Cesky Krumlov Travel Forum

Hi, we will be in Budapest until March 27, and looking for a good way to get to Cesky Krumlov (from Budapest) before we venture onto Prague.

Does anyone haveany suggestions for a quick and easy route from Budapest to Cesky Krumlov? Please let me know when you can, thanks!

Scott

Hiya Scott

you could get one of the 4 or 5 trains from Budapest to Linz and then a bus from there to Cesky Krumlov.

We went by car from Linz but people we met used the shuttle bus; http://www.shuttlelobo.cz./

Regards

Mark

You need to book the shuttle bus in advance (via the site) so you will need to work out the train you want, which you can do via this excellent site;
http://www.elvira.hu/elvira.dll/xslms/

It will be much more scenic and much cheaper to go via Bratislava-Brno-Havlickuv Brod.

If you want to go back to Budapest, just buy Budapest-Kuty round-trip ticket.

If you do not want to go back to Budapest:
- buy in Budapest a Budapest-Sturovo train ticket (round-trip is 6 Euro, one-way is more, 9 Euro!)
- and on the train buy Sturovo-Kuty ticket from the Slovak conductor (about 10 Euro)
- Once in Czech Republic, buy Breclav - Cesky Krumlov ticket for 305 Crowns from Czech conductor.

This is by far the cheapest way. You will need to change trains twice: once in Brno and once in Ceske Budejovice.

Start Budapest: 05:30
Arrive Brno: 09:40

Start Brno: 11:20
Arrive Ceske Budejovice: 15:48

Start Ceske Budejovice: 17:13
Arrive Cesky Krumlov: 18:13

OR:

Start Budapest: 09:30
Arrive Brno: 13:40

Start Brno: 15:20
Arrive Ceske Budejovice: 19:48

Start Ceske Budejovice: 22:09
Arrive Cesky Krumlov: 22:57


If the money is not concern, "cheat": buy ASAP Budapest-München special ticket for 29 Euro/person (only EC-62 can be used!). Than you have to start 13:10 and de-train much earlier (17:52) than Munich (in Linz). Because there is Budapest-Munich "special" for 29 Euro, but there is no Budapest-Linz special.

From Linz use the shuttle as said above.