One of the questions that may come to your mind when traveling to Hungary will be “Is Budapest Airport in Buda or Pest”.
Budapest Airport is located on the pest side. It is located around 20 KM away on the pest side from the city center. The List Ferenc Airport and both of the Budapest Airport terminals are located in the 18th district of Budapest, while the city center is 5th district.
The best taxi fare calculators for Budapest are from KiwiTaxi and SunTransfers.
The question about location of “Budapest airport on Buda or Pest side” is good to ask but it does not give any useful information if you are planning to come to Budapest city center from the airport.The Buda side of Budapest is normally a hilly area,and constitute a huge area.
On the other hand, the Pest side of Budapest is a plain area,and logically speaking the airports are preferred to be made around the non-hilly area.
It means if you are coming from Budapest airport,and your hotel/accommodation is on the pest side, you will not cross any of the 7 bridges between Buda and Pest.
This is worth mentioning here because sometime Budapest taxis will trick you by taking a longer route instead of the direct one.i.e.Even if your accommodation is on the pest side, they may cross any of the bridges by taking a longer route so that you are charged more.
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