Budapest Guide
Arrival
By bus or hydrofoil
International buses and services from the Great Plain and Transdanubia terminate at the Népliget bus station, 5km southeast of the centre at Üllői út 131 in the IX district. Adjacent to Népliget train station, the bus station is six stops from Deák tér on the blue metro line. If you are taking a taxi, your best bet is one of the established taxi companies, as unmarked taxis are more likely to rip you off. There is no tourist office here but the station staff should be able to help you order a regular taxi, which will cost around 2000Ft to the centre – there is no fixed tariff for the ride from here.
Of the other bus stations, the Árpád híd in the XIII district (on the blue metro line) is the jumping-off point for buses to and from Szentendre and the Danube Bend; the Stadion bus station in the XIV district (on the red metro line) serves the Northern Uplands and the Etele tér bus station in the XI district (take buses #7 or #7E to the centre) serves the Buda hinterland. None of the city's bus stations has any tourist facilities.
Hydrofoils (Mahart 
1/484-4010 or 4050, 
www.mahartpassnave.hu ) from Vienna (April– Oct) dock at the international landing stage, on the Belgrád rakpart (embankment), near downtown Pest.