TRANSNATIONAL STUDY TOUR OF THE ADAPT2DC PROJECT. Hungary time zone: GMT +1 hour (Central European Time)

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1 TRANSNATIONAL STUDY TOUR OF THE ADAPT2DC PROJECT 1. GENERAL INFORMATION Hungary time zone: GMT +1 hour (Central European Time) The currency in Hungary is Forint (HUF). 1 EURO=310 HUF Electrical system: Local voltage is 220 to 240 volts For emergency assistance (ambulance, police, fire fighters) call 112. For the latest weather forecast please visit Working hours in Hungary: Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Shopping hours: - Monday to Friday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. - Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. - Shopping malls are open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. 2. CITY OF BUDAPEST Budapest is the political, administrative, economic, scientific, and cultural centre of the Hungary. Budapest is often calledas Paris of Middle and Eastern Europe. Budapest, with a population of 2.5 million people, is located on both sides of the river Danube. Pest is flat, while Buda is hilly. Pest is the more vibrant, pulsating urban half with it s smart shops in the inner city and Andrássy Avenue. The major attractions of the city are on the Pest side, such as the Parliament Building,the Basilica, the Opera House, the Great Market Hall and the eight bridges which connect Buda to Pest. Buda is a greenbelt, the classier half of the city, where the 18th century baroque Castle District dominates. Óbuda (Old Buda) and theruins of the Roman settlement of Aquincum lie to the north of the city. Find out more about our unique capital city, Budapest at 1

2 3. VENUE OF THE TRANSNATIONAL STUDY TOUR HOLIDAY BEACH BUDAPEST WELLNESS & CONFERENCE HOTEL**** Address: 1039 Budapest, Piroska utca 3-5. Phone: +36/ Fax: +36/ GPS N 47 35' 16.75" E 19 04' 03.99" Room rates: HUF/ single room/night with breakfast In order to make your hotel room reservation and to provide rooms and best prices by the organizer please fill in completely the attached hotel reservation form and return it via fax or as indicated in the form and no later than 15 of May PROGRAMME OF THE CONFERENCE The programme of the Study Tour can be downloaded on the ADAPT2DC website. The final, detailed version of the Study Tour programme will be communicated to the participants in due time. 5. TRAVEL The Study tour will be held in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Budapest is accessible via plane arriving to the Liszt Ferenc International Airport. From the Airport, the centre of Budapest is easily accessible by taxi, public transport, train and the AirportShuttle-Minibus services. The city centre can be reached in minutes from the Airport. Bus number 200E operates from Terminal 2 and Kőbánya-Kispest metro terminal (metro line M3) between 4:00 AM and 11:00 PM. Arriving by car Budapest can be reached via the M1 highway (E60) from Wien and Bratislava or M7 highway (E71) from the direction of Ljubjana. Budapest is located about 200 km far from Bratislava and 250 km from Wien. Ljubljana is about 460 km away from Budapest. 2

3 International trains arrive to the Keleti, Nyugati and Déli railway stations. The Keleti railway station is located near metro line M2 and M4, which can be used getting to the city centre. Nyugati railway station is close to the metro line M3 and the Déli railway station is the terminal of the metro line M2. HOLIDAY BEACH BUDAPEST WELLNESS & CONFERENCE HOTEL**** can be reached from the Liszt Ferenc International Airport by public transport. Bus number 200E operates from Terminal 2 and Kőbánya-Kispest metro terminal (metro line M3) between 4:00 AM and 11:00 PM. Take metro line M3 towards Újpest-Központ terminal. until the Árpád híd station. Then transfer bus number 34 towards Békásmegyer, Újmegyeri tér until the Sinkovits Imre utca station. After getting off the bus walk backwards and turn left on the first street, then on the right side of the Piroska utca the ship-shaped hotel will be already visible. By public transport from the Keleti and Déli railway station take metro line M2 towards Deák Ferenc tér station, transfer to metro line M3 in the direction of Újpest-Központ until the Árpád híd station. Here change over to bus 34 in the direction of Békásmegyer and proceed until the Sinkovits Imre station. After getting off the bus walk backwards and turn left on the first street. From the Nyugati railway station take metro line M3 in the directionof Újpest-Központ. Arriving by car from the M1-M7 (E60-E71) highways follow the main road towards the Margit híd, pass by the Déli railway station, then at the Margit híd proceed in the direction of highway n. 11 further towards Szentendre on the Árpád Fejedelem útja, or on the Lajos or the Pacsirtamező utca. After passing by the Árpád híd continue of highway n.11. Further along this road after the Aquincum railway overpass turn right into the Pók utca. Follow the road turning left, further along the little bridge on the Királyok útja until the Római Tennis Academy, then immediately at the next possibility turn right. On the right side of the Piroska utca the ship-shaped hotel will be already visible. 3

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5 Participants are required to arrange their own travel. Also if you need any further information about the transportation, please do not hesitate to contact the organizers of the event directly. 6. INTERNET Free wireless connectivity is available at the hotel. 14. LANGUAGE Please note the official working language of the Conference is English. 15. FOR FURTHER DETAILS, PLEASE CONTACT MS Lívia Török Kelenné via +36 (1) or Ms Csilla Hoffmann via + 36 (1) or csilla.hoffmann@nth.gov.hu 5 This project is implemented through the CENTRAL EUROPE programme co-financed by the ERDF