There are 7 ways to get from Budapest to Galway by plane, bus, car, car ferry, or train
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Fly to Shannon Airport, bus
best- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Shannon Airport (SNN)plane BUD - SNN
- Take the bus from Shannon Airport to Galway Ceanntbus
8h 21m€87–364Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Budapest-Kelenföld to Rădăuţibus
- Take the bus from Rădăuți to Dublinbus
- Take the bus from Crampton Quay to Galway Coach Stnbus 761 / ...
2d 18h€74–256Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Budapest to Dunkirkcar
- Take the carferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbourcarferry
- Drive from Rosslare Harbour to Galwaycar
41h 27m€719–1,161Fly to Ireland West Airport Knock, bus
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Ireland West Airport Knock (NOC)plane BUD - NOC
- Take the bus from Ireland W Airport to Galway Ceanntbus
10h 15m€87–244Fly to Dublin Airport, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Dublin Airport (DUB)plane BUD - DUB
- Take the train from Dublin Heuston to Galwaytrain
9h 30m€80–229Fly to Cork Airport, bus
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Cork Airport (ORK)plane BUD - ORK
- Take the bus from Cork Airport to Galway Ceanntbus
11h 55m€85–319Fly to Kerry Airport, bus, train
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Kerry Airport (KIR)plane BUD - KIR
- Take the bus from Kerry Airport to Limerick Colbertbus
- Take the train from Limerick to Galwaytrain
13h 1m€118–330
Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Shannon Airport (SNN) flights
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Galway is to fly and bus which costs €85 - €370 and takes 8h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Galway is to fly and bus which takes 8h 21m and costs €85 - €370.
No, there is no direct bus from Budapest to Galway. However, there are services departing from Budapest-Kelenföld and arriving at Galway Coach Stn via Rădăuți, Navan Rd Stn and Crampton Quay. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 2 days 18h.
The distance between Budapest and Galway is 2188 km.
The best way to get from Budapest to Galway without a car is to bus which takes 2 days 18h and costs €70 - €260.
It takes approximately 8h 21m to get from Budapest to Galway, including transfers.
Budapest to Galway bus services, operated by Trans Nicolaescu, depart from Budapest-Kelenföld station.
Budapest to Galway bus services, operated by Trans Nicolaescu, arrive at Rădăuţi station.
Galway is 1h behind Budapest. It is currently 02:59 in Budapest and 01:59 in Galway.
There are 546+ hotels available in Galway.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Galway, Ireland?
You can take a bus from Budapest-Kelenföld to Galway Coach Stn via Rădăuţi, Rădăuți, Dublin, Navan Rd Stn, Bachelors Walk, and Crampton Quay in around 2d 18h.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Shannon Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Shannon Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Saturday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Bristol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Friday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–300
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via East Midlands
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Ireland West Airport Knock via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Dublin Airport via Liverpool
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Cork Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Sunday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Kerry Airport via Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Sunday, and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €40–290
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Kerry Airport via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Kerry Airport via Manchester
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–290
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Kerry Airport via London Luton
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–170
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Kerry Airport via Alicante–Elche
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Shannon Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Dublin Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–260
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Cork Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Cork Airport via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–450
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Dublin Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–160
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Cork Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–450
- Phone
- 0818 294 015
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
Train from Dublin Heuston to Galway
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 36m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €18–25
Train from Limerick to Galway
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 56m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–16
- Website
- Iarnród Éireann (Irish Rail)
- Flexible
- €11–16
- Phone
- 0818 15 15 15
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Shannon Airport to Galway Ceannt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Ireland W Airport to Galway Ceannt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
Bus from Kerry Airport to Limerick Colbert
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–22
- Website
- Expressway (Bus Éireann)
- Phone
- 0745 638 910
- transnicolaescu@yahoo.com
- Website
- transnicolaescu.ro
Bus from Budapest-Kelenföld to Rădăuţi
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €12
- Schedules at
- transnicolaescu.ro
- Phone
- +40 230 560 555
- tarsin_irlanda@yahoo.com
- Website
- tarsin.ro
Bus from Rădăuți to Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 47h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €29–200
- Schedules at
- tarsin.ro
- Phone
- +353 91 564 164
- info@citylink.ie
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Crampton Quay to Galway Coach Stn
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- Citylink
Bus from Cork Airport to Galway Ceannt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–27
- Website
- Citylink
- Phone
- +44 344 848 6090
- travel.sales@dfds.com
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
Car ferry from Dunkirk to Rosslare Harbour
- Ave. Duration
- 24h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €440–750
- Website
- DFDS Seaways
- Family (4 persons + car)
- €450
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