Budapest's integrated transport system puts Britain’s to shame. It comprises buses, trams, metro, commuter train and trolleybuses, all of which link up, with most running from the crack of dawn until late at night. Even in February we didn't have to wait longer than seven minutes for anything. Cheap too - a Budapest card or travel card will get you free travel anywhere within the city limits. Don't bother bringing a car as Budapest gets congested in rush-hour, even in low season. Instead, jump on a tram or metro and get straight where you want to go.
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Checkout the tram and bus routes. Some (for example, trams 4 and 6) virtually circle the city and provide lots of distance for a ticket (each change costs extra). The problem is that handout maps are virtually unreadable. It seems that transport maps do not exist, but there is a superb website giving details of routes of all forms of transport. There is an English language version. www.bkv.hu/angol/home/index.htmlGet carnets of ten tickets at any metro station. You need a ticket for each time you board a bus/tram/metro, even on one journey.
Buy a carnet of 10 tickets for 2050 Ft at metro station ticket offices (the machines only sell single tickets). Each one is valid for 30 minutes. None of the trams we used had ticket-stamping machines. On the metro, our tickets were inspected frequently, once at 22h30!
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