Tourinform Office
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Help is always at hand for visitors to Budapest at a friendly office just half a minute's walk from the junction of the three underground lines, the Tourinform office: 317-9800.. | |
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Basic Setup of the City |
Now let's lay out a map in front of us and try to keep the structure of the city in mind. It is very rare that a city has two parts that are so different from one another... | |
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Viewpoints |
The most famous viewpoints, Castle Hill and GellÉrt Hill, are included in our first and third walks. Some more places worth visiting are... | |
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Maps |
In hotels and travel agencies you are given a miniature one-page map - a highly unsatisfactory one. The ideal solution depends on your aims and status... | |
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Public Transport |
As most Budapest residents travel with a monthly card, they do not really understand the recent changes in the fare structure, which attempted to cater more efficiently for the needs of internal travellers and tourists, and old people over 70 (the latter travel free of charge)... | |
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Taxi |
As with everything in Budapest, there are far-reaching changes on the taxi-front as well. As opposed to the grim situation of some years back, nowadays you can get a taxi at any time and in almost every part of the city within minutes... | |
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Cars |
| Cars are more than seven years old on average. Pollution is somewhat less than before, since more and more cars run with a catalytic converter, but still the air can be heavy... | |
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The Budapest Card |
s also something worth remembering, a sort of two or three-day, general, non-transferable pass offering free travel on public transport, free entry to 55 museums ... | |