Keszthely Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Destinations served by more than 10 daily buses from Keszthely are Hévíz (133Ft, 15 minutes, 8km), Sümeg (423Ft, 50 minutes, 31km), Tapolca (363Ft, 35 minutes, 28km) and Veszprém (968Ft, 1¾ hours, 77km); there are about six to Nagykanizsa (725Ft, 1½ hours, 57km). Other towns served by bus include Badacsony (363Ft, 35 minutes, 27km, seven daily), Budapest (2300Ft, three to four hours, 190km, six daily) and Pécs (3½ hours, 152km, four daily). Some of these buses - including those to Hévíz, Nagykanizsa and Sümeg - can be boarded at the bus stops in front of the Catholic church on Fő tér.

For buses to the lake's northern shore (Badacsony, Nagyvázsony and Tapolca), you can catch the bus along Tapolcai út.

Train

Keszthely is on a branch line linking Tapolca and Balatonszentgyörgy, from where up to seven daily trains continue along the southern shore to Székesfehérvár (1420Ft, 2¾ hours, 125km) and to Keleti or Déli train stations in Budapest (2030Ft, three to four hours, 190km). To reach Szombathely (1420Ft, three hours, 126km), you must change at Tapolca and sometimes at Celldömölk, too; for towns along Lake Balaton's northern shore, a change at Tapolca is required.

From mid-June to late August, MÁV Nostalgia (318 162; www.mavnosztalgia.hu) runs a vintage steam-train from Keszthely to Badacsonytomaj (1¾ hours) at 10am from Tuesday to Sunday, returning at 2.50pm. Verify this service with MÁV Nostalgia by phone or check the website before making plans.

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