There are 7 ways to get from Salzburg to Karlovy Vary by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbftrain 90 / ...
- Take the train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbftrain 29 / ...
- Take the train from Nürnberg Hbf to Marktredwitztrain
- Take the train from Cheb to Karlovy Varytrain Re / ...
6h 36mKč 1,641–7,308Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Salzburg South to Marktredwitz stationbus 1304A
- Take the bus from Marktredwitz station to Karlovy Varybus 068
9h 16mKč 997–1,595Drive 327.9 km
- Drive from Salzburg to Karlovy Varycar 327.9 km
4h 40mKč 1,339–1,934Train to Munich International Airport, fly, bus
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Osttrain
- Fly from Munich International Airport (MUC) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane MUC - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague Airport Terminal 1/2 to Karlovy Vary Trznice Bus Stationbus
6h 56mKč 3,313–7,242Train via České Budějovice
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbftrain Rjx / ...
- Take the train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Ceske Budejovicetrain Ec
- Take the train from Ceske Budejovice to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazitrain Re / ...
- Take the train from Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi to Karlovy Varytrain Sc
9h 16mKč 1,356–2,723Train #2
- Take the train from Freilassing to Mühldorftrain
- Take the train from Mühldorf to Landshuttrain
- Take the train from Landshut(Bay)Hbf to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazitrain Re
- Take the train from Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi to Karlovy Varytrain Sc
10h 18mKč 2,107–4,771Fly from Salzburg Airport, bus
- Fly from Salzburg Airport (SZG) to Václav Havel Airport Prague (PRG)plane SZG - PRG
- Take the bus from Prague Airport Terminal 1/2 to Karlovy Vary Trznice Bus Stationbus
8h 9mKč 3,735–9,441
Salzburg to Karlovy Vary by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Salzburg to Karlovy Vary is to bus which costs 950 Kč - 1 600 Kč and takes 9h 16m.
The fastest way to get from Salzburg to Karlovy Vary is to drive which takes 4h 40m and costs 1 300 Kč - 2 000 Kč.
No, there is no direct bus from Salzburg to Karlovy Vary. However, there are services departing from Salzburg Rathaus and arriving at Karlovy Vary via Salzburg South and Marktredwitz station. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 9h 16m.
No, there is no direct train from Salzburg to Karlovy Vary. However, there are services departing from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Karlovy Vary via München Hbf, Nürnberg Hbf, Marktredwitz and Cheb. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 36m.
The distance between Salzburg and Karlovy Vary is 518 km. The road distance is 327.9 km.
The best way to get from Salzburg to Karlovy Vary without a car is to train which takes 6h 36m and costs 1 600 Kč - 7 500 Kč.
It takes approximately 6h 36m to get from Salzburg to Karlovy Vary, including transfers.
Salzburg to Karlovy Vary bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Salzburg South station.
Salzburg to Karlovy Vary train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof station.
The best way to get from Salzburg to Karlovy Vary is to train which takes 6h 36m and costs 1 600 Kč - 7 500 Kč. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs 950 Kč - 1 600 Kč and takes 9h 16m.
What companies run services between Salzburg, Austria and Karlovy Vary, Czechia?
You can take a train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to Karlovy Vary via München Hbf, Nürnberg Hbf, Marktredwitz, and Cheb in around 6h 36m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Salzburg Rathaus to Karlovy Vary via Salzburg Alpensiedlung P+R, Salzburg South, and Marktredwitz station in around 9h 16m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Munich International Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,000–7,000
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- Kč 3,500–13,000
- Website
- flysas.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Copenhagen
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,700–11,000
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- Kč 2,200–12,000
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Salzburg Airport to Václav Havel Airport Prague via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- Kč 4,600–8,500
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 650–1,400
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 750–1,600
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 650–1,300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 30 200 73-0
- kommunikation@transdev.de
- Website
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 650–950
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 600–900
- Schedules at
- Transdev GmbH
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 170–200
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- *
- Kč 600–950
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- *
- Kč 600–900
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbf
- *
- Kč 550–850
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Kč 550–900
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 470–750
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Ceske Budejovice
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 470–750
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- service@westbahn.at
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 700–1,200
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 700–1,200
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 600–1,000
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +48 22 322 22 22
- sekretariat@intercity.pl
- Website
- PKP Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- Kč 390–750
- Website
- PKP Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 380–700
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 320–600
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Salzburg Hauptbahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 283
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Cheb to Karlovy Vary
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- Kč 98
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Ceske Budejovice to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 262
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi to Karlovy Vary
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 300
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
Train from Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi to Karlovy Vary
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 7m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 300
- Website
- Czech Railways (ČD)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from München Hbf to Nürnberg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 49m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 650–3,100
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Nürnberg Hbf to Marktredwitz
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 500–2,300
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Freilassing to Mühldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 56 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 260–1,200
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Mühldorf to Landshut
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 220–1,000
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +32 70 79 79 79
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Muenchen Ost
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 600–1,000
- Website
- Belgian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 500–850
- Website
- Belgian Railways
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Linz/Donau Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 600–1,100
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Linz/Donau Hbf to Ceske Budejovice
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- Kč 600–1,100
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- 0 89 54 888 97 - 25
- info@laenderbahn.com
- Website
- Die Länderbahn
Train from Landshut(Bay)Hbf to Plzen Hlavni Nadrazi
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 18m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 1,300–2,200
- Schedules at
- Die Länderbahn
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Salzburg South to Marktredwitz station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 800–1,300
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Marktredwitz station to Karlovy Vary
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- Kč 140–220
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Prague Airport Terminal 1/2 to Karlovy Vary Trznice Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 230–360
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Prague Airport Terminal 1/2 to Karlovy Vary Trznice Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- Kč 230–360
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Airport Terminal 1/2 to Karlovy Vary Trznice Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 170–280
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Prague Airport Terminal 1/2 to Karlovy Vary Trznice Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- Kč 170–280
- Website
- RegioJet
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Salzburg to Karlovy Vary bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Marktredwitz station.
Salzburg to Karlovy Vary train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at München Hbf station.
Yes, the driving distance between Salzburg to Karlovy Vary is 328 km. It takes approximately 4h 40m to drive from Salzburg to Karlovy Vary.
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