Telephone, credit cards and Budapest accommodation

Telephone

Hungary code: 36, Budapest: 1, dialling code for inland calls: 06. Budapest telephone numbers are 7 digits, countryside numbers (including the trunk code) 8 digits. If you wish to phone abroad from Hungary, first dial 00, wait for the tone, and then dial the country code, town code and continue with the telephone number. Public phones operate with 20, 50 and 100 forint coins and telephone cards. The latter can be purchased Asboth apartment in Budapest in tobacconists, post offices, petrol stations and newsagents. It is cheaper to phone at the weekend, on public holidays and in the evening. Mobile telephone numbers are 9-digit, after dialling 06; depending on the telephone company, the first two numbers are 20, 30 or 70.

Credit cards

Credit Cards

The most commonly used credit cards – AMEX, Diners Club, Cirrus, EnRoute, Euro/Mastercard, JCB, VISA – can be used to obtain cash from ATMs in banks and on the streets as well as to pay bills in hotels, restaurants and shops. Emblems on the door of the establishment detail which credit cards are accepted.

Budapest Accommodation

The capital has every category of accommodation from luxury hotel to paying guest rooms. Free copies of Accommodation in Asboth apartment in Budapest can be picked up from information offices and hotel receptions in town. Other useful information on accommodation can be found on the homepage of the Tourism Office of Budapest and in information offices.