Balatonfüred

By plane

Fly Balaton airport on the Lake Balaton is accessible from Füred. It has operated as a public airport since 1991 and became the second international airport of the country on May 15, 2002 after Budapest Ferihegy International Airport. It frequently operates charter flights to Berlin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Leipzig and Düsseldorf in Germany, Billund and Copenhagen in Denmark, Amsterdam in The Netherlands and Moscow in Russia. Ryanair also operate flights from Düsseldorf-Weeze, Frankfurt-Hahn. Many flights are also available at Budapest Ferihegy Airport from destinations across the world.

Air companies:

Ryanair (http://www.ryanair.com)

Malév Airlines (http://www.malev.hu)

Lufthansa (http://www.lufthansa.com)

By train

Trains are one of the best ways to access Balatonfüred. If you are in Budapest, the Déli Railway Station on the Buda side is the main train station for the South with regular trains to the lake. This station can be accessed on the M2 metro line in Budapest and is the last stop on the line.Tickets are not expensive, coming in at around €14 return from Budapest for an adult.Hungarian Railways are, for the most part, reliable and on time.

By ship

There are many ferries that set sail from many ports along the lake, heading for Balatonfüred. Regular Ferries from Siófok, the main city on the southern shore, operate many times a day. The port is in the heart of the new town.