Hotels in Budapest
Travelling to Budapest
    
Travel on highways in Hungary can be slow and frustrating, as the roads have
been neglected. However, much work has been done in the last decade, and the
main routes are pretty convenient. The E60 (or M1) connects Budapest with Vienna
and the west; this highway was recently expanded into a multilane motorway and
is now a toll road from the Austrian border to the city of Györ. The E65
connects Budapest with Prague and areas to the north.
The Hungarian State Railway (MÁV) service can at times suffer from tardiness.
The trains themselves seem a little dated, but that adds to the atmosphere of
the pastoral journey. Trains from Austria and Slovenia arrive at the main station
in Budapest, while southbound trains depart from Keleti Station.
Many trains connect through Vienna, where 11 daily trains depart for Budapest.
Six daily trains connect Prague and Budapest, while one connects Berlin with
Budapest, and two connect Warsaw with Budapest. The train trip between Vienna
and Budapest takes about 3 hours, 30 minutes.
Buses connect Budapest with the rest of the country, and the network is extensive,
with regular departures. You can also catch Volánbusz/Eurolines buses
non-stop to many European destinations as far away as London and Copenhagen.
Buses bound for central Europe and Hungary's south and west leave from V Erszébet
tér; buses for Eastern Europe, Greece and Turkey and destinations in
Hungary north and east of the capital, leave from the Népstadion; while
XIII Róbert Károly körút is for more local destinations.
Farihegy Airport is Budapest's international airport and has a recently built
terminal servicing more than 30 international airlines. The national carrier,
Malév Airlines, flies non-stop to transatlantic destinations as well
as some Middle Eastern cities and most European centres.
If you're coming from Vienna, you can take the much vaunted hydrofoil along
the Danube (via Bratislava). It's slightly more expensive, but much more luxurious
than the train.
Selection of hotels in this region:
Danubius Grand Hotel Margitsziget | | Erzsebet Hotel | | Kempinski Hotel Corvinus | | NH Budapest | | Astoria Hotel | | Stadion Hotel | | Hotel Taverna | | Grand Hotel Hungaria | | Carlton Hotel | | Hotel Atlas | | Art Hotel | | Hotel Inter-Continental Budapest | | K+K Hotel Opera | | Radisson SAS Beke Hotel | | Hilton Budapest | | Le Meridien Budapest | | Art'otel Budapest | | Novotel Budapest Centrum | | Mercure Korona Budapest | | Mercure Budapest Museum | | Mercure Budapest Metropol | |
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