great Market Hall. Built in 1897, this is the oldest and largest indoor market in the country. Its incredible exterior is covered in the same ceramic tiles as are on the roof of Matthias Church on the top of Buda Hill. Walk the aisles and check out local produce and artisanal crafts, buy local spices like paprika, and sample the tasty food stalls. This is the perfect place to people-watch, have lunch, and pick up souvenirs. Food tours are also available at 11am every Saturday and cost around 13,300 HUF for a two-hour tour. The market is open Monday-Saturday.

14. Soak in the Cave Bath

If you enjoy spas and are in need of some pampering, the Cave Bath at Miskolctapolca is a must. Located within a natural cave system two hours east of Budapest, here the water is rich in natural minerals and is said to contain healing properties. The water is a relaxing 30°C (86°F) and there are several different pools to enjoy as well as reasonably priced spa treatments available. The baths are open year-round (except January) and admission starts at 3,500 HUF.

15. Attend the Busójárás Festival

This slightly scary festival happens annually in the lead-up to Ash Wednesday in the town of Mohács. During this time, locals parade through the town dressed in traditional clothing and wearing demonic face masks. No one is 100% certain where the tradition comes from as there are two very different stories, so it really depends on who you ask. One story is that it stems from an attempt to frighten off the Ottoman invaders. The other is that it’s part of a pagan tradition to frighten away the winter. Either way, it’s an interesting festival to witness. The dates of the festival change each year to coincide with Easter.

16. Tour the wine region

If you are a wine fan, the region of Eger in northern Hungary is where you’ll find the country’s best wines. There are many vineyards here where you can take a tour as well as sample and buy wine. A private wine tour and tasting costs upwards of 60,000 HUF so if you are on a tight budget keep an eye out for special wine-tasting evenings. Here you can tour the cellars and enjoy plenty of samples at a discount. Two of the most popular wineries to visit are the Gál Tibor winery and Bolyki Pincészet.

17. Explore the Caves of Aggtelek Karst

The Caves of Aggtelek Karst are part of Aggtelek National Park, one of the only UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the country. There are 712 caves spread out over 138,000 acres that run along the border of Hungary and Slovakia. The site is made up of seven areas with five in Hungary and two in neighboring Slovakia. Within the caves, you can see some of the largest stalactites and stalagmites in Europe. You can also book a tour that takes you across the border to see the caves in Slovakia. To enter the caves, you must be part of a guided tour. Admission is 2,200 HUF. For more information on tour times check the official website .

18. Go hiking in Hortobágy National Park

Located in the eastern part of Hungary, this is the largest protected landscape in the country. The park was created in the 1970s and became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1999. The grassy plains (also known as a steppe) are home to all sorts of domestic animals, including cattle, horses, and water buffalo tended to by traditional herdsmen. Some of the rarest animal breeds can be found here, including great bustards, lesser white-fronted geese, white-tailed eagles, and falcons. The landscape is incredibly stunning.

19. See the Bokod Floating Houses

Bokod and Oroszlány are two towns located outside Budapest. The towns are home to a collection of cottages and cabins on stilts that line the coast of Lake Bokodi. The cabins and cottages are popular with the locals in the summer months, though there are some fishermen who spend time here in the winter as well (the lake is famous for almost never freezing, even though Hungary has cold winters). It’s an off-the-beaten-path destination that few tourists visit.

20. Visit the Hungarian Versailles

Eszterháza is a vast palace located near the border with Austria and is often considered the Hungarian version of France’s Versailles . Constructed in the late Baroque style, the palace was built throughout the 18th century after being commissioned by Prince Nikolaus Esterházy, who wanted a palatial getaway for his hunting expeditions. There are 126 rooms in the palace and the library houses over 22,000 books. Daily tours are available in English if you want to see this decadent getaway with your own eyes. Admission is 6,000 HUF and guided tours are 7,300 HUF.

For information on specific cities in Hungary, check out these guides:

Budapest Travel Guide

Hungary Travel Costs

a colorful and historic town in Hungary, with a reflection over the calm waters

Accommodation – Hostels are incredibly affordable in Hungary, costing around 3,200 HUF per night for a bed in a dorm with 6-8 beds. Private rooms can be found for as little as 9,000 HUF per night. Free Wi-Fi is common, and a few hostels also offer free breakfast. Most hostels have kitchens if you plan on cooking your own meals.

Campsites can be found around the country, usually costing 3,500 HUF for a basic tent plot for two people without electricity. Wild camping is not legal.

Budget hotels can be found for as little as 9,800 HUF per night. For a double room with Wi-Fi and free breakfast, expect to pay closer to 15,300 HUF.

Airbnb is available around the country, with private rooms starting at 7,000 HUF per night (though they average 15,000 HUF). For an entire home or apartment, expect to pay closer to 15,000-20,000 HUF.

Food – Traditional Hungarian food is inexpensive and hearty. It’s very much a “meat and potatoes” country, with popular dishes being meat stew, smoked meats, casseroles, and dumplings. Túró is a popular local cheese and fruit pastries are a popular (and traditional) dessert. Be sure to try halászlé , a hot and spicy fish soup with paprika.

A meal at a restaurant serving traditional cuisine costs around 2,000 HUF. For a multi-course meal and a drink at a restaurant with table service, expect to pay closer to 6,000 HUF. In the larger cities, fast food (think McDonald’s) can be found for around 2,200 HUF.

You can find pizza for around 2,100 HUF for a medium while Chinese food costs around 2,900 HUF. Beer costs around 500 HUF while a latte/cappuccino is 450 HUF. Bottled water is 275 HUF.

If you plan on cooking your own meals, a week’s worth of groceries costs around 12,000 HUF. This gets you basic staples like rice, pasta, seasonal produce, and some meat.

Backpacking Hungary Suggested Budgets

On a backpacking budget of 11,500 HUF per day, you can stay in a hostel dorm, cook most of your meals and eat a little fast food, limit your drinking, use public transportation to get around, and do mostly free activities like walking tours and hiking. If you plan on drinking, add another 600-1,200 HUF to your daily budget.

On a mid-range budget of 29,500 HUF per day, you can stay in a private hostel room or Airbnb, eat out at cheap restaurants serving traditional cuisine, have a few drinks, take the occasional taxi to get around, and do more paid activities like visiting museums and lounging in the thermal baths.

On a “luxury” budget of 48,000 HUF per day, you can stay in a hotel, eat out anywhere you want, drink as much as you want, rent a car for day trips, and do more guided tours and paid tours. This is just the ground floor for luxury though. The sky is the limit!

You can use the chart below to get some idea of how much you need to budget daily, depending on your travel style. Keep in mind these are daily averages — some days you’ll spend more, some days you’ll spend less (you might spend less every day). We just want to give you a general idea of how to make your budget. Prices are in HUF.

Hungary Travel Guide: Money-Saving Tips

Hungary is a very affordable destination. It’s hard to spend money here unless you’re out partying all the time or splashing out to visit spas. That said, it never hurts to save more money! Here are some tips to help you make the most of your budget in Hungary:

Take a free walking tour – Free walking tours are available in Budapest and are the best way to get the lay of the land for cheap. You’ll learn a lot about the city and get access to an expert local guide who can answer your questions. Be Original Tours runs an interesting tour to get you started. Just be sure to tip your guide!
Stay with a local – Staying with a local via Couchsurfing is a great way to save money and meet a knowledgeable local who can share their insider tips and advice.
Cook your own meals – While eating out isn’t too expensive here, if you’re on a budget it’s cheaper if you cook your own meals. Head to a local grocery store and save money!
Rideshare – Ridesharing apps like BlaBlaCar allow you to share rides with locals in order to get around the country (it’s best for medium and long distances). Everyone is registered and verified so it’s quite safe, and while it isn’t free it’s likely more interesting (and faster) than taking a train or bus.
Walk everywhere – Most cities in Hungary are quite walkable (even Budapest). Plan your days strategically so you can limit your use of public transportation and capitalize on the opportunity to explore on foot.
Get the Budapest Card – The Budapest Card is a travel pass that provides discounts and deals on attractions and activities in the city. You get free public transport, entry to the Lukács thermal baths, and entry to 17 museums. A 24-hour card costs 11,870 HUF, a 48-hour card costs 17,600 HUF, and a 72-hour card costs 23,000 HUF.
Bring a water bottle – The tap water here is safe to drink so bring a reusable water bottle to save money and reduce your plastic use. LifeStraw is my go-to brand as their bottles have built-in filters to ensure your water is always clean and safe.

Where to Stay in Hungary

Hungary has lots of hostels in its major cities. Here are some of my suggested places to stay in Hungary:

Vitae Hostel (Budapest)
Carpe Noctum Original (Budapest)
Wombats City Hostel (Budapest)
Tisza Corner (Szeged)
Active Hostel & Guesthouse Keszthely (Keszthely)
Nap Hostel Pecs (Pécs)

How to Get Around Hungary

A view overlooking Budapest, Hungary from above, featuring historic buildings and the beautiful Danube

Public transportation – Public transport is well developed in Hungary. Most cities have buses and trams, and Budapest has an underground. Single-journey tickets vary by city but expect to pay around 350 HUF, while a day pass costs around 1,650 HUF.

When using the local public buses in Hungary, you need to validate your ticket when you board. Traveling without a ticket is a fineable offense so be sure to validate your ticket before you ride.

Train – Hungary’s train network is still being modernized and there is a big difference in comfort between local trains and long-distance and international trains. As the Hungarian rail network was built around Budapest, most long-distance journeys take you through one of the capital’s three train stations (Keleti, Nyugati, or Deli).

When traveling by rail in Hungary you can choose to take the cheaper and slower local trains, or pay extra for more modern and faster InterCity rail services (be sure to reserve a seat in advance if you’re taking the InterCity train).

From Budapest to Lake Balaton, the train takes around 90 minutes and costs 3,000 HUF. From Budapest to Pécs, the journey takes around 2.5 hours and costs just 4,000 HUF. If you want to take the train into Slovakia, the train from Budapest to Bratislava takes around 2.5 hours and costs 3,500 HUF.

To find routes and prices for trains around Europe, use Trainline .

Bus – Volánbusz is the main bus company in Hungary. It’s cheap and is sometimes even faster than the train. Flixbus also has routes that connect to nearby countries like Austria, Czechia, and Slovakia.

The ride from Budapest to Pécs takes around 4.5 hours and costs around 3,500 HUF. The 2.5-hour bus from Budapest to Bratislava costs around 3,200 HUF.

To find bus routes and prices, use BusBud .

Flying – Flying around Hungary will not save you any time or money compared to the train so I’d avoid it. You can fly to nearby countries though, such as Austria, Czechia, Slovakia, and Poland, for under 18,000 HUF with Ryanair or Wizz Air (if you book early).

Car rental – Car rentals can be found for as little as 6,500 HUF per day for a multi-day rental, though this isn’t necessarily the most economical way to get around as the buses and trains here are super affordable. If you’re driving, make sure to bring an International Driving Permit (IDP) — you’ll need one for any car rental.

For the best car rental prices, use Discover Cars .

When to Go to Hungary

The most popular time to visit Hungary is June-August. Temperatures hover around 23-29°C (73-84°F) and Hungary (especially Budapest) experiences an influx of visitors. Prices increase during this time as well, but the cities are lively and there are lots of events and festivals.

Winter stretches from November to March. Expect rain and snow, with many tourist attractions shutting down for the season. Temperatures drop below freezing so it’s too cold for hiking and exploring on foot. That said, November-December brings Christmas markets galore, so it’s a fun time for shorter city trips.

Personally, I think the best time to visit Hungary is the shoulder season in the spring and fall. Temperatures hover between 10-17°C (50-62°F) so it’s still warm enough to hike and explore but prices are a little lower and there are fewer crowds.

How to Stay Safe in Hungary

Hungary is a safe country and travelers shouldn’t worry about violent crimes here. However, in the tourist areas of Budapest (as well as on crowded public transportation), scams and pick-pocketing can occur. Avoid flashing your valuables around and always keep an eye on your things when on the bus or train.

If you head out to the ruin bars, only bring enough cash for the night. Take a taxi home if you’re intoxicated.

For more information on potential scams in Hungary, here is my list of common travel scams to avoid

Solo female travelers should feel safe here but will want to take the standard precautions (avoid walking alone at night while intoxicated, keep an eye on your drink at the bar, etc.).

If you rent a vehicle, don’t leave any valuables in it overnight. Break-ins are rare but it’s always better to be safe than sorry.

Members of the LGBTQ community will want to be mindful here as the government has been cracking down on the LGBTQ community in recent years.

If you experience an emergency, dial 112 for assistance.

The most important piece of advice I can offer is to purchase good travel insurance. Travel insurance protects you against illness, injury, theft, and cancellations. It’s comprehensive protection in case anything goes wrong. I never go on a trip without it as I’ve had to use it many times in the past. You can use the widget below to find the policy right for you:

Hungary Travel Guide: The Best Booking Resources

These are my favorite companies to use when I travel. They consistently have the best deals, offer world-class customer service and great value, and overall, are better than their competitors. They are the companies I use the most and are always the starting point in my search for travel deals.

Skyscanner – Skyscanner is my favorite flight search engine. They search small websites and budget airlines that larger search sites tend to miss. They are hands down the number one place to start.
Hostelworld – This is the best hostel accommodation site out there with the largest inventory, best search interface, and widest availability.
Booking.com – The best all around booking site that constantly provides the cheapest and lowest rates. They have the widest selection of budget accommodation. In all my tests, they’ve always had the cheapest rates out of all the booking websites.
HostelPass – This new card gives you up to 20% off hostels throughout Europe. It’s a great way to save money. They’re constantly adding new hostels too. I’ve always wanted something like this and glad it finallt exists.
Get Your Guide – Get Your Guide is a huge online marketplace for tours and excursions. They have tons of tour options available in cities all around the world, including everything from cooking classes, walking tours, street art lessons, and more!
The Man in Seat 61 – This website is the ultimate guide to train travel anywhere in the world. They have the most comprehensive information on routes, times, prices, and train conditions. If you are planning a long train journey or some epic train trip, consult this site.
Rome2Rio – This website allows you to see how to get from point A to point B the best and cheapest way possible. It will give you all the bus, train, plane, or boat routes that can get you there as well as how much they cost.
FlixBus – Flixbus has routes between 20 European countries with prices starting as low 5 EUR! Their buses include WiFi, electrical outlets, a free checked bag.
SafetyWing – Safety Wing offers convenient and affordable plans tailored to digital nomads and long-term travelers. They have cheap monthly plans, great customer service, and an easy-to-use claims process that makes it perfect for those on the road.
LifeStraw – My go-to company for reusable water bottles with built-in filters so you can ensure your drinking water is always clean and safe.
Unbound Merino – They make lightweight, durable, easy-to-clean travel clothing.
Top Travel Credit Cards – Points are the best way to cut down travel expenses. Here’s my favorite point earning credit cards so you can get free travel!
BlaBlaCar – BlaBlaCar is a ridesharing website that lets you share rides with vetted local drivers by pitching in for gas. You simply request a seat, they approve, and off you go! It’s a cheaper and more interesting way to travel than by bus or train!

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