I will only be in Budapest for a few days and don’t want to get too much Hungarian Ft that I can’t use on the rest of my trip. I do plan on going to The Great Market Hall and buying some souvenirs. Am I correct in assuming I will need cash for shopping here?.
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Magyarország / Rep of Texas
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Sure, go to an ATM and pull out 20,000 to have cash in your pocket, but you will have a hard time finding a business in central Budapest that won't take your credit card.
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Tel Aviv
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On my first trip, I took out more cash than I needed, knowing I could used whatever was left to pay part of my hotel bill before I left. On my second trip, I just kept them for my next visit. It's been 4 years, but I'm going to spend it next week :-)
James - last time, I found a good place for souvenirs and gifts in a small street that I think was somewhere between Kadarka and Szimpla but I can't remember exactly where. They were local artisans. It was probably only there on weekends. I found several items that I didn't see anywhere else and I'm sure that I had to pay cash because I ran out and had to make a trip to an ATM.
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Magyarország / Rep of Texas
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You were probably at Gozsdu Udvar. Turn right down Kiraly utca and it will be about half way down on the left. Maybe around 26 Kiraly utca. And yes, I guess street vendors might be the exception to the credit card rule. There is an ATM in the Udvar.
Now that I think about it I have seen vendors by the Rumbach Synagogue and on weekends there are vendors in the Klauzál Market (by Mazel Tov)