ARRIVAL IN BUDAPEST

Dear All,

You can find bellow some practical information for the Budapest ALL
INCLUSIVE meeting :

Travelling to and from the airport:

From the airport, to avoid any rip-off we recommend using the official
taxi company of the airport called Főtaxi.
They have a kiosk outside the terminal, where you can buy a voucher
for a flat rate of approximately 20/22 EUR, which then you can present
to the driver. You can also pay in EUR.
There are mini-bus taxis (shuttle) for 10 people, the cost is about 10
EUR approximately for each person (3.000 HUF hungaro forint).
Public transport is also good: by bus 200 in fornt of the terminal to
Kőbánya-Kispest metro station, then by metro line 3 (blue line) to
Nyugati tér, center of city.

Money matters:

The Hungarian currency is the forint (HUF or Ft) and there are coins
of 5Ft, 10Ft, 20Ft, 50Ft, 100Ft and 200Ft. Notes come in six
denominations: 500Ft, 1000Ft, 2000Ft, 5000Ft, 10,000Ft and 20,000Ft.
At present one EUR is about 290 HUF. Credit cards, especially Visa,
MasterCard and American Express, are widely accepted in Hungary, but
not in very small retail outlets.
You can change money at the best rate in private exchange offices,
which are everywhere around town. Look for the words valuta (foreign
currency) and váltó (exchange). In Hungary there are commission-free
currency exchange.
The change of the bank is not the best. Also the change in the airport
exchange office is not very good.
You can not change the coins, only notes.
It is also possible to pay in euros in many shops, but the change is
not only convenient and banknotes are accepted.

HOTEL:
Your hotel is HOTEL PAPILLON
http://www.hotelpapillon.hu/

http://it.mappy.com/#d=R%C3%B3zsahegy+utca,+1024,+Budapest,+Budapest,+Ungheria&p=map
the hotel is located in Buda (Budapest consists of two parts: Buda and
Pest, separated by the Danube River), Disctrict 2.
If you come whit publics transport, from the Nyugáti tér by tram
number 4 or number 6 for 4 stops to Mechwart liget (direction: Szél
Kálmán tér/Margit Híd).

I hope these bits of information can help you!
We look forward
Claudia & Co.