# Western Transdanubia

Western Transdanubia (Hungarian: Nyugat-Dunántúl) is a region in western Hungary.

## Regions

* Győr-Moson-Sopron
* Vas
* Zala

## Cities

* 47.68416717.6344441 Győr – there are many cafés, restaurants, boutiques, and night clubs in its lovely baroque city center, center of Győr–Moson–Sopron County
* 47.0109616.605962 Körmend
* 47.38166716.5519443 Kőszeg – a historic town on the Austrian border
* 47.86666717.2666674 Mosonmagyaróvár – a thermal spa and dentistry town
* 46.45583316.99755 Nagykanizsa
* 47.25388916.9352786 Sárvár
* 47.68333316.5833337 Sopron – a bilingual town on the Austrian border
* 47.23333316.6333338 Szombathely – former Roman colony, center of Vas County
* 46.83916716.8511119 Zalaegerszeg – center of Zala County

## Other destinations

* 47.7516.751 Fertő-Hanság National Park – Fertő Lake a cultural landscape on the UNESCO World Heritage List
* Írottkő Nature Park
* 46.86666716.4166672 Őrségi National Park

## Get in
### Austria
#### By train

Northern Transdanubia (Budapest-Tatabánya-Győr-Mosonmagyaróvár rail line) directly connected with Vienna (eight per day, 'SparSchiene' ticket from €13 (one way), 2014). Special ticket prices for direct trains toward west to Salzburg (eight per day), and Innsbruck (twice a day, RW ticket from €89 ). EURegio Spezial tickets arw valid for daily one return trip, from Monday to next Monday 09:00 any train (on the given routes). Győr-Vienna-Győr: €49.
From Sopron, Szentgotthárd], and Szombathely, trains depart to east and south Austrian destinations (Vienna, Graz (return from €39), Klagenfurt, Villach, Wiener Neustadt).
From Pécs via Nagykanizsa trains to Vienna

#### By bus

From Kőszeg bus depart to Oberpullendorf in Burgenland (weekly, 20 min) by Vasi Volán company. From Győr also every two hours there is a bus to Vienna.

### Germany
#### By train

Northern Transdanubia, (Budapest-Tatabánya-Győr-Mosonmagyaróvár rail line,) directly connected with Munich (five per day, one of night train, one-way ticket from €29, 2014), and from Frankfurt (6 hours), via Stuttgart 'railjet' trains (weekly two, from €49, 2014) or daily more with change at Vienna.

#### By bus

Some bus lines pass this region: see on the homepage of Volánbusz, which is the national bus company and also the local Eurolines representation.Orangeways$^{[deadlink]}$ bus company, T.:+36 30 830-9696, offers cheap tickets between Győr and Berlin, Cologne, Dresden, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich.

### Slovenia, Croatia
#### By train

* From Nagykanizsa train departs to Zagreb in Croatia (daily, 3 hours)
* Take 'Citadella' InterCity express, IC 246/247, stop at Székesfehérvár, Veszprém, Zalaegerszeg to Murska Sobota, (Slovenia), Ptuj, (Slovenia) , Maribor (Slovenia)
* 'Istria express', 1246/1247 take it at Székesfehérvár or Veszprém or Zalaegerszeg to Ljubljana (Slovenia) and Koper (Slovenia)

#### By bus

From Pécs via Mohács to Osijek twice a week, 2 hours by Pannon Volán $^{[formerlydeadlink]}$ .

### Slovakia and Czech Republic

From Győr start buses to Bratislava in Slovakia with Cseh-busz one way/return Ft 3000/5000, three per day, 1 hour and Praha in Czech Republic (one way/return Ft 6000/11000 three per day, 5½ hour, <2014>) See Volan$^{[deadlink]}$ bus company site.

### Switzerland

There is a direct train connection between Győr and Zurich (twice a day).

## Do

* 46.866716.36661 Őrség National Park (Őrség Nemzeti Park) (southwestern part of Vas County). Folk architecture, arboretums, castle garden, etc.

## Go next

* Central Transdanubia
* Lake Balaton
* Southern Transdanubia