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The Budapest card
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If you are doing a lot of sightseeing you might be tempted to buy a
Budapest Card
. For 3700Ft (48 hours) or 4500Ft (72 hours), you get free travel in most of the city, free entry to over sixty museums, and discounts of up to fifty percent in some shops and restaurants and on some sightseeing programmes and cultural and folklore events. The card is available from tourist offices, hotels, central metro stations and at the airport, and it comes with a booklet explaining where it can be used. However, the price means you'll have to work hard to save money on it, especially since the card is not valid for two of the most popular attractions, the parliament building and the funicular that goes up to the castle. Note too that although the card allows entry into the Liszt Memorial Museum, it's not valid for the Sunday concerts held there - which are free if you pay to go into the museum. The card does give discounts on the
Airport Minibus
service (normally 1800Ft each way), but oddly you get a larger reduction buying two singles (1500Ft each way) than if you get a return ticket (1650Ft each way). Other useful information
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Hungary,
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