There are 8 ways to get from Pau to Budapest by plane, train (TGV), bus, car, 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.
Fly from Pau Pyrénées Airport
best- Fly from Pau Pyrénées Airport (PUF) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane PUF - BUD
8h 38mFt 33,276–141,576Train, bus to Bilbao Airport, fly
cheapest- Take the train from Pau to Bayonnetrain
- Take the bus from Donostia / San Sebastián to Airport Loiu Bilbaobus
- Fly from Bilbao Airport (BIO) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BIO - BUD
10h 52mFt 33,049–94,246Train
- Take the train from Pau to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2train Tgv
- Take the train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbftrain Tgv
- Take the train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to St.Poelten Hbftrain 967 / ...
- Take the train from St.Poelten Hbf to Wien Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeldtrain Ec
19h 29mFt 152,292–260,407Bus
- Take the bus from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc to Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Toulouse to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus 1922
30h 51mFt 65,847–99,373Drive 1,883.1 km
- Drive from Pau to Budapestcar 1,883.1 km
20h 19mFt 129,233–186,669Train to Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport, fly
- Take the train from Pau to Bordeaux St Jeantrain
- Fly from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BOD - BUD
8h 42mFt 40,438–101,855Train to Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, fly
- Take the train from Pau to Toulouse Matabiautrain
- Fly from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport (TLS) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane TLS - BUD
8h 30mFt 39,549–107,002Train to Biarritz Pays Basque Airport, fly
- Take the train from Pau to Bayonnetrain
- Fly from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport (BIQ) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD)plane BIQ - BUD
11h 9mFt 39,421–122,718
Pau to Budapest by train, foot, and subway
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Pau to Budapest is to train and bus and fly which costs 33 000 Ft - 95 000 Ft and takes 10h 52m.
The fastest way to get from Pau to Budapest is to train and fly which takes 8h 30m and costs 39 000 Ft - 110 000 Ft.
No, there is no direct bus from Pau to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc and arriving at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar via Toulouse. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 51m.
No, there is no direct train from Pau to Budapest. However, there are services departing from Pau and arriving at Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Montparnasse Bienvenue, Paris Est, Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10, St.Poelten Hbf and Wien Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 29m.
The distance between Pau and Budapest is 1624 km. The road distance is 1883.1 km.
The best way to get from Pau to Budapest without a car is to train which takes 19h 29m and costs 150 000 Ft - 260 000 Ft.
It takes approximately 8h 38m to get from Pau to Budapest, including transfers.
Pau to Budapest bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc station.
Pau to Budapest train services, operated by TGV inOui, depart from Pau station.
The best way to get from Pau to Budapest is to fly which takes 8h 38m and costs 33 000 Ft - 150 000 Ft. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 150 000 Ft - 260 000 Ft and takes 19h 29m, you could also bus, which costs 65 000 Ft - 100 000 Ft and takes 30h 51m.
What companies run services between Pau, France and Budapest, Hungary?
Air France, Twin Jet, and easyJet fly from Pau Pyrénées Airport (PUF) to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Pau to Budapest-Kelenfoeld via Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2, Montparnasse Bienvenue, Gare de l'Est, Paris Est, Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10, St.Poelten Hbf, and Wien Hbf in around 19h 29m.
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Pau Pyrénées Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Ft 32,000–140,000
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–70,000
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Friday, Wednesday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- Ft 24,000–70,000
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 34,000–140,000
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Geneva
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–130,000
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–130,000
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–75,000
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Pau Pyrénées Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 44,000–210,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bordeaux–Mérignac Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,000–120,000
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–100,000
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Toulouse-Blagnac Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–75,000
Flights from Biarritz Pays Basque Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 29,000–95,000
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–75,000
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bilbao Airport to Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- Ft 19,000–80,000
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Pau to Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 55,000–85,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Paris Est to Muenchen Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 60,000–95,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Pau to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 17,000–26,000
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Muenchen Hbf Gl.5-10 to St.Poelten Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 28,000–45,000
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–8,500
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 5,500–8,500
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 13,000–21,000
- Website
- Railjet
- Website
- Railjet
- *
- Ft 13,000–20,000
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 2,500–4,500
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 31 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,882
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 22,563
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,100–7,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Wien Hbf to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–27,000
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from St.Poelten Hbf to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 33 min
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 3,700–7,500
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- 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 4,200–7,500
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Pau to Bordeaux St Jean
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 16,000–26,000
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Pau to Toulouse Matabiau
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 15,000–24,000
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Pau to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–12,000
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Pau to Bayonne
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 7,000–12,000
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Pau - Technopôle Héliparc to Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Ft 5,500–9,500
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Toulouse to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 31m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- Ft 60,000–90,000
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Donostia / San Sebastián to Airport Loiu Bilbao
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Ft 4,300–6,000
- Schedules at
- gipuzkoa.avanzagrupo.com
- Book at
- online.pesa.net
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Booking & Getting There
Pau to Budapest bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Toulouse - Matabiau Bus Station.
Pau to Budapest train services, operated by TGV inOui, arrive at Paris Montparnasse 1 Et 2 station.
Yes, the driving distance between Pau to Budapest is 1883 km. It takes approximately 20h 19m to drive from Pau to Budapest.
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