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Speed limit: in cities 50 km/h, in out of cities 90/110 km/h, on motorway 130 km/h.
Documents: driver's license, car registration card and Green Card (proof of car insurance)
The max. permitted level of alcohol in the blood is 0.00‰.
Using a mobile phone while driving is forbidden, but the use of hands-free devices is tolerated.
Motorways can be used with prepayed vignettes. The 2008 motorway tolls for motorcycles, cars and caravans ( with a max. total weight of 3.500 kgs ):
4-day: 1530 HUF,
10-days: 2550 HUF,
1-month: 4200 HUF,
1-year vignette: 37200 HUF .
The authorisation is valid after the buyer has signed the control coupon confirming the purchase of the authorisation.
For 2009 updates please visit the Website!!
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Updated Apr 4, 2011
Phone: +3688-480-006
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In the summertime - 24. May & 14. Sept. - the ferries are in service every 40 minutes. Travel duration:10 minutes. Depends on weather condition, may be modified.
High-season shipping timetable: Departure Harbor of Szántód 6.00 - 23.20, departur Harbor of Tihany 6.20 - 23.40
Fares for Person: HUF 480.-, for Car HUF: 1 360.-
Written Jan 29, 2008
Phone: 84/310-050
Website: http://www.balatonihajozas.hu/
Revfülöp train station and the old chekoslovac loco.
Written Sep 1, 2009
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Updated Nov 27, 2003
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Q: Hello to all, I'm planning a weekend in Siofok, we will arrive by car from budapest airport. My question is: is there the risk...
A: I think if you leave early in the morning and its not raining you should be ok without much problem. If you leave mid day you will tend to run into traffic, but bearable...
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The Lake seems to be a Sea - Balaton
Lake Balaton is the largest lake - surface area 592 km² - in Central Europe. Since Hungary is landlocked ( no access to any sea since more than 80 years), the lake is sometimes called the "Hungarian...
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Lake Balaton. An hour from Budapest.
The lake is about 90 kms from Budapest in a southwesterly direction. The new M7 motorway gets you there in less than an hour and the blue car of Gentleman 75 chewed those kms up like a hungry animal....
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This is the biggest lake in Hungary and in Central Europe. The with of the lake is 5-6kms, the length is 78kms. The average depth of water is 3 ms, the deepest is 12 ms at Peninsula of Tihany. The...
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Lake Balaton - The Hungarian Sea
The Balaton is often called the Hungarian Sea. No doubt it's the biggest lake in Central- and Western Europe (for surface, it's slightly bigger then Lac Léman, the Lake of Geneve!). It's length is 77...
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The "Hungarian Sea", is the people's name for the 50 mile long lake with silky green-yellow water in the middle of Transdanubia. Lake Balaton is one of Hungary's most precious treasures and most...
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