GENERAL
INFORMATION
| Language | Climate | Insurance
| Travel and transport information
venue
The venue
of the Seminar is:
Danubius
Thermal Hotel Margitsziget
Margaret
Island (Margitsziget)
1138
Budapest
Hungary
Tel.: +36
1 452 6200
Fax : +36
1 452 6261
http://www.danubiusgroup.com/thermalhotel
The
distance between the Budapest Ferihegy international airport and Margaret
Island is about 15 km.
Friday,
12 September, 2003:
•
Plenary sessions: English spoken with simultaneous translation into Hungarian
•
Workshops: English spoken with summaries in Hungarian
•
Reports from workshops: English spoken with simultaneous translation into
Hungarian
Saturday,
13 September, 2003:
•
Plenary sessions: English spoken with simultaneous translation into Hungarian
•
Workshops: English spoken with summaries in Hungarian
•
Reports from workshops: English spoken with simultaneous translation into
Hungarian
•
Hungarian sessions: in Hungarian only, no translation
(in September)
Budapest
has a temperate and continental climate. In September, the daily mean temperature
is 15°C.
The
Seminar Committee and the ESC cannot accept any liability. Participants should
make their own arrangements with respect to health and travel
insurance.
and transport information
Flights of domestic and foreign airlines arrive
at Terminal 2 of Budapest Ferihegy international airport.
Transport to and from the airport
The LRI Minibus transports passengers between the
two Ferihegy terminals or between any address in Budapest
and Ferihegy. Within the Budapest city limits, the one-way
fare is 2100 HUF/person (or 8,54 euro), 3600 HUF/person (or 14,64 euro) round-trip.
Tickets can be purchased at the arrival customs area or at the LRI Airport
Passenger Service desk in the waiting area.
The airport buses operated by the municipal
public transportation authority, BKV, run from
Kõbánya-Kispest underground terminal to Ferihegy 2 (the bus has the name
of the terminal on it). Passengers need to buy their tickets
before boarding the bus, tickets are available at the news
stand in the waiting area.
It is advisable to choose one of the two options
mentioned above as travelling by taxi is much more
expensive and private taxis (those not belonging to a registered company)
charge unregulated prices.
Taxi
Budapest
has several taxi fleets. All are obliged to operate a taxi meter and give
receipts if so requested by the passenger. Taxi fares have had
maximum limits imposed from September 1998. Between May 1
and September 30, so-called ‘water’ taxis, for a maximum
five passengers, are in service on the Danube.
The city
is divided into two parts, the hilly side of Buda on the western bank and the
flat plain of Pest on the eastern bank of the river Danube. These
two parts of the city were once separate towns and were
merged together with Ancient Buda (Óbuda) only in 1873.
Budapest
is known as the City of Therapeutic Waters. The abundance of medicinal waters
in Budapest is unparalleled. A capital city featuring the highest number of
medical thermal springs in the world, Budapest was granted the
title of “Spa City” in 1934.
There is
probably no other capital city on the globe with swimming pools and bathing
halls dating back to the Turkish occupation and still in use
today, with thermal spas irradiating the rich colours and
forms of Art Nouveau and featuring one of the largest spas
in Europe.
Margaret
Island (Margitsziget) is located in the middle of the river Danube between
Margaret Bridge and Árpád Bridge. The northern section of the
island is home of the turn-of-the-century Grand Hotel
Margitsziget and the modern Danubius Thermal Hotel
Margitsziget. The latter – where the ESC Seminar venue will take place – offers
thermal spa and state-of-the-art medical services using thermal
water springs on the island to cure different types of
locomotor disorders.
You will
find more information on Budapest on the website of the Budapest Tourism
Office, http://www.budapestinfo.hu/en/
Any
company interested in exhibiting should contact the Seminar Secretariat.