How to get there
Budapest Airport is 16km (ten miles) south-east of town, connected by frequent bus 100E that takes 40 minutes to reach central Deák Ferenc tér. Buy your ticket (Ft2,200) from the English-friendly machine outside Arrivals, payment by card or cash in Hungarian forints, or through transport app BudapestGO.
Alternatively, an English-speaking dispatcher outside Arrivals can allocate you the next Főtaxi (+36 1 222 2222). Expect to pay Ft12,000-Ft14,000 for the city centre.
Coming by train, you arrive at Keleti, Nyugati or Déli station, each with its own stop on the city’s four-line metro system. Trams, buses and trolleybuses complete a superb 24-hour transport network, accessible with the same tickets and passes as the metro.