Getting There & Away
Malév Hungarian Airlines, the national carrier, flies direct to Budapest from the USA and more than 30 European countries. It also has Mediterranean services to/from Cairo, Larnaca and Tel Aviv. Hungary is connected to all of its seven neighbouring countries by road and rail. Volánbusz runs regular transport services to about 18 different European countries, while Magyar �llamvasutak (M�V) has express rail services that run as far as London, Stockholm, St Petersburg, Istanbul and Rome. Motorists can choose from 60 or so border crossings into the country, although 15 are restricted to citizens of Hungary and the neighbouring countries. You can also walk or cycle across the border (many border guards frown on this, particularly in Romania, Serbia and Croatia) or take the hydrofoil that plies between Budapest and Vienna from April to early November.