The Deptford Lads' in Budapest

The main links from this site to other websites that give information about where we went and what we saw.

• Hotel Victoria
• BKV - the Budapest Transport company
• Hungarian National Museum
  • Council of Europe 27th Art Exhibition "The Centre of Europe around 1000 A.D." (CoE website)
  • Europe's Centre around 1000 AD (exhibition website)
• Szoborpark (Statue Park)
• Teleport - Internet Clubcafe

Extracts from the Hotel Victoria website

 H-1011 Budapest,
 Bem rakpart 11.

 Tel.: (36-1) 457-8080
 Fax: (36-1) 457-8088
 E-Mail:  victoria@victoria.hu

• buffet-breakfast
  (hot and cold dishes) 
• drink-bar 
• room-service 
• laundry 
• sauna 
• garage

Hotel Victoria

• high speed internet connection in all rooms 
• 27 double rooms with bath/shower 
• panoramic view of the river Danube and the city 
• air-conditioning 
• direct dial telephones
• minibar 
• colour TV with satellite channels
  (incl. CNN, Sky News) 
• room-safe 
• hair-dryer

1 double room for 5 nights at DM 199 per night including breakfast and tax
Total = DM 995 (5 x £62/night = £311 at 3.195 DM/£)

Information and pictures from Hotel Victoria website.
Hotel Victoria: www.victoria.hu/

For our own comments on this hotel, see our Hotel page

 Flight time: 2hrs 30mins (2hrs 40mins return leg)
 Distance:    913 miles
 Aircraft:    Boeing 737-500

 Ticket price:	2 @ £204.30 = £408.60 (inc. taxes)
 Vouchers:     2 x £100 = £200.00
 Net cost:    	£208.60 (£104.30 each)

Travlang currency: Pound/Forint page | Pocket Converter

U.S. Naval Observatory
Astronomical Applications Department

Sun and Moon Data for One Day

The following information is provided for Budapest (longitude E19.1, latitude N47.5):

        Thursday 
        7 September 2000      Universal Time + 2h            

                         SUN
        Begin civil twilight      05:39                 
        Sunrise                   06:10                 
        Sun transit               12:42                 
        Sunset                    19:12                 
        End civil twilight        19:43                 

                         MOON
        Moonset                   23:49 on preceding day
        Moonrise                  15:45                 
        Moon transit              20:10                 
        Moonset                   00:34 on following day
 

Phase of the Moon on 7 September:   waxing gibbous with 66% of the Moon's visible disk illuminated.

First quarter Moon on 5 September 2000 at 18:28 (Universal Time + 2h).

Deptford Lads' Daylight Page
US NO Astronomical Applications Department

Transport:

• British Midland
• MÁV Rt (Hungarian Railways)
• MÁV - ELVIRA (Railway timetable system)
• MÁV Nostalgia Tourist, Trading and Services Ltd.

Weather:

• Hungarian Meteorological Service
• Yahoo! Budapest HU Weather Forecast
• CNN.com - Weather - Budapest, Hungary
• Rain or Shine - Budapest
• Intellicast - Four Day Local Forecast - Budapest
• AccuWeather - 5-day forecast - Budapest
• AccuWeather Ten Day Forecast - Budapest

On-line guides:

• Time Out: Budapest
• Lonely Planet - Destination Hungary
• Yahoo! Travel - Hungary
• Yahoo! Travel - Budapest
• Rough Guide - Hungary
• Rough Guide - Budapest
• Excite Travel: Destinations: Hungary
• Excite Travel: Destinations: Hungary: Budapest
• Hungary In Your Pocket - travel guide
• Budapest, Hungary In Your Pocket - city travel guide
• Globewalker Budapest City Guide Main Page
• ITISnet - Hungary

Hotels:

• Hotel Victoria
• Virtual Hungary/Accommodation/Budapest/3 star
• WELCOME TO HUNGARY by Surfers' HOTEL.WEB

Language:

• Globewalker - Useful Words & Phrases in Hungarian
• travlang's English-Hungarian On-line Dictionary
• travlang's Hungarian - English On-line Dictionary
• travlang's Hungarian for travellers (Magyar nyelv utazóknak (English))
• MTA SZTAKI's English-Hungarian Dictionary
• Hungarian Language Course

Misc:

• Budapest
• Budapest related links
• Map of Budapest
• DIGITAL BUDAPEST
• ::: Budapest Week Online magazine :::
• The British Embassy Budapest - Home
• MIWO - Hungarian Tourism Web Site
• Hungarian National Tourist Office
• Tourism Office of Budapest
• The Hungary Page - Hungarian History, Culture, and Resources
• Cybercafes.com. Internet cyber cafes guide all over the world.
• Szoborpark (Statue Park)

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