Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Taxi
Taxis in Budapest are cheap by European standards, and are - at long last - fully regulated,
with uniform flag-fall (450Ft) and per-kilometre charges (280Ft).
Be careful when hailing a taxi on the street, though. Avoid at all costs 'taxis' with no name
on the door and only a removable taxi light on the roof. Never get into a taxi that does not
have a yellow license plate and an identification badge displayed on the dashboard (as re-
quired by law), the logo of one of the reputable taxi firms on the outside of the side doors
and a table of fares clearly visible on the right-side back door.
Reputable taxi firms:
TAXI
City Taxi
( 1-211 1111;
www.citytaxi.hu
)
TAXI
Fő Taxi
( 1-222 2222;
www.fotaxi.hu
)
TAXI
Rádió Taxi
( 1-777 7777;
www.radiotaxi.hu
)
TAXI
Taxi 4
( 1-444 4444;
www.taxi4.hu
)
Tram
BKK
runs 30 tram lines. Trams are often faster and generally more pleasant for sightseeing
than buses.
Important tram lines (always marked with a red line on a Budapest map) are:
2
Scenic tram that travels along the Pest side of the Danube from V Jászai Mari tér to IX
Boráros tér and beyond.
4 and 6
Extremely useful trams that start at XI Fehérvári út and XI Móricz Zsigmond körtér
in south Buda, respectively, and follow the entire length of the Big Ring Rd in Pest before
terminating at II Széll Kálmán tér in Buda. Tram 6 runs every 10 to 15 minutes round the
clock.
18
Runs from southern Buda along XI Bartók Béla út through the Tabán to II Széll Kálmán
tér before carrying on into the Buda Hills.
