I am landing at Budapest's Ferihegy on May 19 and plan to spend three days touring the city. Is there a place at the airport that I can purchase an unlimited "multi-day" bus/tram/metro ticket at the airport? Or can I do that right on the bus?
Posted by
PA
2843 posts
Anyone answering, please add if the "Transfer Ticket" can be purchase at the airport, and where. Thanks
Posted by
Chicago
2876 posts
You can buy transit system tickets at the post offices in terminals 1 and 2. You'll also see ticket vending machines in both terminals. And you can buy them at the news stand in terminal 2. What you want is a "72-hour travel card" which will get you on buses, the metro, etc, for that time period, with no limit on the number of trips. They also sell 24-hour cards, 7-day cards, etc.
Posted by
Richmond, Virginia, USA
345 posts
And I strongly advise to get the multi-day pass as the ticket controls on the trams/buses/subways are strict and they will catch you. During my 3 days in Budapest I was stopped 4 times! As soon as they saw that I had a three-day pass, they didn't even look to see if the validation time period was still good.
Posted by
OP
Albany
4 posts
Thanks all ...
Steve: if you haven't seen it, check out the Hungarian movie (with English subtitles) called 'Kontrol.' It's all about the aggressive and nutty Budapest metro police. Good flick.