Budapest Hungary Travel

The photos has been taken to 22 of October 2006 one day before the 50 Th. anniversary of the Hungarian Revolution 1956.
There was a big event on the Andrassy boulevard.
The House of Terror has been built to 2002 this is a memorial museum of the victims of the communist dictatorship and era in Hungary.
In the House of Terror Museum you can see a lot of photos about the victims, and the other side. You can watch interviews and short movies on the displays.
There are an interesting room in the Terror Haza Muzeum a map on a carpet you can walk.
In the museum I cannot use my camera so visit the official site of the museum for photos or visit it if you are in Budapest.

The House of Terror (Terror Haza) museum building in Budapest

House of Terror Budapest

VI. Andrassy ut 60, Budapest, Hungary

Tel: (+36-1) 374 26 00

Web: www.terrorhaza.hu

There was a Lunar Eclipse in Budapest during September of 2006. A friend of mine and Me could catch it for a photo on the Rosevelt square in Budapest in fromt of the Chain Bridge.

The Lunar Eclipse above the most luxury hotel in Budapest the Four Season Grasham Palace.

Aquincum Museum Budapest Photo

The part of Budapest city now known is Obuda is the site of the principal town of the Roman province of Pannonia.

The frontier of the Roman Empire ran along the line of the Danube River, and Budapest’s 2000 years old forerunner was called Aquincum. It was an important military center, but a civilian town of merchants and artists also grew up around it. Remains of the military amphitheatre can be seen at Obuda and a mile further on ruins of the streets of the civilian town of its houses.

Now there is the aquincum museum where you can see the ruins of the Roman Aquincum.

Address: 139. Szentendrei street
Budapest district III.
Tel: +36 (1) 2501-650

Millenar Park is relatively new park in Budapest actually in Buda behind the Mammut 2 Shopping Mall. Before the millenar park there was a big factory there named GANZ. The factory has not working for a while and closed. They left the buildings but renovated them and made a nice park with a lake and concert and event halls. In summer this is a good place after shopping in the Mammut Mall to rest a while. Just go out of the mall and behind the Mammut 2 building you can find easily the Millenar Park Budapest or in Hungarian Millenaris Park.

There was the end of the Cow Parade Budapest in the Millenar Park. Here was the collection of the Cows from the streets of Budapest. You can see one of the cow sculptures in front of the event hall in the Millenar Park Budapest.

Hydrofoil from Budapest to Vienna Austria

Austria Hungary
Budapest tours by hydrofoil is a favorite Danube River ship tour. You can travel by hydrofoil from Budapest to some places inside Hungary and to Vienna Austria or Bratislava Slovakia.

Hydrofoil on the Danube River from the Budapest Hajogyari sziget (island)

Some info about the ship operator company in Hungary: MAHART PassNave Passenger Shipping Ltd. Each year they welcome nearly 1 million passengers and guests on board of the 20 ships and 9 Hydrofoils in their fleet. Complementing their scheduled services there are one hour sightseeing trips, a Margaret Island ferry service, evening music and dance cruises in Budapest. Their events ships (Wine Ship, Kid’s Ship, Folk Ship) offer a variety of events for foreign visitors as well as for Hungarians. Their hydrofoil service linking Budapest, Bratislava and Vienna witch started up 1963, runs from beginning of April to the end of October. In 2006 they started attractively priced 2 day trips to Bratislava and Vienna running several times during the season. From the beginning of May to the end of September hydrofoils also run to Esztergom, stopping at Visegrad and Nagymaros and other tours run several times to Komarom, Solt, Kalocsa and Mohacs.

Further information about hydrofoil Budapest.

Check in and passport control from one hour prior to departure of the hydrofoil. Latest check-in 15 minutes before departure. Free luggage transport up to 20 kg, overweight EUR 1/kg. Services on board: a la carte buffet with cold dishes and drinks, stewardess, guidance about the sights along the Danube, complete catering menus for groups (over 10 people) on advanced order. On-board booking of programs, reservations of accommodation and taxi transfers in Budapest. The passengers take up their seats in the order of embarkation. Bicycles can be transported on board of the hydrofoil in limited quantity in turn of bicycle tickets. Pets are not allowed abroad. The price of the ticket includes: the fare, port dues, the travel insurance of passenger in case of personal injuries or luggage loss while abroad the hydrofoil.

The Budapest International Ship Landing Stage on the Belgrad rakpart.

International Hydrofoil Timetable: Budapest – Bratislava – Vienna
From 8 of April – 29 of October daily trips.

Hydrofoil Budapest Departure: 9:00 a.m. arrival to Bratislava 1:30 p.m. and Vienna 3:20 p.m.
The hydrofoil does not await in Bratislava.
Hydrofoil Vienna Departure: 9:00 a.m. arrival to Bratislava 10:30 a.m. arrival back to Budapest 2:30 p.m.
Back to Budapest the time of the hydrofoil trip is less with an hour than the direction of Vienna because of the River Danube direction of flow.

Fares of the hydrofoil trips in EURO:

Budapest – Vienna:
One way: EUR 79, student ticket: EUR: 69 children (6-15 years) EUR: 39,50.
Round-trip: EUR: 99, student ticket: EUR: 89 children (6-15 years) EUR: 49,50.

Budapest – Bratislava:
One way: EUR 69, student ticket: EUR: 59 children (6-15 years) EUR: 34,50.
Round-trip: EUR: 89, student ticket: EUR: 79 children (6-15 years) EUR: 44,50.

Bratislava – Vienna:
One way: EUR 23, student ticket: EUR: 23 children (6-15 years) EUR: 11,50.
Round-trip: EUR: 39, student ticket: EUR: 39 children (6-15 years) EUR: 19,50.

Maximum of 2 children in a family, not older than 6 years accompanied by 2 full price paying adults travel fee (in case they do not require separated seats on the hydrofoil).

Bicycle transport: 20 EUR per bicycle one way.

The map of the Danube River from Budapest Hungary to Vienna Austria
One day tours to Bratislava with combined tickets (hydrofoil and bus for back)

Departure from Budapest by hydrofoil liner of MAHART PassNave 9:00 am. and back from Bratislava 4:45 pm by Volan bus liner.

Fare: EUR 79 per person. Children discount between 6-15 of age 50% (children under 6 years of age if they do not requires separate seats travel free).

One day tours to Vienna with combined tickets (hydrofoil and bus or train for back)

Departure from Budapest by hydrofoil liner of MAHART PassNave 9:00 am. and back from Vienna 7 pm. By Volanbus liner or by any scheduled international train from Vienna to Budapest.

Fare: (combination of train): EUR 116 per person extra fee for first class train: EUR 18 per person. Children’s discount between 4-14 years of age 50% (children under 4 years of age if they do not requires separate seats travel free).

Fare: (combination of bus): EUR 89 per person.

Information and ticket sales:
International Landing Stage Budapest
H-1056 Budapest, Belgrad rakpart.
Tel: + 36 1 484-4025 or +36 1 484-4010
Fax: +30 1 266-4201
E-mail: hydrofoil@mahartpassnave.hu
Web: www.mahartpassnave.hu

Hydrofoil Budapest Vienna Austria

The variety of airline tickets is offered by the travel agents in varied air fare rates. The Indian people are facilitated with all luxuries by indian airlines. The inhabitants of Hawaii island are facilitated with the hawaiian airlines, having luxury seats and reasonable airfares. The allegiant airlines offers its services for all sorts of passengers in various airfare rates.

If you’d like to travel outside to Budapest by public transport you can choose train, river ships and autobus (Bus) by Volanbus.  Volan or Volanbus the name of the bus transport company in Hungary.
There are four main Volanbus bus stations in Budapest.

Nepliget along the blue number 3 subway line this is also an international Volanbus station with EuroLines buses.

Stadionok along the red number 2 subway line this is right next to the Papp Laszlo Sportarena the biggest sport stadium in Budapest.

Etele ter this bus station currently do not have any subway connection but this will be the end of the under construction the number 4 subway line. Buses go to the Statue Park Budapest from here.
Arpad hid this station is along the blue number 3 subway line. If you want to go to the Danube Bend (Visegrad) or Szentendre, Esztergom you can go from here.

There are some more minor Volanbus stations like Szena ter in front of  the Mammut Mall Budapest. Nagyvard ter along the subway blue line 3.

Choose Volanbus to go other cities and villages in Hungary.

Sightseeing in Budapest is easy because of the good public transport and a relatively short distances in the downtown of Budapest.

If you do not have to much time and want a sightseeing in Budapest I recommend sightseeing by bus. There are some tour operators offering this service.
The price is vary about 4300 HUF for a 2 hours sightseeing in Budapest is acceptable.
The place of departure is Andrassy ut 3 . Near to the Deak Ferenc square Metro station (underground or subway). And right netx to the M1 (Subway 1 line) Stop the name is the subway station: Bajcsy Zsilinszky út.

There are air conditioned bus tours and cabriolet ones and live English and German sightseeing in Budapest.

You can chose from 16 language for the bus tour like: Arabian: Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish. You can pick up a headphone and listen.

For more information about sightseeing in Budapest visit the
www.budatours.hu tourist website the ticket office is at Andrassy street 2.
Telephone: +36 1 374-7070 or +36 1 353-0558

Budapest Weather

Hungary is situated in the temperate weather zone, with both moderate maritime and mild Mediterranean air currents influencing Budapest weather. Temperatures above 30 degrees centigrade may occur in the month of June, July and August but generally do not last very long.

The average temperature during these months is between 20-21 °C. January is the coldest month, but even then the average temperature does not fall below -1 °C. Budapest has a rather low rainfall which exceeds an annual average of 600 mm only in Transdanubia.

Nevertheless, sudden downpours and storms are frequent during the summer. The number of sunny hours is high exceeding 2,000 hours per annum in some regions of Hungary. July and August are the two sunniest months with almost 300 hours of sunshine.

For up to date Budapest weather forecast and information you can visit www.met.hu

Here are some night photos about the Budapest Citadel on top of the Gellert Hill.

Citadel Budapest is a stone fortress with the Statue of Liberty.
The cannons from the WW-II (II World War).

This night photo about Budapest Citadel is from the Pest bank of the Danube. On the left side there is the Gellert Hotel and the Bridge of Liberty (Szabadsag hid).

The photo taken from the Margaret Bridge and you can see the Chain Bridge (Lanchid) and the Elizabeth Bridge Erzsebet híd) Gellert Hill with the Citadel Budapest.

The image of the Hungarian Flag.

The Hungarian national colors red, white and green are represented on the flag of Hungary.

It’s a special Hungarian Flag it’s used at the Budapest Demonstration Kossuth Square in front of the Hungarian Parliament. You can see a bit of the Parliament on the back of the photo.