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Summary: Travel by train from Prague to Budapest by logging on to the Internet to purchase a rail pass for the seven-hour journey. Explore Budapest and the beautiful Eastern European capital city of Hungary with tips from an experienced travel guide in this free video on travel.
Sarah Sathmari is an experienced travel guide based in Hungary, Europe. She currently works for the company Yellow Zebra/Absolute tours. Sathmari is also organizing incentive tours for...read more
"Traveling from Prague to Budapest, is a really good idea, especially when you use the train. The best way to get to Budapest, because on your way, you can learn a little bit about the capital of Hungary, which is a beautiful Eastern European capital.You shouldn't miss that, so if you're trekking around Eastern Europe, the first city you should really see, amongst the many, is Budapest. The easiest thing, is that you check the Rail Europe website out, before booking your train travel, to anywhere, mostly. We're talking about how to Budapest, so the other easy way, is to call the Rail Europe, itself. They will give you the necessary information. The best thing you can do, on your way from Prague to Budapest, is that you sleep the whole way through. Actually, and in the end, you can arrive at Budapest, relaxed and calm,the wonderful capital of Hungary, so just take a pillow with you, or a book, if you're not able to sleep on the train, but it will be a very nice comfortable ride, from Prague to Budapest. When traveling from Prague to Budapest, it's a really nice train trip. The first thing you have to know about it, is that it takes around seven hours, to get to Budapest, the beautiful capital of Hungary, and on your way, you will see that there is a nice, adequate second class service on the train, but of course, it's always necessary to take the toiletry with you, like for example, tissues, and stuff like those, so anything can happen on your way, and the other thing, which you have to really keep in mind, that you always need to take your tickets and your passports. You have to prepare them, because many times, they will check it on your way, and this is not only in case of Budapest or Prague, but for whole Eastern Europe. Don't forget about the double check, before you get on your train, and you're heading off to Budapest. Maybe in the end you find yourself, for example in Berlin, so that's why it's so important always, to watch the signs, watch the times, and watch the platform numbers, and the last thing I'd like to mention, is about the ride itself, to Budapest, because the trains between Prague and Budapest, tend to be either very hot, or very cold, so it's a very wise thing to take a sweater with you , or a jumper, so that you can put it on, if you're freezing. Maybe a pillow on your way can work as well at the same time, because it will be a seven hours trip."
eHow Article: How to Book Train Travel From Prague to Budapest