Esztergom in Hungary
Getting there
By car: From Budapest drive out in direction Buda north on the scenic road No. 11 (Szentendre-Visegrad-Esztergom) ca. 65 km or the shorter but less beautiful Budapest-Dorog-Esztergom road: No.10 ca. 45 km. From Slovakia: Bratislava-Komarno-Štúrovo E 575, than local road: no. 63 and cross the Danube river at Sturovo (border and custom). From Vienna: E60, E75 highway, in Hungary M1 till way out at Komárom (9 km), than local road :no.10 and no. 11 till Esztergom
By train: from Budapest: Budapest-Esztergom local train from Nyugati PU. (Western Railstation) about 45 km. InterCity/EuroCity fast trains departing from Kileti PU. For example, the IC 170 runs from Budapest to Berlin with a stop in Štúrovo, across the Danube from Esztergom.
By bus: Budapest-Dorog-Esztergom or Budapest-Visegrad-Esztergom local far-distance Volan bus line from Árpád Bridge Volan bus station in Pest. or HÉV suburb train from Buda Batthyány Square till end-station in Szentendre, than Volan bus line Szentendre-Visegrád-Esztergom.
By boat: Daily boat line MAHART from Budapest Vigadó Square at Pest.
Getting around
The train station is roughly a twenty minute walk from the town center and basilica. Buses #1 or #6 run directly to the town center. The bus station is in the town center, just a two minute walk away from the main square, but in 2008 it will be moved out of the downtown area to the southern part of Esztergom next to the Tesco hipermarket.
