There are 9 ways to get from Budapest to Merano by train (Trenitalia), bus, car, plane, shuttle, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train via Innsbruck
best- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Brennero - Brenner to Merano Merantrain Re
11h 27m€106–322Train via Bratislava
cheapest- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati pu to Bratislava hl.st.train
- Take the train from Bratislava hl.st. to Innsbruck Hbftrain
- Take the train from Brennero - Brenner to Merano Merantrain Re
13h 13m€60–116Bus
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Bolzano Southbus N874
15h 8m€66–109Drive 763.1 km
- Drive from Budapest to Meranocar 763.1 km
8h 58m€122–176Fly to Il Caravaggio International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY)plane BUD - BGY
- Take a shuttle bus from Orio al Serio Airport to Merano
7h 59m€156–332Train
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain Ec / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Bolzano Bozentrain Rjx
12h 15m€99–221Fly to Munich International Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Munich International Airport (MUC)plane BUD - MUC
- Take a shuttle bus from Flughafen München to Merano
9h 15m€231–412Fly to Innsbruck Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Innsbruck Airport (INN)plane BUD - INN
- Take the train from Vipiteno Val Vizze/Sterzing Pfitsch to Merano Merantrain
9h 25m€248–532Fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane BUD - VCE
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Verona Porta Nuovatrain
- Take the train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bolzano Bozentrain
8h 25m€126–380
Budapest to Merano by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Merano is to bus which costs €65 - €110 and takes 15h 8m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Merano is to fly and shuttle which takes 7h 59m and costs €150 - €340.
No, there is no direct bus from Budapest to Merano. However, there are services departing from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar and arriving at Terme Merano via Bolzano South and Merano-Maia Bassa. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 15h 8m.
No, there is no direct train from Budapest to Merano. However, there are services departing from Budapest-Kelenfoeld and arriving at Merano Meran via Wien Hbf, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof and Brennero - Brenner. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 27m.
The distance between Budapest and Merano is 900 km. The road distance is 763.1 km.
The best way to get from Budapest to Merano without a car is to train via Innsbruck which takes 11h 27m and costs €100 - €330.
It takes approximately 11h 27m to get from Budapest to Merano, including transfers.
Budapest to Merano bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Budapest to Merano train services, operated by Hungarian Railways (MÁV), depart from Budapest-Kelenfoeld station.
The best way to get from Budapest to Merano is to train via Innsbruck which takes 11h 27m and costs €100 - €330. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €65 - €110 and takes 15h 8m.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Merano, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy?
You can take a train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Merano Meran via Wien Hbf, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, and Brennero - Brenner in around 11h 27m. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Bolzano South once daily. Tickets cost €60–110 and the journey takes 13h 10m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–240
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–410
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Munich International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–410
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €160–410
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–280
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Il Caravaggio International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–110
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
- Website
- lufthansa-city.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Munich International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–240
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Innsbruck Airport via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €170–470
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €23–120
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–14
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €35–55
Train from Wien Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €70–110
Train from Wien Hbf to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- *
- €85–130
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
Train from Wien Hbf to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 4m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Brennero - Brenner to Merano Meran
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Vipiteno Val Vizze/Sterzing Pfitsch to Merano Meran
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +421 24 48 58 188
- info@slovakrail.sk
- Website
- zssk.sk
Train from Budapest-Nyugati pu to Bratislava hl.st.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
Train from Bratislava hl.st. to Innsbruck Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–55
- Website
- https://www.zssk.sk/en/
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Venezia Mestre to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–28
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Verona Porta Nuova
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- €50–75
- 2nd Class
- €30–40
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Verona Porta Nuova to Bolzano Bozen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Bolzano South
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 0471 305604
- info@suedtirolbus.it
- Website
- clevertransfer.eu
Shuttle from Orio al Serio Airport to Merano
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 34m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €130–190
- Website
- https://clevertransfer.eu/en/
Shuttle from Flughafen München to Merano
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €140–200
- Website
- https://clevertransfer.eu/en/
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More Questions & Answers
Budapest to Merano bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bolzano South station.
Budapest to Merano train services, operated by Hungarian Railways (MÁV), arrive at Wien Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Budapest to Merano is 763 km. It takes approximately 8h 58m to drive from Budapest to Merano.
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