Bratislava Travel Forum

Transportation between Budapest- Bratislava (car an train).
Posted: Sat October 11, 2008 07:41 PM WEST
By train:
how much is the ticket (departing anda resturning the same day)?? Is valid for some other days like in ticket Budapest- Vienna?
How many hours of transport?

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By car:
how many time (in hours)??
How many kms from Hungarian border in national roads (I don't want to buy the vignette only for one day)
Anyway how much is the vignette in Euros(minimum)??
Is easy to park in the city??

Thanks in advance

At the risk of repeating myself - I'd suggest you take the advice we were given by friends in Vienna - unless you want your car broken into or stolen don't drive in Slovakia. I'd suggest you Google road conditions in both Hungary & Slovakia - particularly the Expats ones and decide for yourself. Driving, and roads are very much below par and thefts of cars and items within cars are high

Try the links , bratislava-budapest train: www.zsr.sk
bus: www.cp.sk

It is quite easy to get from Budapest to Bratislava by car - it is a straight highway, about 2 hours easy riding. Buying vignette just for one day really doesn't make sense, as Bratislava lies practically on the borders. Just leave the highway before the border (Rajka on the hungarian side) and use the national road to Bratislava (some 20 km). One week vignette is 150 SKK (5 EUR).
I strongly disagree about the car thefts. These countries are not the "Wild East" anymore. Look at the statistics at http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_car_the_percap-crime-car-thefts-per-capita. Of course, you have to be careful just as anywhere else. Probably the biggest annoyance of the car trip would be nervous local drivers in both Budapest and Bratislava, in the latter especially if you will go slower than 20 km/h above the official limit :-)
As to the parking: depends where you want to go, generally no problem with garages (60-100 SKK / hour). Good tip is a shopping center Aupark, where you can park for free without a time limit and it is just across the river (0,5 km) from the city center.

Thanks Trc777, you answer to all of my questions. :-)

Can you give the adress of these park in that belongs to the mall??

Thanks again

Have a look at http://www.aupark.sk/generate_page.php?page_id=1257.