Cheapest way to get to Kosice
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1.Take low cost flight to Budapest
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2.Book shuttle bus that will take you from Budapest airport to hotel in Kosice (door to door service). Book the shuttle in advance here - https://cassoviaexpres.sk/en/ or http://airtrans.sk/sk/
By air
You can fly to Košice from Bratislava, Vienna or Prague. Turkish Airlines is recently starting direct flights to Košice from Istanbul as of May 2016. Low-cost airline Wizzair is serving Košice from London Luton Airport, Doncaster/Sheffield and shortly from Bristol.
By Train
From Prague: 8h, EC Košičan; 9½h, 3 night trains a day. Night train with bunks (a 3 or 6 bunk choice) available for those in a rush.
Moreover there are many daytime connections with change at Zilina
From Bratislava: 6h, fast train every 2 hours; 5h, 3 IC trains a day; 7h, night train Poľana. Be aware that Horehronec train follows a different and slower path, via rural central Slovakia, and the journey lasts for 7½h. But it also offers fairly spectacular nature scenes especially at section between Brezno and Margecany.
From Budapest: 3½h, 2 IC trains a day
From Kiev: 21½h, one night train a day
There's no suitable train connection from Poland.
By Bus
Given the efficiency and value of the train system, you shouldn't need to use the bus system very much. Eurolines coaches come to here from numerous European cities, and bus is the the most efficient way of reaching the nearby town of Levoca
