Budapest to Vienna: boat or train?
May 12, 2009, 9:54 pm
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Budapest to Vienna: boat or train?
I'm going to be in Europe on holiday this summer. Should I go from Budapest to Vienna by train or by hydrofoil? I saw a fare for the train for $66pp; the ferry fare is 89 euros. The ferry takes 6 1/2 hours, leaving at 9am and arriving in Vienna at 3:30pm. The train takes about 3 hours. Is the ferry ride scenic? enough so to justify the additional time/expense? And what about the ferry location in both cities? Is it more out of the way than the train stations?
May 12, 2009, 10:45 pm
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I'm going to be in Europe on holiday this summer. Should I go from Budapest to Vienna by train or by hydrofoil? I saw a fare for the train for $66pp; the ferry fare is 89 euros. The ferry takes 6 1/2 hours, leaving at 9am and arriving in Vienna at 3:30pm. The train takes about 3 hours. Is the ferry ride scenic? enough so to justify the additional time/expense? And what about the ferry location in both cities? Is it more out of the way than the train stations?
May 13, 2009, 1:20 am
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speaking of which...nobody answered my question that i posted. anyone have experience about buses between budapest and vienna. there's this bus service called orangeways. about 15EUR each way or something like that. or should i stick with volan bus service?
May 13, 2009, 3:46 am
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You can get train tickets (minimum 3-day advance purchase, but plenty of availability), including for the new Railjet service, for €13 each way if bought in Hungary, or €19 each way if bought in Austria or on the OeBB website.
May 14, 2009, 2:13 am
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Would you have any links for that? I tried www.oebb.at, but couldn't find any ticket prices.
May 14, 2009, 2:55 am
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Orangeways get very nice reviews/comments on Hungarian sites.
May 14, 2009, 6:55 am
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Would you have any links for that? I tried www.oebb.at, but couldn't find any ticket prices.
More information on the equivalent German page.