Bus tours to Hungary from Uzhhorod: how it works
Tours to Hungary from Zakarpattia are 2-3 day itineraries that begin early in the morning in Uzhhorod and end there too. Uzhhorod stands 25 kilometres from the EU border crossing, which is why bus tours to Hungary are best started here: Budapest is about 5 hours 30 minutes away, and the group is in the city by lunchtime on day one. From central Ukraine the same destination costs an extra day just to reach the border.
Where the bus tours to Hungary from Uzhhorod and Mukachevo go. Budapest for the weekend - two days, both banks of the Danube, from UAH 8,000. Budapest and Vienna in three days - two capitals in one trip, from UAH 12,900. Eger and Hajdúszoboszló - the fortress, the Valley of the Beautiful Women and the Hungarospa thermal complex, from UAH 7,600. The thermal trio - Hajdúszoboszló, Debrecen and Nyíregyháza in three days, from UAH 10,200. There is also a separate three-day corporate format with the Tokaj cellars, Lillafüred and Miskolc.
If you only have one day. One-day tours to Hungary leave Uzhhorod and return the same evening: Budapest, Debrecen, Eger with a wine tasting, Miskolc with the cave baths of Miskolctapolca, Hajdúszoboszló, Nyíregyháza - and in December the Christmas market in Budapest. Prices start from UAH 2,500 per person.
No overnight drives. This is the main difference between these tours and cheaper coach programmes: every night is spent in a 3-4* hotel with breakfast, and transfers happen during the day. You do not spend a night sitting in a coach seat, and you do not lose the first day of the tour catching up on sleep. It is the closeness of the border that makes such a schedule possible on the Hungarian route.
Two pick-up points. The main one is Uzhhorod, Koriatovych Square. On every Hungarian tour you can join in Mukachevo: it adds 45-50 minutes to the schedule and carries no separate transfer fee. That is what makes bus tours to Hungary from Uzhhorod and Mukachevo convenient for people living in the eastern part of Zakarpattia as well.
What the tour price includes. Transport along the whole route, a Pro Karpaty group leader, a hotel with breakfast on the multi-day tours and €30,000 medical insurance. Entrance fees and optional extras are paid separately - an estimated budget is given on each tour page so that the full cost can be worked out in advance rather than on the spot. A valid biometric foreign passport is required to cross the border.
Tours to Hungary of 2 and 3 days. The two-day format means Budapest for the weekend or Eger with Hajdúszoboszló: departure on Saturday morning, a full day on site, a night in a hotel and a return on Sunday. The three-day format gives more: Budapest together with Vienna in a single trip, a thermal trio of three resorts, or the corporate route with the Tokaj cellars. On the three-day tours both nights are in the same hotel, so nothing needs repacking.
Booking and cancellation. You send an enquiry from the tour page, the manager confirms the date, and the manager tells you the prepayment; the balance is due before departure. Cancellation terms follow the Booking Rules: more than 2 days before the start, 10% of the price is retained; less than 2 days, 50%. Pro Karpaty has been organising tours since 2008 under tour operator licence AE No. 185601 of 06.12.2012.