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Where we headed this time?hungaroring circuit - budapest / mogyorod hungary (22kms / 14 miles from downtown Budapest - bus/subway available. ) Find Hotels near Budapest Ferihegy Airport (BUD) Find Ferihegy Budapest Website zrt Find Hotels near all major Eurepean Airports Shop for the cheapest airfare to BUD / LHBP BUdapest Ferihegy International Airport for your trip to Hungaroring Circuit with travelocity, hotwire and Priceline at my Flights and Cars Store compare prices on cheapest trip packages to Hungary and save . For information about getting from these airports to their respective downtowns visit to and from the airport. > Find more Hotels in Europe > Is there camping at the track? Yep. You can camp right beside the track. Hungary Entry Tips: TIPS: Enter via the airport, not by road/rail. I'd have pics on this page but for some over-zealous Hungarian border Customs Guards, who seemed not to have heard the Berlin wall had come down when I visited the Hungary in 2001. Also, residents of a handful of countries, including Australia, require visas to enter Hungary. It's easier to get these in your home country than while on the road. LOCAL TRANSIT / TRANSFERS TO THE TRACK The track offers loads of parking and camping (see below) but traffic is shocking (& in the HEAT) ! A shuttle bus is available from downtown to the circuit, catch it on the Pest side of ?rp?d-Bride from early til late. It's Free if you have an ticket for the Hangarian Grand Prix. A train runs to the circuit every 30mins from 4h30. Costs: 200HUF. Helicopter from Budapest to the track, however, is a serious option: NOTE: On busses trains in town, VALIDATE, your ticket. TICKETS Find f1 grand prix tickets. > Where's the Map? > Check out this Hungaroring satellite and road map > Got the weather and radar? Budapest Weather Forecast > What's the local newspaper say? The Budapest Sun + Budapest Govt Official News > What else is there to do? > Speed related stuff we got to check out nearby: > > Find more European circuits Places of Worship Check out ?? > Liquor Laws: The legal drinking age in HUNGARY is ??. >Local Currency: Hungarian Forint - HUF) TIP: Buy your Forint from your bank at home to save on high tourist conversion fees. Draw local money from ATMs. > TIPPING: Not expected. Where you're impressed with the service, you'll usually round up the bill 10%.. Careful this hasn't already been 'presumed' in your bill. > TAXES: ??? > ATM Locator: Visa > Time Zone: CET (Central European Time) GMT + 2 Godspeed, Cvetko Ostroznik AT THE TRACK At the 2003 event, full weekend grandstand ticket holders may take a pit walk on Thursday before the F1 event free! A grandstand ticket will also get you free parking ? many children's tickets (under 18) are reduced by up to 50% to get rid of them. See official race website for full details. > Museum hopping? Check out this List of Museums in Budapest - pst... get a "Hungary Card". Shopping: A long shopping street stretches for miles across town, Vaci Utca (Vaci Street), similar to the way Rue Ste. Catherine does in Montreal, or like La Rambla in Barcelona. On V?ci, of course, you'll find no end of bohemian wares. Budapest is where European Bohemia (& its excesses) began. No wonder there was a revolution! See notes on tipping and money. Take time to see> > Janos Hill (Chairlift to view of city)> Buda Castle - featuring both architecturally and in exhibits the history of art in the city. > A Thermal spa bath - ie. G?llert Hotel > St. Stephen's Basilica (1845) & the Saint's mummified hand, which a security guard will flip a light switch and show you for 200HUF (around $1USD) Tips - Do/Don't
1) Take plenty cold to drink. It is almost always always horrendously hot in August on raceday! Except for 2002, when the weather was bearable, but the city was flooding |
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> hotels in Budapest Hungary (downtown is about 12 miles from the track)
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