Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Fitness centres and gyms
Most of the larger hotels and some of the shopping malls have
them - they are properly regulated, unlike some of the backstreet ones, and are open to non-
residents.
Ice-skating
During winter, there's skating at the City Park ice rink by Hősök tere in the
Városliget (mid-Nov to Feb Mon-Fri 9am-1pm & 4-8pm, Sat & Sun 10am-2pm & 4-8pm);
entry costs around 1500Ft, and skates can be rented. Or there's the Buda Ice Rink (Budai Jég-
pálya) at Széna tér in Buda (Oct-April daily 8am-10pm); entry 1400Ft, skates can be rented.
Skiing
If it's a snowy winter, you can ski at Normafa in the Buda Hills, best reached on
bus #21A from Széll Kálmán tér. Equipment can be rented from Suli Sí by the entrance
BikebaseatVI,Podmaniczkyutca19(daily9am-7pm; 12695983,
bikebase.hu
)
,where
the friendly staff can advise you on other places to ski.
Squash (Fallabda)
Try City Squash Club, II, Marczibányi tér 13 ( 1 336 0408,
squashtech.hu
;
court rental 2500Ft/hr), 5min walk from Széll Kálmán tér; or Mammut
Squash, on the fourth floor of the nearby Mammut Mall I ( 1 345 8093,
mammut-
Tennis
Courts can be booked all year round at the Városmajor Tennis Academy in Városma-
jor Park, nearSzéll Kálmán tér ( 1 202 5337
teniszbudapest.hu
)
and at the Sziget Club at
the southern end of the Margít Island ( 1 329 3147
szigetklub.hu
). Racquets are available
for rent.
