satseeker

There are some shops inside the building at the port entrance before the security check and check-in.

We just returned (July 11) from our Avalon Budapest to Prague trip. We arrived to our hotel, the Corinithia at around noonish. As our room was not ready, we went for lunch & were in our room by 1:45 PM. We took it easy the 1st day as we had a long flight into Budapest from Vancouver, BC.

 

On the 2nd day, we had an inclusive city tour of Budapest in a comfortable A/C coach with stops at the Fishermens' Bastion & Heroes' Square. This tour was about 3 hours. Upon return to the hotel, we freshened up & took a cab (2000 Ft or Hungarian $) down to the Central Market. Get the front desk to get you the cab. We could also have taken tram 6 which stops in front of our hotel, but then you have to transfer to tram 2, to reach the market. The ticket cost 350 Ft/person/tram, which would have been 1400 Ft vs 2000 Ft for a direct A/C no fuss ride to the market. You can easily spend a couple of hours at this market. If you are into farmer type markets, this is for you. On the 2nd floor of this market, you're in luck if you're a foodie, as there's a lot of kiosks selling street type food.

 

You can easily walk & munch your way to the Chain Bridge from the market. We meandered back to the Corinthia Hotel in about 45 minutes.

 

On embarkation day, we had to check out of the hotel by 11 AM. Our transfer to the ship was at 3:30 PM. You can leave your luggage at the hotel, wander around, take a HOHO bus, have lunch or take an included lunch excursion, as in our case, by Avalon & get dropped off at the ship at 4 PM.

 

In any event have a great time.

Hello Foodpolice, we have booked our first Avalon river cruise from Budapest to Prague this coming late Oct. We're also from Vancouver, BC. Would love to hear more about your cruise experience.

Hello BPCruiser, thank you so much for your advice and the suggestions of the optional excursions. We will have keep our fingers crossed and hope there will be no high water level issue during fall season. Have a great weekend :)

We are cruising from Budapest to Prague (Blue Danube Discovery) with Avalon on their new ship for 2011 the Panorama this November and plan to do some pre & post days in Budapest and Prague. Really looking forward to it :)

Hi BPCruiser, I understand it's an old thread. We're going on the same ship this end of Oct. 2016. How was the weather there in Nov.? Anything info you can share such as the included and optional shore excursions?

Hello,

I'm looking for Tallinn pdf as the post #85 website is no longer working. Can anyone please kindly send it to me? My email is satseeker@gmail.com

Thanks in advance

I just finished renting all of my cars today..used Alamo..fair prices...they pick you up and bring you back to the ship. If you pre-register you get a better price.

I plan to rent a car in Hilo. The ship leaves at 5 pm, if I return the car at 3:30 pm, do they give you a ride back to port anytime? How much do they charge for the car gas?