There are 12 ways to get from Europe to Budapest by train, plane, bus, night train, car, or car train
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Train to Frankfurt, fly
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane FRA - BUD
8h 11mFt 43,457–101,879Train, bus via Würzburg
cheapest- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Würzburg Hbftrain 25
- Take the bus from Würzburg Main Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
16h 48mFt 27,141–64,428Train
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain 11
- Take the train from Mannheim Hbf to Wien Meidlingtrain Nj
- Take the train from Vienna Meidling Train Station to Budapest-Kelenföldtrain
16h 56mFt 45,033–73,923Train, night train
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain Rb5 / ...
- Take the night train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Wien Hbfnighttrain Nj
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
15h 58mFt 37,264–142,795Train, train to Nuremberg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbftrain
- Fly from Nuremberg Airport (NUE) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane NUE - BUD
8h 59mFt 36,191–119,028Train to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, fly
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhftrain
- Fly from Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BER - BUD
9h 18mFt 41,133–93,223Train, train to Düsseldorf International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafentrain
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane DUS - BUD
11hFt 52,864–122,745Train, train to Stuttgart Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Fly from Stuttgart Airport (STR) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane STR - BUD
10h 31mFt 42,141–95,828Train, train to Dortmund Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhetrain
- Take the train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Hamm(Westf)Hbftrain
- Fly from Dortmund Airport (DTM) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane DTM - BUD
10h 8mFt 44,614–133,645Train, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain Re5 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Budapest Nepliget Bus Stationbus Citylines 64
21h 40mFt 32,920–44,567Drive 915.2 km
- Drive from Europe to Budapestcar 915.2 km
8h 27mFt 52,609–75,990Drive, car train
- Drive from Europe to Fuldacar
- Take the car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Salzburg Hbf to Budapestcar
8h 55mFt 73,512–97,073
Europe to Budapest by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Budapest is to train and bus which costs 32 000 Ft - 45 000 Ft and takes 21h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Budapest is to train and fly which takes 8h 11m and costs 43 000 Ft - 110 000 Ft.
The distance between Europe and Budapest is 1054 km. The road distance is 915.2 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Budapest without a car is to train and bus via Würzburg which takes 16h 48m and costs 27 000 Ft - 65 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 8h 11m to get from Europe to Budapest, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Europe to Budapest is 915 km. It takes approximately 8h 27m to drive from Europe to Budapest.
There are 6704+ hotels available in Budapest.
What companies run services between Europe and Budapest, Hungary?
You can take a bus from Sontra-Ulfen Mitte to Budapest-Kelenföld via Herleshausen Bahnhof, Herleshausen Bahnhof, Eisenach Hbf, Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof, Mannheim Hbf, Wien Meidling, and Vienna Meidling Train Station in around 16h 56m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 32,000–95,000
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 32,000–95,000
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 46,000–150,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–110,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–110,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–45,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–45,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–120,000
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 26,000–110,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–120,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–120,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Nuremberg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–70,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 12,000–50,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–70,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–70,000
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–100,000
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 27,000–120,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–55,000
Flights from Stuttgart Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–55,000
Flights from Dortmund Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–75,000
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–75,000
Flights from Berlin Brandenburg Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–85,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,500–17,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,500–16,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–27,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–10,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–29,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to S Südkreuz Bhf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–25,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–39,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 20,000–23,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 48m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–30,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 8,500–13,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,600–6,500
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–14,000
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Kassel Bahnhof Wilhelmshöhe
- Ave. Duration
- 43 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- belgiantrain.be
Train from Mannheim Hbf to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 38m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–35,000
- Website
- https://www.belgiantrain.be/en
- 2nd Class
- Ft 24,000–35,000
- 1st Class
- Ft 37,000–55,000
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.cz
- Website
- regiojet.com
Train from Vienna Meidling Train Station to Budapest-Kelenföld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 24m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,500–10,000
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,400–10,000
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +43 51717
- Website
- nightjet.com
Night train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 46m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–104,000
- Website
- https://www.nightjet.com/en/#/home
- Sleeper Carriage
- Ft 99,000–104,000
- Couchette Carriage
- Ft 55,000–70,000
- Seating Carriage
- Ft 24,000–31,000
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 14,000–22,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
- *
- Ft 14,000–22,000
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 9,000–21,000
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Duesseldorf Flughafen
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–25,000
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–17,000
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- ns.nl
Train from Kassel-Wilhelmshoehe to Hamm(Westf)Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 11,000–37,000
- Website
- https://www.ns.nl/en
- 2nd Class
- Ft 11,000–17,000
- 1st Class
- Ft 22,000–37,000
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Fulda to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 37,000–44,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Würzburg Main Station to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–42,000
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +359 0885700870
- support@citylines.eu
- Website
- citylines.eu
Bus from Frankfurt am Main Frankfurt central to Budapest Nepliget Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 23,000–31,000
- Website
- https://citylines.eu/
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