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Weekend city break in Europe: good airport links in to destinatiom

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boatyardblues · 28/04/2022 17:42

We are thinking of a short city break and are agnostic on destination so long as the flights and dates work. We want to keep costs down so want easy links from airport to the named city location. Which European airports are well-located or have good public transport into their city/named destination? Are there any we should avoid because they’re only tenuously located near their city or have awful links?

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VintageGibbon · 08/05/2022 13:45

Budapest airport is a short, cheap taxi ride from the centre of town.

Frazzled2207 · 08/05/2022 13:52

We had a lovely weekend in Nuremberg. Transport was amazing. Within 15 mins of landing we were on the ubahn which took another 15 minutes or so to get into the centre of town.
nice place. We flew on ryanair for pennies.

GoldenEclipse · 08/05/2022 13:53

Munich
Berlin
Paris
Naples

RubyFox · 08/05/2022 13:57

Pleased you're all sorted OP 🙂

We're just back from Nice. It's only 15 minutes from the airport to the city centre. Gorgeous sea views, great food and lovely trips out into the Provence countryside.

I'd highly recommend for a future trip

APurpleSquirrel · 08/05/2022 14:05

Venice - you can catch a local bus, or splash out on a water taxi.

Libertynan · 09/05/2022 09:43

HolyHiVisOfStEvenEdge · 30/04/2022 06:04

Lapad is fine, fairly quiet, mostly hotels (many beachside) with a few small shops. There is a frequent, reliable bus service which takes about 10 minutes into Dubrovnik. IIRC you can buy booklets of tickets for not too many kuna to cover a few bus journeys. Be aware that the return bus can be pretty busy depending on the time of day, standing room only for the first part of the journey. Dubrovnik is lovely, would happily go back.

I spent a week in the Lapad area with a friend a few years ago. We really enjoyed it as a relaxed girls week away. There were a few bars in the area - which we enjoyed, plus our hotel had a little entertainment. We did tend to spend a lot of time reading though and going to bed early. We wanted a restful break. The bus to Dubrovnik centre is cheap and frequent. We went in most days to wander around the shops, catch a boat to a small island (can't remember the name of it right now) , had dinner a couple of evenings.

Was a first time visit for me and I keep promising to take DH but we haven't yet got round to it.

Macuisle · 09/05/2022 10:52

Not Dublin as you asked for good transport links.
We waited for an hour for a taxi last week at Dublin airport. Our flight came in after midnight, baggage was on the carousel. before we got to the carousel - well done Ryanair. Then it got tough.
Went straight to the taxi rank and oh my ! The length of the queue. Sad
For an hour approximately.
I felt so sorry for people with small children and the elderly. Only plus was it didn't rain.
There were posters up from Transport Ireland stating they were doing so much ....blah blah blah.
There are no train / tube links from Dublin airport. There are buses going to different areas.
Rant over.

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