Transfer from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Danubius Hotel Helia (25 km):
1., Minibus – Airport transfer fee:
from HUF 3,900
More details and booking: www.minibud.hu
Public transport:
Informations: Visiting Budapest – BKK.hu
Tickets and passes can be purchased with the BudapestGO app. Alternatively, you can use the English-friendly machines at metro stations, tram and bus stops. The BudapestGO app has a map with their locations. Newsstands also sell tickets. Machines take cards and Hungarian forints in cash.
Paper tickets must be validated before boarding the metro. Tickets for buses and trams are validated after you board.
2., 100E Airport Express bus from the airport to the city center (Deák Ferenc tér – terminus)
- Metro line 3 in the direction of Újpest Városközpont to the Dózsa György utca stop
- By trolleybus 75 in the direction of Jászai Mari tér, to Dráva utca (1 stop)
- 230 metres on foot (3 minutes)
Journey time to the city centre is 40 minutes. Direct airport-to-city bus connection. Buy and validate tickets directly on the bus using your bankcard for the Budapest Pay&GO service.
Fee: EUR 5 (100E Airport Express bus) + EUR 2,5
3., Public transport from the airport:
- Taking the 200E bus to Kőbánya-Kispest metro station (terminus)
- Metro line 3 (terminus) to the Dózsa György utca stop
- By trolleybus 75 in the direction of Jászai Mari tér, to Dráva utca (1 stop)
- 230 metres on foot (3 minutes)
You need to buy the ticket in advance at the machine.
Fee: EUR 3-4
4., Taxi fare from the airport (Approximately EUR 25)
5., Ask the organizer about individual transport options.
Sightseeing:
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World Heritage Sites in Budapest:
- Castle Hill, the Royal Palace, Matthias Church and Fisherman’s Bastion were added to the list in 1987.
- The Banks of the Danube from Gellért Hill to Aquincum, together with Chain Bridge and the Parliament, was also acknowledged as a World Heritage Site in 1987.
- Andrássy Avenue, Heroes’ Square and the Millennium Underground were included by UNESCO in 2002.
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Sightseeing by public transport in the city:
- 230 metres on foot (3 minutes) to bus station
- By trolleybus 75 in the direction of Kápolna tér, to Hősök tere metro station (5 stops)
Hősök tere (Heroes Square):
The central feature of Heroes’ Square, as well as a landmark of Budapest, is the Millennium Memorial.
Hősök tere is surrounded by two important buildings, Museum of Fine Arts (Homepage – Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest)
on the left and Palace of Art (or more accurately Hall of Art) on the right.Heroes’ Square is a few minutes’ walk from the City Park. Here you will find:
Vajdahunyad Castle: The castle was designed by Ignác Alpár and built in 1896 as part of the Millennial Exhibition, which celebrated the 1,000 years of Hungary since the Hungarian Conquest of the Carpathian Basin in 895. Originally, it was made from cardboard and wood, but it became so popular that it was rebuilt from stone and brick between 1904 and 1908. Today, the castle houses the Museum of Hungarian Agriculture, the biggest agricultural museum in Europe. |
Széchenyi Thermal Bath (https://www.szechenyibath.hu/) |
Budapest ZOO (Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden) |
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From The City Park to Vörösmarthy street:
The Millennium Underground (Metro line 1) provides quick access to Vörösmarthy tér, the largest pedestrian street in Budapest.
Millennium Undergrand is the first metro line on the European continent, the second in the world, completed for the 1896 Millennium celebrations.
Vörösmarthy tér – Erzsébet tér (Elisabeth Square): (On foot 200 m -3 minutes)
Elisabeth Square is just a few minutes’ walk from Vörömarthy Square. Here you will find the Ferris Wheel of Budapest. |
From Elisabeth Square, it is a 2-minute walk to Deák Ferenc Square, one of Budapest’s major transport hubs. 3 metro lines meet here. Several buses and trams also stop at the square.
The St Stephen’s Basilica (‘Szent István Bazilika’) is just 1 stop from Deák Ferenc Square on metro line 3, on Arany János utca metro station, than 400 m – 5 minutes. Is the largest church in Budapest. Planning and construction took 54 years. The public can observe the right hand, the Holy Dexter, of Hungary’s first king, St Stephen, kept as a relic in the main aisle. His mummified body is buried in the undercroft. |
By tram along the Danube:
Starting from the hotel, it is a few minutes’ walk to the 75 trolleybus stop in the direction of Jászai Mari tér. From here you can take the tram number 2, which takes you along the Pest side of the Danube. 2 stops to the Parliament (Kossuth Lajos square).
The Parliament is just 1 stop from Deák Ferenc Square on metro line 2, on Kossuth Lajos Square. This year marks 25 years since the Hungarian coronation badges moved to the Parliament |
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Getting back on tram 2, we will visit: e.g. Chain Bridge (Lánchíd). The Széchenyi Chain Bridge is the oldest and best-known bridge on the Danube, providing a permanent link between Buda and Pest, and is one of the symbols of the Hungarian capital, and the first permanent bridge on the entire Hungarian stretch of the Danube. |
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The Liberty Bridge (Fővám square stop), which is featured in the meeting logo. The Liberty Bridge (formerly the Franz Joseph Bridge) is the third road crossing of the capital, and the shortest bridge in the centre of Budapest. The bridge was originally built as part of the Millennium World Expo, in the late 19th century, in Art Nouveau style, decorated with mythological sculptures and the coat of arms of the country. |
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The Budapest Fair Hall is also located here. |
Between Buda and Pest
Margaret Island
Margaret Island (Hungarian: Margitsziget) is a 2.5 km (1.6 mi) long island, 500 m wide, (0.965 km2 area) in the middle of the Danube in central Budapest.
The island spans the area between the Margaret Bridge (south) and the Árpád Bridge (north).
The island was called Insula leporum before being named after Saint Margaret (1242–1270) in the 14th century. Margaret was the daughter of Béla IV of Hungary, and she lived in the Dominican convent on the island
Main sights:
- A small Japanese Garden with a mildly thermal fish pond.
- A tiny zoo featuring a wide range of exotic waterfowl among other animals.
- The “Music Fountain” (Zenélő szökőkút), a fountain near which music is played and light shows are performed in summer (it is close to Margaret bridge). The water springs out according to music, so that the fountain seems to dance at the various classical themes reproduced.
- An octagonal Water Tower built in Art Nouveau style in 1911, today functioning as a lookout tower and an exhibition hall.
The Music Fountain and the Water Tower are protected UNESCO sites.
Sports and recreation
The island houses various sports establishments, like the Palatinus water park (the largest open-air swimming complex in Budapest) and the Alfréd Hajós sports pool (where the European LC Championships 1958, 2006 and 2010 took place).
The island has a rubber-coated running track measuring 5.35 kilometers (3.33 miles), and is popular among both locals and tourists.
BUDA
The Buda Castle (or Royal Palace) on Szent György tér is one of the most emblematic architectural masterpieces of the city, and the building easiest to recognise from the Pest side of the Danube. Little remains of this former royal residence, first built the mid-1200s and recreated as an ornate Renaissance palace for King Matthias 200 years later. Surviving examples of medieval stonework can be found in the Budapest History Museum, one of three major institutions currently housed in this sprawling complex.
Today, the palace is a cultural destination: the Hungarian National Gallery, the National Széchényi Library and the Budapest History Museum are located here. Exhibitions and cultural events are also held regularly in the picturesque Várkert Bazaar at the foot of the complex, overlooking the river.
Matthias Church
The Matthias Church in Buda, dedicated to the Assumption, even saw the wedding of its namesake. In addition to him, he married Franz Joseph and later King Charles IV. King Charles II was also a good one. The building was originally built on the order of St. Stephen, in Romanesque style, but was destroyed during the Tatar invasion. Its Gothic successor was completed in the 14th century.
Fisherman’s Bastion In the Middle Ages, there was a fish market nearby, and this section of the wall was traditionally protected by the fishermen’s guild during sieges, hence its name. The bastions that surround Matthias Church symbolize the tents of our ancestors, the seven towers represent the seven Hungarian tribes that settled in the Carpathian Basin in 896. |
Liberty Statue The Liberty Statue or Freedom Statue (Hungarian: Szabadság-szobor) is a monument at the east end of the Citadella on Gellért Hill in Budapest. |