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Visiting Budapest.
Posted: Sun June 7, 2009 12:58 PM UTC

Hi!While we are in Budapest,would like to take trips of short durations outside Budapest.
I have in the Budapest forum read about trips to Nagymaros-Visegrad or Zebegeny.As I understand this would be train journey from Nuygati.What are these places famous for,and how long would the journey take each way.
Also I have read about a boat excursion to the Danube Bend.How long is this excursion and where do we get the boat from.
Other than these what places can you recommend.
Will appreciate your suggestions.
Many thanks,
Jayarep.

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Posted: Tue June 9, 2009 09:59 PM UTC

Nagymaros is a scenic village in the Danube Bend. It's worth a 30-minute walk around the village and a coffee/beer at the ferry. Zebegeny is similar too, it also offers a memorial museum of Istvan Szonyi, a 20th century Hungarian painter and a nautical museum specialising mainly on Danuvian shipping. Both villages are excellent start/endpoints for hiking.
Visegrad offers a lot more: ruins of a rennaisance castle of King Matthias, Solomon's Tower (Salamon-torony), the Fortress (Fellegvar) and toboggan track. Plus numerous restaurants, hotels and souvenir shops. And a gorgeous view of the whole Danube Bend from the Fellegvar!

The journey to Zebegeny takes 50 minutes by skip-stop (zonazo) and 65 minutes by local (szemely) trains. For Nagymaros-Visegrad, count with 10 minutes less in both cases. All trains leave from Budapest-Nyugati (metro M3 Nyugati palyaudvar station).

Boat excursions are organised by Mahart-Passnave: www.mahartpassnave.hu
Their central pier is at Vigado ter (metro M1 Vorosmarty ter) in the Inner City (downtown Pest).

I also recommend a one-hour stopover in Vac, which is quite easy to make as trains between Budapest and Vac run on a 30-minute headline. Budapest-Vac-Szob trains also run every 30-60 minutes. The ferry from Nagymaros to Visegrad offers good train connections.

You may also include 2-3 hours in Szentendre, maybe with a visit to the Open Air Folk Museum (Skanzen), although the latter would take up your whole time in Szentendre. From Szentendre you may continue either by boat or by bus 880 to Visegrad. (The bus runs on a 60-minute headline.)

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