Tips for parking in Budapest for foreigner?

Posted by lightwavel@reddit | askhungary | View on Reddit | 11 comments

Hello everyone. In 3 weeks I plan on visiting Budapest for the (a bit extended) weekend (Thursay to Monday). I am staying relatively close to Puskas Arena and in the apartment where I'm staying, parking is not included. The owner told me, in few words, there are public parking spots, rate is 600 HUF, on weekends its free.

Honestly, not what I expected, so I'm hoping you could give me more clarifications:

  1. 600 HUF, around 1.5 euro, would get to about 50 euros for 2 day parking, and not even sure whether it is even possible for me to take one spot and pay for it like this for two days. Are there maybe better alternatives to this? Is there a way to pay for the 1 or 2 day ticket fully?

  2. Are there some "guarded" alternatives, meaning, not to leave the car right on the street somewhere? I'd prefer somewhere more safe, like in some garage, and/or with camera survaillance. Is that possible?

  3. Any other tips you might have for me regarding this.

P.S. If you have any suggestions as to what might be interesting to visit (to sightsee, try food/drinks etc.) I am also open to that. Have about 1.5 day-ish time of unplanned activities.

Looking forward to visiting your country!