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Promotional offers from
British Airways frequently
stipulate that journeys include
a Saturday night, and will often
include stays at top hotels in
the city centre. These kinds of
deals are more plentiful during
the low season, between
September and March.
There are also specialist tour
operators, such as Leisure To
Taste, which offer reasonably
priced, all-inclusive itineraries
and special-interest holidays.
If you are booking accom-
modation separately from
your flights, look at travel
websites such as Hotel Room
Finder (hotelroomfinder.co.uk), Airport taxi (FőTaxi) at the Budapest Airport
which searches more than
15 databases for the best The drive into the centre is DIRECTORY
hotel, deals. It also has special usually fairly brisk and a plea-
deals in Budapest and all sant introduction to the city. Airport and Airlines
over Hungary. A cheaper option is the Air France
Airport Minibus Shuttle. For Tel (06 1) 483 88 00.
around 3,200 forints (5,500 ∑ airfrance.com
forints return) the shuttle takes
passengers from both terminals British Airways
Centre for Budapest Transport (BKK) to any address in the city centre Tel (06 1) 777 47 47.
(prices are lower if booked on ∑ britishairways.com
the Internet). Minibuses have Budapest Airport
wheelchair access and can pick Tel (06 1) 296 96 96 (general
up returning passengers – they information).
Airport taxi company logo advise calling 24 hours before Tel (06 1) 296 70 00 (flight
departure to book. information).
Getting to the Centre
Terminal 1 is currently closed, Easyjet
Bus No. 200E runs from Budapest but may reopen in 2017. The ∑ easyjet.com
Airport Terminals 2A and 2B to cheapest and quickest way
Kőbánya-Kispest metro station. to get into the city centre Jet2.com
Tickets cost 350 forints if bought from Terminal 1 is to catch the Tel 44 203 059 8336.
at BKK Customer Service Points main line train to Nyugati railway ∑ jet2.com
in the term inals or 450 forints on station. You will need to walk Wizz Air
the bus. From Kőbánya-Kispest 300 m with your luggage from Tel 06 90 181 181.
station, take the blue M3 metro Terminal 1 to Ferihegy station, ∑ wizzair.com
line into the centre (350 forints). but the fare is reasonable at
The airport taxi, FőTaxi, 300 forints. The trains run as Tour Operator
charges 6,000–8,000 forints, often as three times an hour,
depending on which zone in but only once an hour between Leisure To Taste
Ribáry utca 1, 1022 Budapest.
Budapest you are travelling to. midnight and 6am.
Tel 0800 686 0619 (UK); +36 1
336 1917 (Hungary).
∑ leisuretotaste.com
Airport Minibus
Airport Minibus Shuttle
Tel (06 1) 296 85 55.
∑ airportshuttle.hu
(Phone booking 6am–10pm
daily.)
Airport Taxi
FőTaxi
Tel (06 1) 222 22 22.
Aircraft at Budapest Airport

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