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Useful Tips
Please note
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Never hail a cab on the street! Call one of the following numbers to order one!
Tele 5 Taxi 5-555-555 www.tele5taxi.hu
Budapest Taxi 4-333-333 www.budapesttaxi.hu
City Taxi 2-111-111 www.citytaxi.hu
Főtaxi 2-222-222 www.fotaxi.hu
Mobil Taxi 333-2222 www.mobiltaxi.hu
Radio Taxi 7-777-777 www.radiotaxi.hu
Taxi 2000 2-000-000 www.taxi2000.hu -
Always purchase a ticket for public transportation prior to boarding, DO NOT get on without it!
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Do not exchange money on the street!
Budapest Card
Budapest Card is a discount card for tourists, valid for 48 or 72 hours, that offers plenty of discounts for visitors.
- Two free English-language walking sightseeing tours
- Free and unlimited use of all forms of public transport operated by BKV Rt (Budapest Transport Limited)
- Discount tickets to Budapest’s best museums
- Sightseeing tours with extra discounts
- Discounts for special sights and locations
- Discount tickets to Budapest’s medicinal baths
- Discount tickets to cultural and folklore programs
- Discount prices in restaurants and many other places
- Free travel insurance
- The card is valid for an adult and an accompanying child under the age of 14
Price: for 48 hours 6300 HUF (appr. $32) :: for 72 hours 7500 HUF (appr. $38)
Budapest Card can be purchased at over 250 locations throughout Budapest:
- in hotels
- at airports
- at major subway stations
- at tour inform offices
- at travel agencies
- abroad at major tour operators
Visit the best restaurant in town, see the most spectacular exhibitions and cultural monuments, relax in fine spas and get all these pleasure at great discounts – with the Budapest Card!
Pharmacies
Budapest's pharmacies (gyógyszertár in Hungarian) are well stocked and can provide medicaments for most common ailments. Each of the 23 districts has an all-night pharmacy open every day, a sign on the door of any pharmacy will help you locate the closest one.
Public Toilets
Relatively few public toilets exist in Budapest, locals and tourists alike use the restrooms in cafés and restaurants. Quite often a small fee of 80-100 HUF is paid to the attendant at the facilities.
Useful Phone Numbers
Emergency
112 (English, German and other foreign languages)
112 (English, German and other foreign languages)
Police
107 (English, German and other foreign languages)
107 (English, German and other foreign languages)
Ambulance
104 (English, German and other foreign languages)
104 (English, German and other foreign languages)
Fire Brigade
105 or 321-6216
105 or 321-6216
Phone Directory Hungary
198
198
Jegymester – Online Ticket Agency
The web store of the leading Hungarian online ticketing agency.
Tickets for opera, theater, concerts and festivals online or on the phone, using a credit card.
Payments via credit card.
You can receive your ticket at the cash-desk of the theatre or by mail.
No handling cost applied.