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Entrance Fee Introduced at Iconic Tourist Attraction in Budapest
On January 1, a cordon appeared at the lower terrace of the Fisherman’s Bastion, and from now on, visitors can only look out onto the Danube by paying a HUF 1,500 ticket (EUR 3.60), Telex reports. The 1st District’s Assembly adopted a pr
On January 1, a cordon appeared at the lower terrace of the Fisherman’s Bastion, and from now on, visitors can only look out onto the Danube by paying a HUF 1,500 ticket (EUR 3.60), Telex reports.
The 1st District’s Assembly adopted a proposal on December 12 to close the popular tourist attraction in Budapest. The proposal includes raising the entrance fee to the Fisherman’s Bastion to HUF 1,500 from January 1 and extending it to the roughly 27-meter-long section below. The upper lookout terrace of the Fisherman’s Bastion has previously been already subject to a fee, last year it cost HUF 1,200 (EUR 2.90).
The 1st District’s municipality will evaluate how well the charging system has worked after a one-month trial period.
As the portal writes, the assembly meeting also discussed the issue of a restaurant that uses a part of the lower terrace. This was an important matter because, with the closure of the lower section, the only way to access the Danube panorama free of charge is through the restaurant. Former mayor Márta Váradiné Naszályi said that the restaurant had closed off part of the lower terrace of the Fisherman’s Bastion, and she understood that non-paying guests were not allowed to enter.
However, according to Gábor Csobánczy, local representative, the contract stipulates that the restaurant must provide access.
László Böröcz, mayor of the 1st District, did not comment on the concerns about the closure at the assembly meeting. Instead, he complained that the previous municipal administration had given the restaurant the license to operate on the terrace.
In response to a question from Telex,
the municipality explained that the aim of the solution now being introduced is to create a safe approach.
“The Trinity Square and the Fisherman’s Bastion are visited by an increasing number of tourists every year, hence attention must be paid to the safe movement of visitors. The pilot project, that will last for 1 month, will also serve this purpose, in order to analyze the access to this frequented area,” they wrote.
Via Telex, Featured image: Pixabay
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