Travelbook by Kazy8

SZIA - hi, hello, bye pronunciation: see-ah This is a little like "ciao". JÓ NAPOT/REGGELT/ESTÉT/ÉJSZAKÁT - Good day/morning/evening/night pronunciation: yo na-pot / reh-gelt / esh-tet / ay-sa-kat VISZONTLÁTÁSRA - goodbye pronunciation: vee-sont-laa-taash-ra HOGY VAGY? how are you (informal)? pronunciation: hodge vodge * IGEN - yes pronunciation: ee-gen NEM - no KÖSZÖNÖM - thank you pronunciation: kur-sur-nurm KÉREK - please pronunciation: care-ek (in the sense of "a beer, please")

Budapest has a total of nine medicinal baths today (and 123 hot springs). While the water’s mineral content is comparable, each bath is unique in terms of its size, architecture, amenities, and the type of visitors it draws. Most popular and the biggest of all is Széchenyi, located inside Budapest's City Park. Apart from Széchenyi, tourists mainly flock to Gellért and Rudas, the visually most striking venues.

These impossibly cool drinking joints situated inside neglected pre-war buildings have taken Budapest by storm. Know before you go that ruin bars have become so popular that mainly tourists and foreign students visit them these days. If you're looking for more Budapesters, try these local bars, too. For example: Szimpla Kert, Instant. Both of them are in the 7th district.

It doesn’t matter if you find yourself strolling the beautiful streets of the Buda or the Pest side, both offer some amazing Budapest rooftop bars. For example: 360 Bar, The Duchess, High Note Skybar, St Andrea Wine and Skybar

A river cruise in Budapest will let you see the most fascinating sights of the historical city of Budapest, which is often called the Pearl of the Danube. The service providers offer Budapest river cruises on a daily basis: there are several cruises every day of 1-2 hours. There is a wide range of options, from simple budget river cruises to high-end, fancy cruises. Programs with optional cruise dinners, live music, and drinks on board.

Budapest boasts not one but several historical market halls, most of which are in, or close to the city centre, like the Central Market Hall also known as the Budapest Great Market Hall , which is the most well known of them. It has been the belly of Budapest since the 19th century, a central fresh food market nowadays with gift, clothes, bag etc. stalls and lots of street food vendors.

Margaret Island is in the middle of the Danube River, just north of Budapest city centre. It’s a popular place for Budapest locals to spend an afternoon, relaxing, doing sports or simply walking around. Cool activities and attractions, to help you plan: ride in a funky vehicle, climb Margaret Island’s water tower, go for a dip at Palatinus Bath, visit the Rose Gardens or Japanese Garden, see the Musical Fountain ect.

Szabadság tér (Liberty Square) is located in the 5th district next to the Parliament building. There are 2 playgrounds for kids with nearby cafe and lots of running space. The square is full of architecturally beautifil buildings, it is nice to just walk around.

The Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden is one of the oldest in the world with its almost 150 years of history. Featuring hundreds of different animal species, exotic and domestic, this historic menagerie is a fully fledged educational site with lots of activities for parents and kids.

The Future Park exhibition occupies the building of the former Paris Department Store, where digital displays boost children’s creativity. Connecting the virtual world with reality, a cornucopia of animated features entertains guests – such as the projection of visitors’ drawings onto the walls and floor, bringing art to life and making them part of reality. In addition, kids can build their own little town atop a smart screen.

The largest trampoline park in Central and Eastern Europe, Cyberjump is not only a huge indoor space set out especially for bouncing, but a place where kids can also lose themselves in battle beams, slamball and a climbing wall. Geared for teenagers, with accompanied children under ten currently only allowed on weekend mornings, this attraction in south Buda also features a slackline, bossaball, dodgeball and, perhaps best of all, a Ninja Warrior course. Admission is structured into one- and two-hour time slots, and parents must first register online and sign a minor’s waiver.

It doesn’t matter if you’re six or 60, there are no age limits at Superfly, opened in 2018 near Árpád Bridge and offering a large expanse of trampolines, a parkour area, a free-running zone and foam pits to dive into after it’s all over. Some equipment can only used with the assistance of an animator, such as the flying trapeze, the gigantic and super-steep slide or the huge trampoline that enables you to take a few steps on the wall. Other features can even be used by children from three years old, providing they are under adult supervision. Time slots of 60, 90 and 120 minutes.

Chugging past some of the most popular places for excursion in the Buda Hills, the Children’s Railway is operated almost entirely by kids aged 10-14. Uniformed youngsters fill all positions from conductors to signalmen. While a little adult supervision keeps things on track, this living Communist-era memento is considered a unique attraction and the longest of such narrow-gauge railway lines in the world. Along its route, the train pushes past Hűvösvölgy and Széchenyi Hill, taking in forested Normafa on the way. The Children’s Railway runs year round to a seasonal schedule available here.

In the Óbuda District of Budapest, a wonderful world of scientific sensations tickles curiosity. Those who are young at heart can be part of exciting experiments, visit a 9D cinema or try thematic escape rooms across 5,000 square metres. Kids can immerse themselves in Newton’s earthshaking findings in physics or allow illusions trick their mind. In one hall, covered by densely patterned wallpapers and mirrors, visitors feel as if they were floating in an infinite elevator shaft.

In Hungary the power plugs and sockets are of type C and F. Type C: also known as the standard "Euro" plug.

In many places, they make things easier by adding 10%+ to the bill. This amount is considered customary in Budapest and Hungary. It is OK if we give more, but tipping less (5%) should be avoided. Please always check the bill if it already contains the service charge.

You can buy tickets in advance online. Visit and buy online on the homepage of the bath.

To avoid long waiting time make a reservation in advance.

You can save money with the Budapest Card or Budapest Card PLUS. Purchesing the card gets you free public transport, free entrance, sights and programs. Compare the different plans and choose the one fits you the most. www.budapestinfo.hu/budapest-card

You can always hail a taxi in the streets but it is cheaper to book one over the phone, online or with apps. Tourists should avoid hailing unmarked taxi cars. Even if they have a taxi sign on the roof and are seen standing at taxi ranks, do not get in the car unless they have a company name on the outside of the car. From September 2013 every taxi is uniformly yellow in Budapest.

Single ticket: HUF 350 Single ticket bought on the spot: HUF 450 Block of 10 ticket: HUF 3 000 Airport shuttle bus single ticket (100E): HUF 900 Transfer ticket: HUF 530 Short section metro ticket for up to 3 stops: HUF 300 Single ticket for public transport boat: HUF 750

Currently, there are four metro lines in Budapest: M1 or the Yellow Line: between Vörösmarty tér and Mexikói út M2 or the Red Line: between Déli pályaudvar and Örs vezér tere M3 or the Blue Line: between Újpest Központ and Kőbánya-Kispest M4 or the Green Line: between Kelenföld and Keleti pályaudvar Metro services run from 4:30 until 23:30.

Budapest’s night transport is one of the best in Europe. You will find that you can get anywhere in the city by the night buses – sometimes even faster than in the daytime. Night buses usually start at midnight and run until 4:00 am every night. Night buses’ numbers start with number 9. Note: Some night buses on very busy lines run quite often (every 10th or 15th minute), but lines running to the suburbs run only once or twice an hour.

The MOL Bubi bike-sharing scheme is a bicycle-sharing network in Budapest. The apple-green bikes can be hired from and returned to any docking station found at major transport hubs in the city centre. So far 1,150 bikes can be hired from 98 docking stations in the centre of Budapest. For more information check the official website of the MOL Bubi public bike-sharing system.