How to get to Won Kwang Sa

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How to get to the location

By car

From Budapest

  • Drive north on road 11
  • Turn left at the 59 km sign
  • Pass Lake Kerek on your left, continue on the dirt road
  • Follow the red trail and/or use the map to find the rest of your way

From Esztergom

  • Go east towards Budapest/ Pilismarót
  • Turn right at the first corner, about 800m after the MOL petrol station
  • Turn left at the next T intersection
  • Follow Kettőspince road and/or use the map to find the rest of your way.
By train

Trains bound to Esztergom leave every hour from Budapest-Nyugati station. Direct trains operate between 6 am – 8 pm on this line. As you arrive in Esztergom,

  • Catch bus #1 in front of the railway station and get off at "Pilismaróti vám" stop.
  • Take the first road on the right, find the small bridge
  • Follow Kettőspince road and/or use the map to find the rest of your way.

Alternative

  • Walk towards TESCO from the railway station
  • Continue on Galagonyás street
  • Climb the small hill
  • Keep left as you see an expanse of meadows
  • Pass the farm and the sheds
  • Make a left at the bottom of the valley
  • Straight on till you reach Won Kwang Sa!
By bus

There are two bus lines from Budapest to Esztergom. Both leave from Árpád-híd bus station, accessible via the M3 (blue) subway. The Dorog line takes 20 min longer.

Visegrád line

  • Get off at "Búbánatvölgy"
  • Walk back 200 meters
  • Turn right at the 59 km sign
  • Pass Lake Kerek on your left, continue on the dirt road
  • Follow the red trail and/or use the map to find the rest of your way.

Dorog line

  • Get off at the terminus/last stop
  • Catch bus #6 or #7 in front of the bus station and get off at "Pilismaróti vám" stop.
  • Take the first road on the right, find the small bridge
  • Follow Kettőspince road and/or use the map to find the rest of your way.