There are 12 ways to get from Bucharest to Balaton Sound by bus, train, night train, car, plane, or shuttle
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Bus, train
best- Take the bus from Bucharest to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zamarditrain Ic / ...
10h 30mFly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
cheapest- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BBU - BUD
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zamarditrain
7h 3mFt 13,229–47,629Train
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Deli to Zamarditrain Ic
18h 49mFt 24,882–26,837Night train, train
- Take the nighttrain from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Kelenfoeldnighttrain Night Train
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zamarditrain Ic / ...
17h 53mFt 25,315–27,331Drive 871.5 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Balaton Soundcar 871.5 km
10h 2mFt 49,310–71,225Bus, train via București, Autogara Militari
- Take the bus from București, Autogara Militari to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus 962 / ...
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zamarditrain Ic / ...
17h 24mFt 29,967–43,505Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane OTP - BUD
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zamarditrain
6h 57mFt 25,026–71,726Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport, shuttle, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport (TSR)plane OTP - TSR
- Take a shuttle bus from Timişoara to Budapest
- Take the train from Budapest-Deli to Zamarditrain
10h 15mFt 39,510–205,210Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Arad, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Arad (ARW)plane OTP - ARW
- Take the train from Arad to Budapest-Keletitrain
- Take the train from Budapest-Deli to Zamarditrain
9h 37mFt 33,426–89,526Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Oradea International Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Oradea International Airport (OMR)plane OTP - OMR
- Take the train from Episcopia Bihor to Puespoekladanytrain
- Take the train from Puespoekladany to Koebanya-Kispesttrain
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zamarditrain
9h 58mFt 29,126–102,676Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Vienna International Airport, train
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Vienna International Airport (VIE)plane OTP - VIE
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zamarditrain
9h 16mFt 26,426–105,576Train to Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport, fly to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bucharest to Brașovtrain
- Fly from Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane GHV - BUD
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zamarditrain
10h 8mFt 17,330–77,579
Bucharest to Balaton Sound by train, subway, and foot
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Balaton Sound is to fly and train which costs 13 000 Ft - 48 000 Ft and takes 7h 3m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Balaton Sound is to fly and train which takes 6h 57m and costs 25 000 Ft - 75 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct train from Bucharest to Balaton Sound. However, there are services departing from Bucuresti Nord and arriving at Zamardi via Keleti pályaudvar and Budapest-Deli. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 49m.
The distance between Bucharest and Balaton Sound is 941 km. The road distance is 871.5 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Balaton Sound without a car is to bus and train which takes 10h 30m and costs .
It takes approximately 10h 30m to get from Bucharest to Balaton Sound, including transfers.
Bucharest to Balaton Sound train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), depart from Bucuresti Nord station.
Bucharest to Balaton Sound train services, operated by Romanian Railways (CFR), arrive at Budapest-Keleti station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Balaton Sound is 872 km. It takes approximately 10h 2m to drive from Bucharest to Balaton Sound.
There are 2092+ hotels available in Balaton Sound.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Balaton Sound, Hungary?
You can take a train from Bucuresti Nord to Balaton Sound via Budapest-Keleti, Keleti pályaudvar, Déli pályaudvar, Budapest-Deli, and Zamardi in around 18h 49m.
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–45,000
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–47,000
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–80,000
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Oradea International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–85,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 25,000–100,000
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–55,000
- Website
- hisky.aero
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–60,000
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–75,000
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Oradea International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 21,000–95,000
- Website
- animawings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Timișoara Traian Vuia International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–39,000
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Arad
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–70,000
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Oradea International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–43,000
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–65,000
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Oradea International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–85,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,000–35,000
Flights from Brașov-Ghimbav International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 10,000–65,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–60,000
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zamardi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,100–2,500
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Deli to Zamardi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,100–2,500
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zamardi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,100–2,500
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zamardi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,100–2,500
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zamardi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,100–2,500
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zamardi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,100–2,500
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Deli to Zamardi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,100–2,500
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Deli to Zamardi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,100–2,500
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Episcopia Bihor to Puespoekladany
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 1,100–1,400
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Puespoekladany to Koebanya-Kispest
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,900–3,400
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zamardi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,100–2,500
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zamardi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,100–2,500
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zamardi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,100–2,500
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 26m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–24,000
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–25,000
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Arad to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 54m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–8,000
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,200–5,700
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–24,000
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 18,000–31,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,400–7,500
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,400–7,000
- Schedules at
- Transferoviar Călători (TFC)
- 2nd Class
- Ft 2,400–3,900
- 1st Class
- Ft 4,500–7,000
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- contact@regiocalatori.ro
- Website
- Regio Călători
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 48m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,200–2,700
- Website
- Regio Călători
- Phone
- +40 751 525 520
- office@astratranscarpatic.ro
- Website
- astratranscarpatic.ro
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,200–4,600
- Book at
- astratranscarpatic.ro
- Phone
- +40 351 409 153
- info@softrans.ro
- Website
- S.C. Softrans S.R.L.
Train from Bucharest to Brașov
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,700–3,000
- Schedules at
- S.C. Softrans S.R.L.
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from București, Autogara Militari to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–41,000
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +36 70 282 1827
- info@eurobusways.com
- Website
- eurobusways.com
Shuttle from Timişoara to Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–140,000
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
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