The Danube Bend Getting there & around

Getting there & around

Being so close to Budapest, the Danube Bend has good connections to the rest of Hungary. Regular buses serve towns on the western bank of the Danube, but trains only go as far as Szentendre with a separate line running to Esztergom; the eastern bank has the luxury of excellent bus and train links. The river itself is a perfect highway, and regular boats ferry tourists to and from Budapest over the summer months.

From May to August, one daily Mahart ferry plies the Danube to/from Budapest's Vigadó tér, departing at 9am and calling at Szentendre (one way/return 990/1485Ft, 10.40am) and Visegrád (one way/return 1090/1635Ft, 12.30am), before returning from Visegrád at 4pm. The service dwindles to weekends only in April, September and October. From June to mid-September two extra boats depart from Budapest at 10.30am and 2pm bound for Szentendre (one way 1400Ft), returning at 12.20pm and 5pm; in the last half of May and September only the 10.30am and 5pm services run.

On weekends and holidays from mid-May to mid-September, a hydrofoil service links Budapest with Visegrád (one way 1990Ft) and Esztergom (one way 2490Ft), departing at 9.30am and calling on Visegrád (10.30am) and Esztergom (11.30am). Slower boats leave Budapest's Vigadó tér in Pest at 7.30am daily from May to August and weekends and holidays in April, September and October, stopping at Batthyány tér in Buda, and going on to Vác (one way/return 490/735Ft, 9.50am), Visegrád (1090/1635Ft, 10.50am) and Esztergom (1490/2235Ft, 1pm). The return trip from Esztergom leaves at 4pm. From June to August a daily boat connects Esztergom with Visegrád (one way 1400Ft), leaving at 9am and arriving at 10.25am; boats return from Visegrád at 4pm.