Worth buying if you plan to use only public transport to get around, intend to visit several museums/sites a day and eat at tourist restaurants.

On the downside, quite a few of the museums are free to enter anyway; lots of the sites we had planned to visit were closed over the winter even though they were still listed in the Budapest Guide brochure as being open; none of the restaurants we fancied were part of the Budapest Card scheme and those listed generally weren't for us.

On our five-day break in January we found that we just about broke even on the cost of purchasing the card. The main benefit we found was the convenience of hopping on and off buses, trams and trains without having to get our tickets punched each time.

Having the card also encouraged us to travel further afield and do more things (to get our money's worth) than we might have done otherwise. For those who like more freedom to choose where they go and what they visit it could be worth exploring the ordinary travel cards as an alternative.

Can be purchased from Tourist Information outlets and most hotels. You can buy it at a discount in advance on the internet and have it delivered to your hotel. www.budapestinfo.hu/en/budapest_card
For regular travel cards: www.bkv.hu/angol/jegyek/index.html

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