Is there a good way to get from Levoča to Lviv?
Due to a change of plans, I'm now going to visit the Ukraine after I visit Slovakia.
Right now I'm looking at options for going from Levoča to Lviv. Rome2rio is not showing any good options. I'm hoping that this is a deficiency in the rome2rio site1 and not a lack of any really good transport options.
This is what I've found so far:
By Train (12 hr 22 min, with 3 hr 23 min transfer)
- Levoča to Spišská Nová Ves (16 min, hourly)
- Spišská Nová Ves to Košice (54 min, hourly)
- Košice to Čierna nad Tisou (1hr 41 min, hourly
- Čierna nad Tisou to Chop (37 min, 5x daily)
- Chop/Чоп to Lviv (5hr 31 min, 4x daily)
By Bus (12 hrs 4 min, 3 hr transfer)
- Levoča to Prešov (1 hr 19 min, 5x daily)
- Prešov to Uzhhorod/Ужгород (3 hr 40 min, 1x daily)
- Uzhhorod/Ужгород to Záhony/Захонь (22 min, 1x weekly - this is in Hungary?!)
- Záhony/Захонь to Lviv (3hr 43 min, 1x weekly)
The bus route is horrifying. At this point I've started thinking it may be better to go back into Poland to Rzeszów or Przemyśl and go from there.
Is there a simpler (eg no more than two transfers) way to get from Levoča to Lviv? I'd rather not go back into Poland, and I'd also rather not hitchhike.
1 I've run into other scenarios where rome2rio missed entire travel options because they don't have interfaces with particular bus companies, train operators, whatever.
Best Answer
Yes, there is in fact a daily direct train from Spišská Nová Ves to Lviv:
Itinerary found using the fantastic JizdniRady website.
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How do I get to Lviv?
If you travel to Lviv by rail from Western and Central Europe, the most convenient route will be to get to Polish cities of Warsaw or Krakow and then take a direct train to Lviv. You can also board a train that runs to Lviv several times a day in the Polish border city of Przemysl.How do I get from Poland to Lviv?
The best way to get from Poland to Lviv is to train which takes 8h 37m and costs 190 z\u0142 - 350 z\u0142. Alternatively, you can bus via Warszawa Zachodni, which costs 65 z\u0142 - 240 z\u0142 and takes 9h 11m.How far is Lviv from Polish border?
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Answer 2
The ???????? web site, which also has an English-language interface, has timetables and tickets for the Russian public transport system. A search for your route shows a bus that leave Levo?a at the Poprad-Tatry station, with a change of bus in Mukacheve, which takes 5 hours and 19 minutes to arrive in Lviv, at a cost of 11.98 EUR
Answer 3
I was going with pretty much the same itinerary in August, and my intention was essentially the opposite, I wanted to visit Poland on my way :-) What I can say is that pretty much any public transportation between Presov and Rzeszow is dead, I had to hitchhike on that part. That's why I think your idea of going through Uzhhorod instead makes sense.
There are several buses a day from Kosice to Uzhhorod. Going from Uzhhorod to Lviv is absolutely easy, no need to visit Zahony. Lots of trains and blablacars there. IMHO, to have some rest from the long trip it makes sense to sleep over in Uzhhorod, which is a nice town.
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