LOCATION:
Friends Hostel is situated on the
grand boulevard of Budapest city centre among cinemas, theartres,
plenty of good restaurants, clubs, cafe's and restaurants, nearby the
Opera House, the Music Academy, Liszt Ferenc square (Budapest's most
trendy square) and the Andrássy avenue.
There are 12 Restaurants, 14
cafe's/pubs/clubs, 3 shops/supermarkets, 4 banks with ATM, 2 Money Exchange offices , 1 museum (House of error), 1 theater (Madách), 1 cinema (Örökmozgó),
1 metro stop (Octogon, M1), 2
tram stops, 3 bus stops, 1 tourist
office and 1 pharmacy
within 300 meters from us.
Museums nearby or with easy access
from us:
House of Terror (~ 300 meters, 3-4 minutes walk)
Museum of Fine Arts (~ 1.5-2 kilometers, 8-10 minutes by public
transport /4 stops by yellow metro at Heroes' square/)
Museum of Applied Arts (~ 1.5-2 kilometers, 6-8 minutes by public
transport /4 stops by yellow metro at Heroes' square/)
Museum of Ethnography:(~1.5 kilometers, 5-7 minutes by public
transport, 5 stops by trolleybus 70 or 78)
Post museum: (~ 800 meters, 8-10 minutes walk)
Distance from major sights of
Budapest:
Heroes square with millennium memorial statue, city park with zoo,
theme park, circus, Vajdahunyad castle, ice skate ring,
Széchenyi bath: ~ 1.5-2 kilometers, 8-10 minutes by public
transport /4 stops by yellow metro
Parliament building: ~1.5 kilometers, 5-7 minutes by public transport,
5 stops by trolleybus 70/78
Margaret Island, the so called green heart of Budapest: ~ 1.8
kilometers, 5 stops by tram no 4/6
State Opera House: ~500 meters, 5-6 minutes walk
Vaci utca famous pedestrian street & Danube Corso: ~ 2 kilometers,
3 stops by the yellow metro then a short walk
Castle district: ~ 2.5-3 kilometers, tram till Moszka square, then
change to Várbusz, ~ 25 minutes
Great Basilica: ~ 900 meters, 9-10 minutes walk, or 2 stops by yellow
metro
DIRECTIONS
Wherever you are, you should come to us by metro or on foot.
We are
ap. 1.5 minutes (150 m) walk from Oktogon square (metro line 1)
ap. 7 minutes (~700 m) walk Blaha Lujza square (metro line 2)
ap. 9 minutes (~ 900 m) walk from Deák square (metro line
1/2/3).
ap. 10 minutes (~1 000 m) walk from Nyugati railway station (metro line
3).
Friends Hostel is located in Teréz körút (boulevard) 4 (second floor).
From Ferihegy airport:
- The easiest way is to use our transfer services (link a transfers
oldalra) and take the airport minibus for 2 500 HUF/Pers (~9.5 EUR), or
the taxi for 4 400 HUF / cab (max. 4 persons) (~18EUR) These directly
take you to our address easily.
or:
- Get on the repter busz (airport bus) at the terminal and take off at
the last stop (Kőbánya Kispest). Take the blue line metro (M3)
toward Úpest-központ and travel till Deák square
(10th stop). Take the yellow metro (M1) toward Mexikoi ut and travel
till Oktogon square (3rd stop)
Our hostel is app. 150 m. from here (see detailed map).
You will need 3 normal travel tickets, which cost 300 HUF each.
IF you land at Ferihegy 2 airport, you can easily come by the railway
link to Nyugati station, from there you can walk or take the tram.
From Keleti railway station:
- Take the red line metro (M2) toward Deli pu. and travel till Blaha
Lujza square (1st stop). We are 700 m from here, but you can also go 2
stop by tram no 4 or 6 (toward Moszkva square /both no 4 or 6/) and get
out at Kiraly u. stop, we are ap. 30 m from here.
You will need 1 stage ticket/szakaszjegy in Hungarian/ to get to Blaha
Lujza square (180 HUF) Even easier, if you take Trolley bus (red bus)
no. 70 or 78, and travel a few stops till Akacfa street/Nagymező street
stop (st the church). We are 30 meters from here. You can also walk
from Keleti to us, but this is cca. 1.5 kilometers (15-20 minutes walk)
From Nyugati railway station:
The easiest is to walk from here to us (10 minutes), or:
- Take the tram (no 4 or 6) toward Fehervari ut (no 4) or Moricz
Zsigmond square (no 6) and get out at Kiraly u. (2nd stop).
You will need 1 stage ticket/szakaszjegy in Hungarian/ (250 HUF)
From Déli railway station:
- Take the red line metro toward Örs Vezer Tere and travel till
Blaha Lujza square (6th stop). We are 700 m from here, but you can also
go 2 stop by tram no 4 or 6 (toward Moszkva square /both no 4 or 6/)
and get out at Kiraly u. stop, we are ap. 30 m from here.
You will need 1 normal travel ticket to get to Blaha Lujza square (300
HUF)
Népliget int. bus station:
- Take the blue line metro (M3) toward Úpest-központ and
travel till Deák tere (4th stop). Then you can either walk (cca
9-10 minutes) or take the yellow metro (M1) toward Mexikoi ut and
travel till Oktogon square (3rd stop). Our hostel is ap. 150 m. from
here (see detailed map).
You will need 2 normal travel tickets / (300 HUF each)
When you arrived to Teréz körút 4 building, look
for Friends / Friends Hostel sign on the gate bell panel and ring it,
our receptionist will answer and let you in. (We also have a small
board there). When you are inside the building, turn immediately to the
left to enter the staircase.
Go up to the second floor by using the steps or the elevator, and you
will see FRIENDS HOSTEL.
The parliament is only 5 stops by trolleybus number 70 or 78 and
there is a stop right next to us in király street.
Váci utca,the famous pedestrian street,the Danube and the
well-known Gerbaud Cafe are 4 stops away on the yellow metro line the
entrance of which is right next to us at Oktogon Square.
Taking the opposite direction 4 stops away you reach Heroes’
Square where you can find the Museum of Fine Arts, Museum of Modern
Arts, Széchenyi Thermal Bath, the Zoo,the Circus and the
Funfair.
Tram number 4 or 6,which have a stop in front of us,take you to the
Margaret Island,the nicest island of Budapest.It is only 4 stops away.
Continuing on to Moszkva Square,to the last stop where you can find a
minibus called Várbusz that takes you up to the castle Hill.
