How to get here and get around Budapest:
If you arrive by plane, you will be landing at Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport, while by train you will be arriving at Keleti or Nyugati Railway Stations. All of these have connection to the capital’s public transportation. The Centre for Budapest Transport (BKK), has a fairly good English language page with a journey planner tool and app. (You can also use your GoogleMaps app, as it has built-in timetables and routes for Budapest.)
Note that Budapest public transportation is still using old-school paper tickets, but also electronic tickets are available from the application. Please note, that there are often controllers at the metro stations and on vehicles checking the validity of your tickets, so please make sure that you have a validated ticket with you all times. The same type of ticket (HUF 350 per piece) can be used on the metro, buses and trams, it must be validated at the entrance of the metro station or upon entering the bus/tram by sticking them into orange/red validation machines. Tickets can be purchased in bulk (“gyűjtőjegy”) at a more affordable rate (set of 10 for HUF 3000). Tickets from same set could be used by different persons traveling together. Daily and weekly passes are also available for tourists at the boots and they allow for unlimited number of travels within the time period. You can also buy time-based tickets on the BudapestGO mobile application, which we recommend to download and use.
Please note that BKK offers an airport shuffle bus line 100E but you need a special “airport shuttle bus single ticket” for this line for HUF 1500.
For detailed info see https://bkk.hu/en/
If you want to use yellow cabs at the airport or the train stations, you might be approached by people offering taxi service. Please DO NOT accept this under any circumstances, as these are almost always illegal operators, who will charge you excess fees for the ride. At the airport, after you exit the terminal building there is a kiosk where you can order a regular cab service.
We hope you will have a great time in Budapest!