to payment and, for its verifi cation, please hand it over to the cashier. In some cases, sights
and museums, the box offi ces may close one or half-an-hour earlier than the end of opening
hours. Please get information on exact time schedules in each case, on the Internet or by
telephone. In the catering business, the Budapest Card is valid not only for the
cardholder, but also people in their company. Any discount shall be deducted from
the prices of the à la carte menu and cannot be combined with other discounts (such as group
rates). Please present your card when you are making your selection and, if the waiter requests
you to sign the bill, please sign it. The editing of the Budapest Card leafl et was completed on
31 March 2011. Data in this publication (such as prices, opening hours) might have changed
in the meantime; therefore, Budapest Tourism Offi ce is not in a position to assume any
responsibility for their accuracy. About discounts and services offered by the points of acceptance,
please get information in each case at the given location or the website of the service provider.
Unused cards cannot be exchanged or redeemed.
BUDAPEST CARD
HOW TO USE
Dear Visitor,
Thank you for having opted for Budapest Card – the only offi cial citycard – and we are confi dent
that this will provide useful help during your stay in Budapest, offering access to a wide variety of
nice experiences and allowing to gather pleasant reminiscences.
Please complete, prior to the fi rst use, the fi elds on the back of your Budapest Card, and to sign the
card, because this is the only way to validate your card. You can make use of certain discounts for
services, but only by presenting a duly completed and signed card; when the card is not completed,
that is, invalid, the service provider may refuse to provide those discounts.
A precondition for the validity of your Budapest Card is that it shall be signed by its holder, and
the date of fi rst use shall be indicated on it. A major advantage of Budapest Card in a
comparison with other cards is that its validity can be specifi ed by its holder. The
cardholder completes the starting day on the card, and from that date, the card is
valid for a period of 24, 48 or 72 hours. Please write the starting date into the boxes on
the back of the card, using a ballpoint pen (date, hour), i.e. the time from when you would like to
use your card. The fi rst two boxes are reserved for the month, the following two boxes for the day,
and the two last boxes for the hour (the last full hour elapsed on that day). Please complete all six
boxes and, whenever certain boxes would remain empty, please insert a “0” (for instance, June
27, 14:15 would be: 06 27 14). Please make sure that the data are accurate: a card with crossed
out, corrected or unreadable data is no longer valid and cannot be used at all.
This Budapest Card is a registered card, no transfer is allowed. The owner of a Budapest
Card and one child of no more than 14 years in his/her company can make use of
the preferential treatments offered with it. From April 2011, the Budapest Card is available
with validities of 24, 48 and 72 hours.
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During the validity of your Budapest Card, you can travel free on all vehicles of BKV Zrt.
(with the exception of the 48-hours Walking Card): trams, trolleys, underground trains,
the Millenium Underground’s trains, cogwheel railway, buses (full line), as well as the HÉV-trains,
within the limits of the city of Budapest. HÉV lines provide contact to towns and villages in the
proximity of Budapest, but the Budapest Card is valid only within the city boundary. Therefore, if
you wish to travel to Szentendre or Gödöllő, please buy a supplementary HÉV ticket, prior to the
departure, at a BKV HÉV box offi ce. The Budapest Card is not valid for the Funicular, the Chairlift
and the boat lines of BKV Zrt. When travelling on the lines of BKV Zrt., the Budapest Card functions
as your valid ticket, so please at request present it to the controllers, conductors, who are also
authorised to verify the signature on the Card by checking your personal identifi cation documents.
Travellers using the lines of the BKV Zrt. without a valid ticket or Card are liable to pay a fi ne.
Discounts offered by this card are available only at points of acceptance
indicated in this booklet. Please present your card at these points of acceptance prior
to payment and, for its verifi cation, please hand it over to the cashier. In some cases, sights
and museums, the box offi ces may close one or half-an-hour earlier than the end of opening
hours. Please get information on exact time schedules in each case, on the Internet or by
telephone. In the catering business, the Budapest Card is valid not only for the
cardholder, but also people in their company. Any discount shall be deducted from
the prices of the à la carte menu and cannot be combined with other discounts (such as group
rates). Please present your card when you are making your selection and, if the waiter requests
you to sign the bill, please sign it. The editing of the Budapest Card leafl et was completed on
31 March 2011. Data in this publication (such as prices, opening hours) might have changed
in the meantime; therefore, Budapest Tourism Offi ce is not in a position to assume any
responsibility for their accuracy. About discounts and services offered by the points of acceptance,
please get information in each case at the given location or the website of the service provider.
Unused cards cannot be exchanged or redeemed.
BUDAPEST CARD
HOW TO USE
Budapestinfo Points Deák Ferenc Square,
1052 Budapest Sütő u. 2. Open: 8–20
Liszt Ferenc Square,
1061 Budapest Liszt Ferenc tér 11. Open: 10–20 Liszt Ferenc International Airport Terminal 1: 8-22, Terminal 2A: 8-23 Terminal 2B: 10–20 Buda Castle 1014 Budapest Szentháromság tér 6. Open: 10–18 BKV – Suburban Railway ticket offi ces (HÉV)
Batthyány tér Békásmegyer Boráros tér Csepel, Szentimre tér Csepel, Végállomás Margit híd Örs vezér tere Vágóhíd
BKV – Ground ticket offi ces
Akácfa utca 15. Etele tér Hűvösvölgy Móricz Zsigmond körtér Örs vezér tér, bus terminus Széll Kálmán tér Városház tér
BKV – Underground ticket offi ces
Arany János utca Árpád híd Astoria Blaha Lujza tér Deák tér Déli Railway Station Ferenciek tere Hősök tere Kossuth tér Kőbánya-Kispest Mexikói út Népliget
Nyugati Railway Station, subway to trams 4-6 Oktogon tér Örs vezér tere Puskás Ferenc Stadion, exit no. 2 Újpest Városközpont
National Eailway (MÁV) – Train ticket offi ces
MÁV-START Ticket Offi ce at 1051 Budapest József Attila u. 16. and
Déli Railway Station Keleti Railway Station Nyugati Railway Station Kelenföld Railway Station dedicated ticket offi ces
CBA Príma supermarkets
Relay and Inmedio Shops Relay
Blaha Lujza tér, subway
Relay Újpest Központ underground Relay Nyugati tér, subway Relay café
Arena Shopping Centre
Relay Kossuth tér, underground Costa Café Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út – Andrássy út corner Inmedio
West End Shopping Centre
Relay
Határ út underground
Relay
Népliget subway
Exclusive Change Exchange offi ces
Andrássy út 45. (Liszt Ferenc tér) Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 20. Batthyány tér 5-6. (Central Market Hall) Deák tér 3. Duna utca 3. Ferenciek tere 10.
Lövőház u. 2-6. (Mamut Shopping Centre) Margit krt. 101.
(Széll Kálmán tér Mc. Donald’s) Rákóczi út 38.
(Blaha Lujza tér Burger King) Szent István krt. 16. (Vígszínház Theatre) Szent István tér 3. Teréz krt. 21. (Oktogon) Váci út 1-3.
(Westend Shopping Centre) Váci utca 12.
Váci utca 84. Vámház krt. 6.
Hotels, pensions MMG
Keleti Railway Station Information Offi ce
Keleti Pályaudvar
City Panzió Ring
Szt. István krt. 12.
City Hotel Mátyás
Március 15. tér 7.
City Hotel Pilvax
Pilvax köz 1-3.
NH hotel
Vígszínház utca 3.
Continental Hotel Zara
Dohány utca 42-44.
Corinthia Royal Gift Shop
Erzsébet krt. 43-49.
For the detailed list please visit: www.budapest-card.com
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