Hungary or Czechia?
The practical differences, drawn from our own write-ups rather than from a brochure. We are not going to tell you which is better - they are different trips. What follows is what actually changes between them.
Places written up here 167 349
UNESCO listings among them 14 25
Cost level Mid-range Mid-range
Busiest month in our write-ups May June
Currency Forint (HUF) Czech koruna (CZK)
Plugs and voltage C, F - 230 V C, E - 230 V
Everyday languages Hungarian Czech
Driving side right hand side right hand side
Region Central Europe Central Europe
Capital Budapest Prague
Hungary
Thermal baths are the living rooms of Budapest; formality softens with a greeting.
What we have written up
- Abaliget Cave cave
- Aggtelek Karst Caves cave
- Aquincum archaeological site
- Badacsony Hill mountain
- Baja town
- Balaton Uplands National Park national park
Worth knowing before you go
- Tipping is 10-15%; some restaurants already add a service charge - check the bill
- Cards work almost everywhere now
- The thermal baths differ - Szechenyi is grand and busy, Rudas is Ottoman and atmospheric
Czechia
Dry humour, beer as a food group, and a certain deadpan reserve that melts with a greeting.
What we have written up
- Aqualand Moravia water park
- Bata Canal canal
- Becherovka drink
- Bechyne town
- Becov nad Teplou castle
- Beskydy mountains
Worth knowing before you go
- Tipping is about 10%, said when paying
- Beer is often cheaper than water in restaurants - and excellent
- Trains and buses are cheap; Regiojet buses are comfortable and bookable
Counts describe this site, not the countries: "places written up here" means how many pages we have finished, and it keeps growing. Currency, plugs and languages are practical facts and change rarely; check anything visa-related with the relevant official source before you book.