Yet another amazing thing about Budapest is that you can go for a nice stroll in the forest- and never leave the city. Normafa in the Buda hills is a ski centre in winter and a lovely spot for walks and picnics in summer. And there are three equally exciting ways to get up there: you can take a chairlift (libegő, literally "floater" in Hungarian) from Zugliget, the cogwheel train from Városmajor or you can ride on the Children's Railyway. (http://www.gyermekvasut.hu/english/chrw_home.php). The eleven kilometre long narrow gauge line runs between Hűvösvölgy and Széchenyi-hegy and is operated by children aged 10 to 14. You can even plan a trip including all three: take the cogwheel all the way from Városmajor to Széchenyi-hegy, switch to the little train and get off at Jánoshegy stop-after visiting the lookout tower situated on Budapest's highest point you can then take the chairlift back to "ground level" in Zugliget.
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