Eger Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Bus services are good, with buses every 30 to 40 minutes to Gyöngyös (usually via Kerecsend; 665Ft, one hour, 52km), Mezőkövesd, Szilvásvárad and Bélapátfalva. Other destinations include Aggtelek (1210Ft, 2½ hours, 100km, once daily), Budapest (1570Ft, 2¼ hours, 130km, hourly via the M3), Kecskemét (2060Ft, 4½ hours, 166km, three daily), Debrecen (1690Ft, 2½ hours, 131km, seven daily), Miskolc (846Ft, 1½ hours, 68km, eight daily) and Szeged (2910Ft, 5¾ hours, 237km, twice daily) via Csongrád. The bus to Miskolc only goes through the Bükk Hills via Felsőtárkány on Sunday at 8.30am and 3.35pm from mid-April to mid-October.

Eger is on a minor train line linking Putnok and Füzesabony; you usually have to change at the latter for Budapest (1624Ft, two hours, 142km), Miskolc (774Ft, 1½ hours, 74km) or Debrecen (1212Ft, three hours, 120km). There are up to seven direct trains a day to/from Budapest's Keleti train station (2½ hours) that don't require a change.