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longer heading the other way.
The trip is fairly expensive:
tickets cost 40,000 forints (€125)
return for adults. The hydrofoil
arrives and departs in Budapest
from the jetty at Belgrád rakpart,
on the Pest side of the river,
halfway between Szabadság
and Erzsébet bridges.
DIRECTORY
Airports
The lofty ticket hall in the famous West Train Station, designed by Gustafe Eiffel, in Budapest Debrecen Airport
Tel (52) 52 11 92.
All three stations are on the Apart from petrol, motorists ∑ debrecenairport.com
Budapest metro system, and need to budget for road tolls,
just a couple of stops from overnight stops and motorway Ferenc Liszt International
the city centre. The buildings tax discs for Austria and Hungary. Tel (1) 296 70 00.
are grand from the outside Hungary has more than (flight information)
∑ bud.hu
but unwelcoming inside, and 100 road border crossings,
potentially dangerous for although in practice many Hévíz-Balaton Airport
lone travellers late at night. of these are unstaffed and Tel (83) 20 03 04.
not always open. The main (flight information)
and most frequently used ∑ hevizairport.com
Arrival by Coach
border crossing is Nickelsdorf/
Volán busz and Eurolines Coach Hegye shalom from Vienna; Airlines
Services travel to Buda pest Vienna also has the only direct Air Berlin
from 13 countries (including motor way link to Budapest. ∑ airberlin.com
Great Britain, Bel gium, France, Other major border points are British Airways
Germany and Austria). They at Schachendorf/Búcsú from ∑ ba.com
arrive at Népliget, Budapest’s Graz in Austria and Rusovce/
interna tional coach station, Rajka from Bratislava in Slovakia. easyJet
from where the M3 metro To drive in Hungary, a valid ∑ easyjet.com
line can be accessed. The driving licence with a photo or Ryanair
international routes are served an inter national driving licence ∑ ryanair.com
by luxury coaches with facilities and adequate insurance are
such as air conditioning. required (see also pp308–9). Wizzair
∑ wizzair.com
Low-cost airlines (all)
Arrival by Car Arrival by Ferry ∑ flycheapo.com
The driving distance from Perhaps the most exotic way to
London to Budapest, using arrive in Hungary is by boat, on Rail Travel
motorways, is 1,834 km the Danube: Mahart PassNave European Rail (Eurail)
(1,140 miles). The fastest route, operates daily hydro foil services Passes
via France, Brussels, Germany from Vienna to Budapest (Apr–Oct). ∑ raileurope.com
and Austria, would take about The downstream journey takes
17 hours if driving nonstop. 5 hours 20 minutes; it’s a little Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Andrássy út 35. Tel (1) 444 44 99.
∑ mav.hu
(general information)
∑ elvira.hu
(timetable)
Coach Travel
Eurolines
∑ eurolines.com
Ferries
Mahart PassNave
Belgrád rakpart, Budapest.
Tel (1) 484 40 00.
∑ mahartpassnave.hu
Luxury coaches serve international destinations

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