ICA Executive Committee meeting - Budapest,
1-5 May 2003
The updated table of reservations
Meeting photos
Hungary:
Area: 93 030.03 sq. km
Population (1995): 10 245 677
The highest peak: Kékes (1014 m), the country is landlocked, the largest lake
is Balaton (598 sq. km).
Largest rivers: Duna (Danube), Tisza
Currency: Hungarian Forint (HUF), 1 euro = 245.5 HUF
Budapest:
Area: 614 sq. km
Population: 2 Million
The programme (plan)
1 May, Thursday
HOLIDAY |
Arrival day
Time for informal meetings and consultations. |
2 May, Friday
HOLIDAY |
08.30-09.00 Introduction (President, SG)
09.00-12.00 Commission reports of the period 1999-2003
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-14.00 Planned commissions 2003-2007. Report of proposals handed
in (SG), New GIS Commissions (Kirsi Virrantaus)
14.00-17.00 Joint commission activities. Grouping of commissions. Brake-out
in possible groups for improving interaction, and report from brake-out
sessions
17.00 Visit the Map Collection of the National Széchényi
Library
19.30 Dinner (the participants are invited by the Rector of Eötvös
University)
|
3 May, Saturday
HOLIDAY |
08.30-8.50 Introduction of strategic plan by Past-President
08.50-10.00 Plenary discussion of the strategic plan
10.30-11.30 Brake-out on the strategic plan
11.30-12.30 Report from the brake-out sessions
12.30-13.30 Lunch
13.30-15.00 Interaction with other societies and global initiatives (Milan Konecny)
15.30-17.30 Publication plans (Bob McMaster, Elsevier, RMIB)
|
4 May, Sunday
HOLIDAY |
08.30-12.00 EC Meeting: Commission chairs that wish to discuss
items are welcome
12.00-13.00 Lunch
13.00-17.00 EC Meeting |
| 5 May, Monday |
Departure
President and SG prepare General Assembly |
The river divides the city into two parts. Pest is the eastern part, which is
totally flat. Buda is the western part, which is partly hilly, the highest point
is more than 500 meters above the sea level (the river is about 110 meter above
the sea level).
The M1, M2, M3 signs shows the stops of the three underground line. M3 (the blue
line) is going to the airport direction. The closest stop is the Kalvin ter.
Nr. 22 (on the map) is the place of the hotel: Hotel Peregrinus.
Hotel
Hotel
Peregrinus (called as a university guesthouse, but it is a normal hotel).
It is a quiet place in the city center.
Address: 1056 Budapest, Szerb u. 3.
Tel.: 36 (1) 266-4911 - fax: 36 (1) 266-4913
Please don't contact the hotel directly, inform us and we
make the changes for you!
Prices (special university prices):
Single room (including buffet breakfast): 15000 HUF/day
Double room (including buffet breakfast): 19500 HUF/day/room (17000 HUF for only
one person)
To get a discount price we have to finalize the reservation one month prior the
meeting. Then we change the remaining reservation tor a commercial one, we will
cancel these reservations 2 weeks before the meeting. The commercial (full) prices:
single - 17500 HUF, double - 23000 (20000) HUF.
We can suggest you other hotels (high quality hotels or cheaper possibilities)
too.
We reserved all the rooms of Hotel Peregrinus (the total capacity is about 44
persons: 19 double rooms and 6 single) for three nights (1/4 May).
If you plan to arrive earlier or leave later, please inform us as soon as possible.
This is a small and popular hotel.
For reservation you directly contact us:
Mr. László Zentai
Department of Cartography, Eötvös University, Budapest
Tel.: 36-1-3722975, fax: 36-1-3722951
E-mail: zetor@ludens.elte.hu
The updated table of reservations
From the airport to the hotel
Airport: Budapest, Ferihegy (SE from the center)
Transport connections between Budapest Airport and the city centre:
1. The Hungarian Airlines (MALÉV) operates a city minibus service from
and to Ferihegy 2 Airport for HUF about 2100 HUF/person. If you buy a return ticket
at the same time they cost together about 3500 HUF. Buy your ticket in the baggage
reclaim area or at the Airport Passenger Service desk located in the main passenger
hall (you will not miss it). You have to change some money for the first time
and after this you can buy your ticket. (You don't have to say at that time which
time do you want to go back, we will help you calling the service to order the
minibus service back to the airport.)
Of course you have to indicate where you want to travel (Hotel Peregrinus).
After buying your ticket and collecting your luggage you can find the Passenger
Service Desk where you can wait for your minibus. The service collects passengers
going to the same direction. I frequently used this service and the most time
I had to wait at the desk was 20 minutes. The driver of the minibus will look
for their passengers.
No matter what time you arrive or where you want to travel, the service is very
reliable (you can travel to any point in Hungary - but it costs more if your destination
is outside Budapest).
2. The cheapest way: the local bus service "Airport bus" runs between
the underground terminus Kőbánya-Kispest and Ferihegy 2. The vehicles of Budapest
Transport Ltd. (BKV, see www.bkv.hu for more information)
may be used with prepurchased tickets (and passes), the price is 120 HUF. Tickets
are valid on tram, trolleybus, metro (underground, subway), cog-wheel railway,
bus as well as on suburban railway (HÉV) within city boundaries. Tickets are available
at a reduced price in a 10- or 20 piece booklet which is called “gyüjtöjegy”.
You must validate tickets in booklets in the same way as regular tickets, however,
you should keep the complete booklet until the end of your last trip.
Tickets should be validated at ticket punchers on vehicles (for the metro, at
ticket validating machines at the entrance of each station). Tickets are valid
for one uninterrupted, single trip. If you change vehicles or lines, you must
validate another ticket. Tickets must be kept until the end of the trip, on the
metro the tickets may be controlled at the exit gates. Tickets may be purchised
at ticket sales, metro stations and ticket vending machines, but not on the vehicles.
On some buses (like Airport bus, you can buy tickets at the bus driver for a higher
price, 140 HUF).
If you want to travel to the hotel you have to change only once, at the underground
terminus. The terminus is on the surface connected to a railway station. You have
to get off on the 8th stop (Kalvin ter). From there you can walk, see the map.
3. Taxi. I think the taxi drivers in Budapest are not reliable, they tend
to ask you to pay much more if you can't speak Hungarian. However the average
price from the airport to the city is 4500-7000 HUF.
City travel:
If you would like to travel around the city, use the local transport network.
The service is cheap, frequent and reliable. You can buy tickets in several places,
but not in the vehicles (there are some exceptions, like the Airport bus, but
the price is higher on the vehicles and you can buy only regular tickets). The
ticket is valid for nearly each kind of vehicle type: bus, underground (metro),
tramway, cogwheel railway, trolley bus, suburban railway (mostly only within the
administrative borders). If you change lines, you have to validate a new ticket.
Tickets are also available at a reduced price in 10- or 20 piece booklets, which
is called "Gyűjtőjegy". You must validate tickets in booklets
in the same way as regular tickets, however you should keep the complete booklet
until the end of your last trip (two or more persons can share the same booklet).
One-day, three-day and seven-day passes may be used for an unlimited number of
trips on the day(s) indicated on the passes. You can buy these tickets on limited
places, but we will help you if necessary.
Budapest Card: for short-stay visitors, this is a must: a pass which gives you
free use of public transport, free admission to major museums and galleries, plus
discounts in selected restaurants, shops, and on the airport minibus among the
other things.
The card costs 3700 HUF for two days while a three-day pass is 4500 HUF.
The prices of tickets (2003):
normal ticket: 120 HUF (140 HUF on the vehicle)
10-piece booklet: 1070 HUF
20-piece booklet: 2100 HUF
Tourist ticket (for 3 days): 1850 HUF
Weekly ticket: 2250 HUF
Links
www.budapest.com (tourist information)
Budapest Tourism Office
Budapest Pocket Guide
Map of Budapest and surrounding cities (in
Hungarian)
Other Budapest
map (simple, but searchable)
Budapest webmap
Budapest Travel Company (BKV)
- tickets, passes, timetables
Nice view for tourists (webcam)
Weather forecast (click on the English on top)