rent a bike

because it's the most trendy way to go from A to B in these day in budapest. although, there aren't many bicycle path and also the cars drivers not very ... hm, like the germans, you know. let's say they are like the italians without a smile. BUT! dare to hop one a bike, the layout of the city is perfectly designed for two wheels. ok, expect the castle hill.


so, i collected, what i found about the rental companies.

budapestbike (budapestbike.hu)
address: VII. Wesselényi u. 18.
prices:

• six hours: 2000 huf,
• one day: 3000 huf
• two days: 5000 huf

they have tandems, and the prices include the helmet, chain and lock.

bikebase (bikebase.hu)
address: VI. Podmaniczky utca 19.
prices:

• 24 hours: 2000 huf
• 48 hours: 3500 huf

need to present (not as deposit) an ID or passport. provide panniers and tool kit.

Lowe Alpine (lowealpine.hu)
address: VI. Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út 17.
prices:

• 5 hours: 1500 huf
• 24 hours: 3500 huf
• 36 hours: 4500 huf
  
• 48 hours: 5500 huf

it includes padlock, carrier and helmet. 15000 huf or 50 eur deposit needed.

bajnok (champion) (hercehurca.hu/node/382)
address: VI. Bajnok utca 29.
prices:

• 24 hours: 2500 huf
  
• 48 hours: 4000 huf
  
• a week: 10000 huf

actually, they are a messenger company and a service, so probably they have the best bikes.

yellow zebra (yellowzebrabikes.com)
address: V. Sütõ utca 2. and VI. Lázár utca 16.
prices:

• a day: 2000 huf
  
• 24 hours: 3000 huf
  
• 36 hours: 4000 huf
  
• 48 hours: 5000 huf

basket, lock and helmet included. you can rent lots of other equipments. deposit needed (50 or 100 eur).

maps

i'm really hooked on maps. while travelling and arriving to a city, my first thing is to find an information and get some (we already mentioned, you can take free ones at the airport).



there are pretty good online ones about budapest. check out google maps (or yahoo maps), it's quite detailed and has all the streets. you can search for adresses, places and so on.
if you want to get from A to B by public transport use this. it's a shame, it's only hungarian but let me help you. kerület is district, just leave it unfilled. you should write the street adress to the utca, házszám field. indulás means departure, érkezés is arrive. if you click on the mutasd, the map checks, if you gave a right adress. finally click on mehet (ok). and take a look at the underground network here (green one is under construction).
coming by bike? plan your route here. type the departure and destination (indulás and érkezés) than click on útvonaltervezés biciklivel link below.
at the end, i have a photo and a video map.