Planning a trip for next summer and these are the three Central European cities I’ve had my eyes on. I know Budapest/Vienna is a common pairing. Would it be doable to add a train ride to Krakow? (Have been to Prague, otherwise that would be on this list too.)
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Twin Cities of MN
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I would use google maps to get some time estimates between cities. I think Krakow is about 8 hours on the train or about 2 hours via plane from Budapest. You might look at Bratislava or Zagreb, or peruse google maps. How many days do you have?
Posted by
Republic of Texas / U.S.A. / Magyarország / Budapest
24024 posts
Check Google Flights for planes and Obb for trains. Budpaest to Krakow is unfortunately difficult. No direct flights and the trains are 7 hours or more. Busses are about 6 hours I believe. But from Vienna Ryan Air flies non-stop in 1:05. That will be about 4.5 hours door to door. The fastest train is 5:20 hours, so maybe 6:5 door to door. Depending on how you pack, ticket cost might be pretty similar.
Sort of what I think is a good minimum
1 depart US
2 arrive Budapest
3 Budapest
4 Budapest
5 Budapest
6 Morning train to Vienna with a stop in Gyor/Pannonhalma
7 Vienna
8 Vienna
9 Vienna
10 Flight to Krakow
11 Krakow
12 Krakow
13 Krakow (sort of optional)
14 Home
Then you add days for day trips.
Melk
Bratislava
Szentendre
Hungarian Vineyards