Košice Getting there & around

Getting there & away

Land

Bus

Buses wind their way to and from Levoča (117Sk, 2½ hours, two daily), Bardejov (98Sk, 1¾ hours, eight daily), and Poprad (134Sk, 2½ hours, four daily). Buses also travel to Uzhhorod in the Ukraine (140Sk, 2½ hours) at least once daily (twice from Tuesday to Sunday) and to Nowy Targ in Poland (180Sk, four hours) on Thursday and Saturday. A bus goes from Košice to Miskolc (120Sk, two hours) in Hungary on Wednesday, Friday and Saturday. For longer distances the train is usually best, having comparable prices and shorter connection times.

Car

Big international chain rental agencies Hertz (789 6041; www.hertz.sk) and Europcar (683 2132; www.europcar.sk) are represented at the airport, but Alimex (729 0100; www.alimex.sk) is cheaper, especially if you’re willing to drive around with adverts painted on the car (as little as 699Sk per day with unlimited kilometres).

Train

Frequent express trains run to and from Poprad (154Sk, 1¼ hours, up to 10 daily) and Žilina (316Sk, 2¾ hours, 14 daily). If you’re commuting all the way to and from Bratislava it can take six to seven hours on a fast train (518Sk); an Intercity or Eurocity train (IC or EC, five hours, four daily) is a better bet. It’s the same price, except you need a seat reservation, which is 20Sk to 40Sk extra. For domestic schedules visit www.zsr.sk.

A sleeper train leaves Košice every morning for Kiev in the Ukraine (913Sk, 22½ hours), stopping at Čop (193Sk, 2½ hours), 14km from Uzhhorod. Two daily trains (one overnight) head for Prague (1140Sk, 11 hours), two for Budapest in Hungary (967Sk, four hours) and three to Kraków in Poland (844Sk, 6½ hours).

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Air

Košice International Airport (KSC; 622 1093; www.airportkosice.sk) is about 6km southeast of the centre. Sky Europe (reservations 02-485 04850; www.skyeurope.com) has two or three daily flights to and from Bratislava (one hour) that can cost as little as 500Sk one way (with tax), if you book ahead. Czech Airlines (ČSA; 678 2490; www.czechairlines.com) has three daily flights to and from Prague.

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