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To reach Liszt Ferenc Airport from the city center, you can either take a taxi, train or metro or rent a car.

Taxi

The fastest option you can use to get to Liszt Ferenc Airport from the city center is to take a taxi. You can go to the airport in a short time by taxi which you can find every day of the week and every hour of the day from many points of the city.

Train

Trains are one of the economical means of transportation to arrive the airport from the city center. You can easily get to the airport with the trains you can take from the train station in the city center. You can reach your plane if you get off the train at the station which is very close to the airport's Terminal 2 building.

Metro

Using the metro, one of the underground transport options, may be an economical choice for you. You can travel between the city and the airport from 4 am to 11 am with the metro you can get from the city center station.

Car Rental

Another transportation option you might prefer is car rental. To go to Liszt Ferenc Airport you can rent cars from the car rental offices in the city center. Among the car rental companies you can choose from are Avis, Europcar, Hertz and Sixt.

Airport Information

Liszt Ferenc Airport located in Budapest, Hungary's capital city, serves both domestic and international flights. The airport, which is the largest of the four airports of the country, is 22 kilometers from the city center. Internet service, meeting and conference rooms, smoking room, mobile rental desk, terrace, lounge, exchange offices can be found at the airport which is equipped with the latest technology.

Besides these, you can shop at the stores like Watch Corner, Budapest & Music, Freywille, Gift Point, Gratie Beauty Salon, Guess-Calvin Klein, Rock Shop, Heinemann Duty Free, Herend, Hugo Boss, Hungaricum Wine & Fine Food, Jose Eber Hairstyling Salon , Longchamp, Michal Negrin, Memories of Hungary, Playersroom, Relay, Spar, Swarovski and Vodafone.

Among the places where you can eat are Bar Wings, Burger King, Caffe Rizatta, Camden Food Co, Costa Coffee, Dr Juice, Food for Flight Kiosk, Flocafe, Gundel, Hippopotamus, KFC, Kouzina, Leroy, Negroni, Ne'o, Panopolis, Seasons, The Terrace, Upper Crust and Yum Cha.

The capital of Greece, Athens, is one of the cities that informs much of today with its history and culture, and for this reason attracts millions of tourists from all over the world. Over 15 million visitors pass through the only airport of Athens, Elefterios Venizelos International Airport. It’s possible to reach Athens centre, located 20 km away from the airport by metro, train, taxi, rental car, and bus. 

Bus

Elefterios Venizelos International Airport is one of the airports with the most convenient methods of reaching the city centre. You can reach the central locations of Sintagma Square, Athena Academy, and Agios Fanourious by taking the X95 from the bus stops located in front of the airport administration building. The journey to the city centre should take around an hour. Once you are at the 16th stop, Evangelismos Hospital, you can take either walk, or take the 732 bus for three stops, to reach Sintagma Square.

You can also reach various areas in Athens from the airport by taking buses 54, 608, 622, 732, and 815.

Train – Metro

There’s been a recent switch in Athens from Greek to Latin alphabet for station names, however the Latin alphabet is not yet used everywhere. This is why it’s probably a good idea to keep an idea of how many stops you need to go when using public transport. You should pay attention to this detail is you take the train from Venizelos Airport to the centre.

The M3 line goes all the way to Sintagma from the airport. Sintagma is the 15th stop. Once you’ve reached Sintagma Square, the home of the Greek Parliament, then you can reach Omonia, another important centre, in just 3 stops by taking the metro. There is also a train line going directly to Port Pire from the airport.

Taxi

It’s possible to reach everywhere in the city by taking a taxi from the airport, however the fixed fare is only applied to Sintagma, Monastiraki, and Omonia. The good conversation of Athenian taxi drivers can be an additional bonus.

Car Rental

You can explore the various areas of Athens and Greece by renting a car at Venizelos Airport. The airport does offer its own car rental service alongside the many car rental agencies. Once you’ve rented your car you should travel 9km along the A64 and then join up with the Attiki highway. This will take you directly to centre of Athens.