PHOTOS: Travel to the Adriatic from Budapest by train

The Hungarian State Railways (MÁV) offers relatively cheap international train tickets between Budapest and Split touching Zagreb and with a connection to the Northern Croatian seashore with Rijeka (Fiume) and Pula (Póla) on the Istria peninsula.

According to the official website of MÁV, you can easily get to the astonishing islands of Brac and Hvar from Split. You can reach Zagreb easily with daytime direct trains. Furthermore, you can travel to Pélmonostor (Beli Manastir, East Croatia, close to the Serbian border) from Pécs and Villány by passenger trains.

Moreover, from 9 June until 23 September, you can travel by night trains to Split every Tuesday, Friday and Sunday. The return journey is on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. HERE you may find everything about those two Croatian railway possibilities. You can find the details about the one-way trip on the left side of the table. The right side of it contains data on the return journey. Would you like to check out the journey on a map? HERE is the official one.

The prices are relatively cheap. The ticket prices from Budapest to Zagreb begin from EUR 15 to Rijeka, Pula and Eszék from EUR 24, and Split from EUR 30. However, you only have to pay EUR 5 for kids (6-15). Children under 6 travel for free. Those prices are valid for 2nd class travel. For the 1st class, there will be additional fees. HERE you can buy your ticket.

There are special offers. For example, you can buy a cabin for 4-6 people for EUR 209. If you have a Start Klub card, you can buy tickets cheaper. Moreover, you can buy an Interrail ticket for Croatia for only EUR 62 (for adults), and EUR 54 (for people under 26).