Hungary

Basic Information

• area ... 93,033 km2
• capital ... Budapest
• population ... 10 million
• highest point ... Kékes, 1,015 m.a.s.l.
• length of the railway network ... 7,932 km

Main railway carriers:

• MÁV-START
• GySEV

Hungary is an inland country in central Europe. Most people know Hungary as a country famous for culinary specialties, wine, music and spas. Take a trip to relax in Hungary; it’s close by train...

Budapest

Hungary’s capital city with 1.7 million residents. This cosmopolitan metropolis on the Danube where East meets West and North meets South arose through a merger of the two original cities Buda and Pest. We recommend visiting the Várhegy castle district, the neo-gothic parliament building and Margaret Island (Margit-sziget) on the Danube – an oasis of green and tranquillity. You can sample Hungarian Csabai sausage and wine on the Váci utca boulevard, one of the city’s major streets. You can end your visit by enjoying the atmosphere of a thermal spa, e.g. Gellért or Széchényi. In Budapest there are more than 100 thermal springs.

Esztergom

This former centre of the Kingdom of Hungary lies in northern Hungary and is separated from neighbouring Slovakia by the Danube, spanned by the Marie Valerie Bridge. Above the city rises the classicist Esztergom Basilica, the country’s largest Christian cathedral. You can get to Esztergom by train from Budapest or by foot over the Marie Valerie Bridge from Štúrovo in Slovakia.

Tokaj

The winemaking heart of Hungary lies two and half hours’ journey by train from Budapest. This small town at the convergence of the Tisza and Bodrog Rivers is the centre of the Tokaj wine region and was added to the UNESCO list in 2002. Vineyards have been cultivated here since the 11th century.

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You can travel to Budapest several times per day without changing trains not only from Prague but also from Ústí nad Labem, Pardubice and Brno. EuroCity trains run between Prague, Brno and Budapest four times daily and are supplemented with one EuroNight category overnight train. The journey from Prague to Budapest aboard EuroCity trains takes less than 7 hours.

• from Prague to Budapest ... in c. 7 hours (direct EuroCity trains)
• from Brno to Budapest ... in c. 4 hours, 15 minutes (direct EuroCity trains)
• from Ostrava to Budapest ... in c. 5 hours, 30 minutes (direct EuroCity trains)

How Much to Hungary

We offer inexpensive tickets at the ČD eShop. Within the scope of the SporoTiket Hungary offer it is possible to travel from Prague to Budapest for as little as c. CZK 500 (EUR 19).

It is possible to travel to all of Hungary with the discounted CityStar return ticket, e.g. Praha – Budapest and return for 2 persons for CZK 4,088 (EUR 157.80).

For travelling around Hungary for several days you can use InterRail network tickets. 4 days of travel during 1 month – for young passengers up to 26 years of age for c. CZK 1518 (EUR 60).

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