Western Transdanubia

Western Transdanubia (Hungarian: Nyugat-Dunántúl) is a region in western Hungary.

Regions

Győr-Moson-Sopron

Vas

Zala

Cities

• 1 Győr – there are many cafés, restaurants, boutiques, and night clubs in its lovely baroque city center, center of Győr–Moson–Sopron County
• 2 Körmend
• 3 Kőszeg – a historic town on the Austrian border
• 4 Mosonmagyaróvár – a thermal spa and dentistry town
• 5 Nagykanizsa
• 6 Sárvár
• 7 Sopron – a bilingual town on the Austrian border
• 8 Szombathely – former Roman colony, center of Vas County
• 9 Zalaegerszeg – center of Zala County

Other destinations

Fertő Lake, part of the UNESCO World Heritage List

• 1 Fertő-Hanság National Park – Fertő Lake a cultural landscape on the UNESCO World Heritage List
• Írottkő Nature Park
• 2 Őrségi National Park

Get in

Austria

By train

Northern Transdanubia (Budapest-Tatabánya-Győr-Mosonmagyaróvár rail line) directly connected with Vienna (eight per day, 'SparSchiene' ticket from €13 (one way), 2014). Special ticket prices for direct trains toward west to Salzburg (eight per day), and Innsbruck (twice a day, RW ticket from €89 ). EURegio Spezial tickets arw valid for daily one return trip, from Monday to next Monday 09:00 any train (on the given routes). Győr-Vienna-Győr: €49.

From Sopron, Szentgotthárd], and Szombathely, trains depart to east and south Austrian destinations (Vienna, Graz (return from €39), Klagenfurt, Villach, Wiener Neustadt).

From Pécs via Nagykanizsa trains to Vienna

By bus

From Kőszeg bus depart to Oberpullendorf in Burgenland (weekly, 20 min) by Vasi Volán company. From Győr also every two hours there is a bus to Vienna.

Germany

By train

Northern Transdanubia, (Budapest-Tatabánya-Győr-Mosonmagyaróvár rail line,) directly connected with Munich (five per day, one of night train, one-way ticket from €29, 2014), and from Frankfurt (6 hours), via Stuttgart 'railjet' trains (weekly two, from €49, 2014) or daily more with change at Vienna.

By bus

Some bus lines pass this region: see on the homepage of Volánbusz, which is the national bus company and also the local Eurolines representation.Orangeways bus company, T.:+36 30 830-9696, offers cheap tickets between Győr and Berlin, Cologne, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich.

Slovenia, Croatia

By train

• From Nagykanizsa train departs to Zagreb in Croatia (daily, 3 hours)
• Take 'Citadella' InterCity express, IC 246/247, stop at Székesfehérvár, Veszprém, Zalaegerszeg to Murska Sobota, (Slovenia), Ptuj, (Slovenia) , Maribor (Slovenia)
• 'Istria express', 1246/1247 take it at Székesfehérvár or Veszprém or Zalaegerszeg to Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Koper (Slovenia)

By bus

From Pécs via Mohács to Osijek twice a week, 2 hours by Pannon Volán .

Slovakia and Czech Republic

From Győr start buses to Bratislava in Slovakia with Cseh-busz one way/return Ft 3000/5000, three per day, 1 hour and Praha in Czech Republic (one way/return Ft 6000/11000 three per day, 5½ hour, <2014>) See Volan bus company site.

Switzerland

There is a direct train connection between Győr and Zurich (twice a day).

Do

• 1 Őrség National Park (Őrség Nemzeti Park) (southwestern part of Vas County). Folk architecture, arboretums, castle garden, etc. 

Go next

• Central Transdanubia
• Lake Balaton
• Southern Transdanubia