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Helpful infos

Hungary is a nice, friendly place to visit. Of course there are some good to know rules as everywhere.

Normally there are no big crimes, but there can be pickpockets or highpriced taxis, highpriced bars!
Be careful! on trains, trams, city mass transit, train and bus stations there may be pickpockets! Do not leave your belongings unattended, keep your money and passport in safe place!

Do not enter taxis in midnight, near or at the enter of any nightclub, bar! Always call a taxi, never take one on street.

Do not eat or drink in nightbars before you saw the menu and pricelist. For safe bars please contact us and we will be happy to help you

ATM and money change
You can get money out of any bank ATM. See one near you!
Hungarian banks and official changes can change your money.
Do not change your money on street, does not worth the risk!
Banks has english speaking clerks usually, but changing can be expensive. Get Hungarian Forints from ATM, usually cheaper than from the bank.

Banks are normally open monday-friday, from around 8am till 4-5pm

How to go around, by public/mass transport or by taxis?
If you have time to visit Hungary and would like to spend a few days discovering, we advise you to take public transport in cities and trains/coaches on intercity routes. Cheaper than taxis and give you more personal experience. Bigger hungarian cities has good public transport system, as well as Budapest, and you can access to all locations by trains/coaches.
Check timetables, schedules, and we tried to collect local infos at every city's page.

Weather conditions , best time to visit
Best time to visit Hungary is from May till Oct, since the weather is usually fine and warm, major tourist locations are busy and everything is open.
Of course Hungary welcomes visitors in winters as well, with warm spabaths, winetasting, hunting opportunities.

In case of emergency you can call :
112 for emergency
107 for police

Are you coming by car and have problem?
call 188 for hungarian car club (Autoklub)

Embassies
You can find here all the embassies are represented in Budapest.

Do you have a wifi access?
Hotspots in Hungary

In case of any problem, you can give us a call anytime and we try to solve the situation!