Day 5 - Approaching Csobanc 
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£550.00 (2008)
7 nights
(7 B&B)
Easy - Medium
6 - 8 hours
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Rambles through the Balaton Uplands
How to get there:

Fly to Balaton (Ba) or Budapest (Bu)

 

(All flights are subject to change at short notice - please check carefully before you book your holiday)

 

From:

 

Belfast Aer Lingus (Bu);

Bristol Ryanair (Bu);

Cork Malev Hungarian airlines (Bu);

Dublin Ryanair (Bu), Aer Lingus (Bu), Malev Hungarian airlines (Bu);

East Midlands Airport Ryanair (Bu);

Gatwick Easyjet (Bu);

Glasgow Ryanair (Bu);

Heathrow BA (Bu), Malev Hungarian airlines (Bu);

Liverpool Ryanair (Bu);

Luton BA (Bu), Easyjet (Bu), Malev Hungarian airlines (Bu), Wizzair (Bu);

Manchester Jet2 (Bu);

Stansted Air Berlin (Bu), Ryanair (Ba) 

 

Typical rail journey:

London: 17:40 Eurostar to Paris (N), walk 10 mins to Paris (E) for 21.47 sleeper to Munich, 09:28 to Budapest, arrive 16:32.  17:12 to Veszprém arrive 18:47. ~ 24 hrs

 

Keszthely: 15:07 to Celldömölk, 17:00 to Györ,  then sleeper to Zürich, 07.02 TGV to Paris (E), walk to Paris Nord, 13:01 Eurostar to London arrive 14:57. ~23 hrs

 

Getting to the start of the walk:

The first hotel is in Veszprém and the last in Keszthely. Best airport is Balaton-Sármellék, but Budapest-Ferihegy also possible.

 

Balaton-Sármellék:

Land by: 16:00 (no time limit if using taxi)

Outward: Bus (change Hévíz) 2 hrs (c. €10 pp)

 

OPTION: Pre booked shared taxi from Balaton-Sármellék airport to first hotel 1.5 hrs 

 

Return:  Keszthely to Balaton-Sármellék airport by airport bus approx. 40 mins (c. €4)

 

OPTION: Pre booked shared taxi from Keszthely hotel to Balaton-Sármellék airport c. 20 mins 

 

Return Flight earliest: 10:00 am

 

Budapest-Ferihegy:

 

Land By: 16:00

Outward:  Bus/train/taxi to Veszprém 4 hrs (c. €10)
 
OPTION: Pre booked shared taxi from Budapest-Ferihegy airport to first hotel 1.5 hrs 

 

Return: Keszthely to Budapest-Ferihegy by train c. 4 hrs (c. €15)

 

OPTION: Pre booked shared taxi from Keszthely hotel to Budapest or Budapest-Ferihegy airport 2.5 hrs

 

For pre-bookable taxi prices, see "Price includes"

 

Return Flight earliest:  15:00 (no time limit if using taxi)

 

Nearest Railway Stations:
Start:  Veszprém
Finish: Keszthely