BUDAPEST TRAVEL GUIDE FIREFLIES TRAVEL GUIDES BUDAPEST Budapest is one of the world’s most beautiful cities. Both historical turbulence and a plethora of influences can be seen in the amazing mix of architecture, cuisine and culture. Close to the west, it is a realistic destination for short weekend breaks. It is also the ideal place for honeymoons or romantic getaways; the city is small enough to walk most of the sights and completely safe. Although Many tourist attraction have fees, there is a lot to be seen and absorbed just walking the streets, parks, markets and the peaceful Buda Hills. DESTINATION: BUDAPEST 1 BUDAPEST TRAVEL GUIDE Several pharmacies have 24-hour service numbers ESSENTIAL INFORMATION you can phone at any time, such as at Frankel Leo u. 22. +36 1 212 43 11 Mária Gyógyszertár 1139, Béke tér 11. +36 1 320 80 06 Royal Gyógyszertár 1073, Erzsébet krt. 58. +36 1 235 01 37 Uránia Gyógyszertár 1088, Rákóczi út 23. POST +36 1 338 4036 Post offices in Budapest are open Monday to Friday Széna-tér Patika-Fitotéka-Homeopátia from 8 am until 6 pm. 1015, Széna tér 1. +36 1 225 78 30 The post office at Nyugati railway station has additional opening hours: Mon to Sat 7 am until 9 www.google.hu/maps/search/budapest+gy%C3%B pm. 3gyszert%C3%A1r/@47.4969975,19.0554775,14z/ data=!3m1!4b1 Mammut posta Lövház utca 2-6. DENTIST 1024 +36 1 802 62 64 SOS Dental Service 1061 Király u. 14. József krt. 37-39 +36 1 322 96 02 1428 +36 1 318 26 66 Prime Dental Clinic 1027, Margit krt. 2 Gönczy Pál u. 2 +36 1 786 77 28 1455 +36 1 217 68 86 Dental Center Relaxációs Klinika 1052, Párizsi u. 1 +36 1 421 72 96 +36 1 266 16 11 www.posta.hu/international www.google.hu/maps/place/Budapest+8+posta/@ Budapest Dental Esztétikai Fogászati Centrum 47.5008151,19.0279126,13z/data=!4m5!1m2!2m1! 1137, Szent István krt. 10. 1sposta+budapest!3m1!1s0x0000000000000000:0 +361 315 45 45 xe149a09c008d591a 1061 Király u. 14. PHARMACY +36 1 322 96 02 www.google.hu/maps/search/budapest+dental/@4 7.5022272,19.0500522,14z M2 Metro (red line) to Deak Tér TELEPHONE DESTINATION: BUDAPEST 2 BUDAPEST TRAVEL GUIDE Country code: +36 It is better to ask your hotel or restaurant to telephone for a taxi than to hail one on the street. Area code: 1 Only use licensed cars with yellow registration plates. The following companies are reliable: Within Hungary: 06 + area code City Taxi (English-speaking) ELECTRICITY +36 1 211 11 11 230V / 50Hz Fö Taxi +36 1 222 22 22 AIRPORT Rádió Taxi Budapest’s airport, Liszt Ferenc International +36 1 377 77 77 Airport, lies 16 km south-east of the city. The www.budapest.gotohungary.com/budapest-en/- airport minibus service is very convenient and has /article/arriving-to-budapest-getting-around- a fixed price for transport into the city. The budapest cheapest way is to take bus 200 E from the airport www.gotohungary.com/how-to-travel-to-hungary/- to the Köbánya-Kispest underground railway /article/plan-your-trip-getting-there-and-around- station, which takes approx. 20 minutes. You can driving purchase a metro ticket there and travel in to the city centre for a small amount, though it will take another 20 minutes or so. www.gotohungary.com/about-hungary/- /article/plan-your-trip-getting-there-and-around- air-transport PUBLIC TRANSPORT Budapest has an excellent public transport system. The same ticket is good for a single journey on any of the main types of transport: of underground railway, buses and trams. The Budapest card includes admission to over 60 museums and discounts for sightseeing, swimming, etc. Budapest has three railway stations: Keleti, Nyugati and Deli, which are linked by the underground railway. The MAV railway company operates between the stations. 65+ EU citizens can get free transport with ID. TAXI DESTINATION: BUDAPEST 3 BUDAPEST TRAVEL GUIDE 1052 Budapest, Gerlóczy u. 1. CAFES +36 1 501 40 00 www.gotohungary.com/about-hungary/- /netaview/1339703/gerloczy-cafe 07.00-23.00 www.gotohungary.com/about-hungary/- /article/budapest-cafe-society Equidistant from Metro2 (red line) Astoria and Metro 3 (blue line) Ferenciek Tere SPINOZA CAFÉ AND RESTAURANT Spinoza is a gem of a café/restaurant which even has a built in theatre. It is located deep in the Budapest has many lovely cafés, ranging from Jewish quarter of the city, quite a few minutes walk breakfast bars and stylish eateries to the most along Dob utca from either Astoria Metro station delicious confectionaries, (a sort of a cross on one side, or Teréz Körút, the inner city ring between a café and a bakery, with just a few seats). road, on the other. It is a laid-back place, with cool You are sure to find just the perfect type to fit your piano music in the evenings, and a klezmer band mood. Simply choose a cream cake and a coffee on Friday evenings. The food is very reasonably- and relax! priced, and a good mixture of international cuisine. CALIFORNIA COFFEE COMPANY While the menu does not include pork, it is not actually a kosher establishment. If you are on your way through the city and want 1074 Budapest, Dob u. 15. to grab a fast coffee these places are perfect and +36 1 413 74 88 fast. They offer free WiFi, different sandwiches, www.gotohungary.com/about-hungary/- cakes and lot more to eat, in addition to tea and /netaview/78036/spinoza-restaurant-theatre-and- cold drinks. This firm also has outlets by Kalvin tér, cafe Liszt Ferenc tér and St Stephen's Basilica. 11.00-23.00 1066 Budapest, Teréz krt 38. www.gotohungary.com/about-hungary/- www.californiacoffeeco.net/?lang=en /article/budapest-cafe-society 07.00-23.00 Metro2 (Red line) to Astoria stop, then 5 minutes www.facebook.com/CaliforniaCoffeeCompany?fref= walk ts 4-6 tram to Oktogon HADIK CAFÉ GERLÓCZY CAFÉ Hadik Café is a fixture on the main avenue and tram lines 18,19,46 and 47/49 from the green Gerlóczy Kávéház, as it is known in Hungarian, is a Liberty Bridge and Gellért Baths west into Buda. charming café with a large and pleasant terrace Although it is in a built up area, it fronts on a tiny area, in a distinctive wedge-shaped area formed by green park, which it uses to the maxiumum degree, the intersection of Gerlóczy and Vitkovics streets in as folks young and old sit outside and enjoy a little Budapest's 5th district. It is just far enough (3 people-waching. blocks) from Váci utca to be saved from complete tourist inundation, though it is very popular with locals in the busy banking and administration area of the 5th district. The statue in front of the café is that of Károly Kammermayer, the first mayor of the Budapest, combined from Buda, Pest and Obuda in 1873. DESTINATION: BUDAPEST 4 BUDAPEST TRAVEL GUIDE 1111 Budapest, Bartók Béla út 36. 1073 Budapest, Erzsébet krt. 9-11. +36 1 279 02 90 +36 1 886 61 11 www.hadikkavehaz.blog.hu www.gotohungary.com/about-hungary/- Mon-Sun: 9.00-23.00 /netaview/75985/new-york-cafe-and-restaurant www.gotohungary.com/about-hungary/- 09.00-24.00 /netaview/928131/hadik-cafe www.newyorkcafe.hu/bemutatkozas?lang=en Metro 4 to Móricz Zsigmond körtér, then 5 minutes 4/6 Tram or Metro 2 (red Line) to Blaha Lujza tér walk to Bartók Béla út AUGUSZT CONFECTIONERY GERBEAUD "Five generations of tradition, knowledge, quality." Gerbeaud is not only a café but also a rather This is the motto of the Auguszt Confectionery ( a important sight in Budapest. This is where the fancy cake-bakery which often but not always, has aristocracy went during the time of the Dual a few seats for a quick coffee and cake binge.) The Monarchy. The large halls have preserved their very first Auguszt Confectionery opened in 1870 in appearance to this day and you will feel Budapest. Now they have three shops in the capital transported back to a time of sumptuous delicacies city. in luxurious surroundings. Do go and take a look at 1053 Budapest, Kossuth L. u. 14-16. the cakes in the glass cases and choose whatever +36 1 337 63 79 takes your fancy, not forgetting a cup of coffee or a www.auguszt.hu/en steaming hot chocolate or cocoa (not the same Mon-Fri: 09.00-19.00, Sat: 11.00-18.00 here). We recommend the signature "Gerbeaud" www.gotohungary.com/about-hungary/- slice, a delicious multi-layered cake made of /netaview/79842/auguszt-cukraszda walnut and apricot jam, covered with thick Metro 2 (red line) to Kossuth Lajos tér chocolate. 1051 Budapest, Vörösmarty Tér 7. RUSZWURM +36 1 429 90 00 www.gerbeaud.hu Ruszwurm on Castle Hill, is the Buda side’s answer Café open every day: 9.00-21.00. Bistro open: to Gerbaud, still run by one of the country's 12.00-22.00 confectionary dynasties. The interior is very “Fin de www.gotohungary.com/about-hungary/- siècle”, with red velvet curtains, marble tables and /netaview/76262/gerbeaud-cukraszda beautiful Biedermeyer furniture. (It is quite Metro 1 (yellow line) Vörösmarty tér stop amazing really that this building was not destroyed www.gotohungary.com/about-hungary/- during WWII, as most of the district's buildings /netaview/76262/gerbeaud-cukraszda were reduced to rubble). Cream cakes, strudel or rétes are the order of the day here, washed down NEW YORK CAFÉ with coffee, hot chocolate or cocoa.