There are 10 ways to get from Budapest to Zittau by bus, train, car, or plane
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Bus
best- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Zittau stationbus 860
10h 10m€60–95Train via Pardubice
cheapest- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazitrain Rj
- Take the train from Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazi to Liberectrain 91100
11h 11m€48–54Train
- Take the train from Budapest-Nyugati to Kolintrain Rj
- Take the train from Kolin to Ceska Lipa Hlavni Nadrazitrain
- Take the train from Ceska Lipa Hlavni Nadrazi to Liberectrain
10h 59mDrive 597.2 km
- Drive from Budapest to Zittaucar 597.2 km
6h 29m€93–134Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Dresden Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Dresden Airport (DRS)plane BUD - DRS
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Klotzsche to Zittau Bahnhoftrain
7h 46m€132–415Bus via Liberec
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Liberec,aut.nádr.bus
13h 38m€71–124Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane BUD - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague Cerny Most Bus Station to Liberec Central Bus Stationbus
7h 35m€60–181Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)plane BUD - BER
- Take the train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadttrain
- Take the train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zittau Bahnhoftrain
8h 32m€81–257Train to Vienna International Airport, fly to Václav Havel Airport Prague, bus
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbftrain
- Fly from Vienna International Airport (VIE) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane VIE - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague Cerny Most Bus Station to Liberec Central Bus Stationbus
8h 40m€102–317Fly Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Wroclaw, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Wroclaw (WRO)plane BUD - WRO
- Take the train from Wroclaw Muchobor to Zgorzelectrain
9h 16m€91–255
Budapest to Zittau by bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Zittau is to train via Pardubice which costs €45 - €55 and takes 11h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Zittau is to drive which takes 6h 29m and costs €90 - €140.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar and arriving at Zittau station station. Services depart five times a week, and operate Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The journey takes approximately 10h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Budapest to Zittau. However, there are services departing from Budapest-Nyugati and arriving at Zittau Bahnhof via Kolin, Ceska Lipa Hlavni Nadrazi and Liberec. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 59m.
The distance between Budapest and Zittau is 725 km. The road distance is 597.2 km.
The best way to get from Budapest to Zittau without a car is to bus which takes 10h 10m and costs €60 - €95.
The bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Zittau station takes 10h 10m including transfers and departs five times a week.
Budapest to Zittau bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Budapest to Zittau train services, operated by Railjet, depart from Budapest-Nyugati station.
The best way to get from Budapest to Zittau is to bus which takes 10h 10m and costs €60 - €95. Alternatively, you can train, which costs and takes 10h 59m.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Zittau, Germany?
FlixBus operates a bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Zittau station 5 times a week. Tickets cost €60–95 and the journey takes 10h 10m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Budapest-Nyugati to Zittau Bahnhof via Kolin, Ceska Lipa Hlavni Nadrazi, and Liberec in around 10h 59m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Dresden Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Dresden Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 3m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Saturday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €40–270
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–290
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Wroclaw via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–130
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Vienna International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–180
Flights from Vienna International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €24–130
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €25–160
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Wroclaw via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–210
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Berlin Brandenburg Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–170
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Kolin
- *
- €75–110
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazi
- *
- €70–110
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- *
- €35–55
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Kolin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 14m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–30
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Nyugati to Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–27
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €11–14
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +420 725 100 725
- [email protected]
- Website
- arriva.cz
Train from Kolin to Ceska Lipa Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- arriva.cz
Train from Ceska Lipa Hlavni Nadrazi to Liberec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Schedules at
- arriva.cz
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- [email protected]
- Website
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Ceska Lipa Hlavni Nadrazi to Liberec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Klotzsche to Zittau Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zittau Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- [email protected]
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Ceska Lipa Hlavni Nadrazi to Liberec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €5
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Pardubice Hlavni Nadrazi to Liberec
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €14
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +49 89 548889725
- [email protected]
- Website
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Klotzsche to Zittau Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Schedules at
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
Train from Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt to Zittau Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–50
- Schedules at
- trilex - Die Länderbahn GmbH DLB
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Flughafen BER to Dresden Bahnhof Neustadt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 28m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +48 76 742 11 12
- [email protected]
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
Train from Wroclaw Muchobor to Zgorzelec
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Koleje Dolnośląskie
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Zittau station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 777 300 214
- [email protected]
- Website
- dmd-ticket.eu
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Liberec,aut.nádr.
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Schedules at
- dmd-ticket.eu
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Cerny Most Bus Station to Liberec Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Cerny Most Bus Station to Liberec Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–10
- Website
- RegioJet
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Booking & Getting There
Budapest to Zittau bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zittau station.
Budapest to Zittau train services, operated by Railjet, arrive at Kolin station.
Yes, the driving distance between Budapest to Zittau is 597 km. It takes approximately 6h 29m to drive from Budapest to Zittau.
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