Guidebook with our family's favorit places in Budapest
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Walk on Dunacorso and take tram 2 North along the river to arrive at Parliament. visit the building and see the Hungarian crown and the rooms of the former Upper House.
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Hungarian Parliament Building
1-3 Kossuth Lajos térWalk on Dunacorso and take tram 2 North along the river to arrive at Parliament. visit the building and see the Hungarian crown and the rooms of the former Upper House.
Shoes Memorial" In winter 1944 Hungarian Arrowcrosslers / Nazis killed several thousend jewish citizens by telling them to take off their shoes and clothing and jump into the ice water of the Danube or shooting them into the river. This is a memorial of the women, children and old man killed by Hungarians
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Shoes on the Danube Bank
Idősebb Antall József rakpartShoes Memorial" In winter 1944 Hungarian Arrowcrosslers / Nazis killed several thousend jewish citizens by telling them to take off their shoes and clothing and jump into the ice water of the Danube or shooting them into the river. This is a memorial of the women, children and old man killed by Hungarians
100 year old Ice rink on Hősök tere, you can rent skates. Open until 11pm with an interval at lunchtime.
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City Park Ice Rink and Boating
5 Olof Palme stny.100 year old Ice rink on Hősök tere, you can rent skates. Open until 11pm with an interval at lunchtime.
I don't know other European cities, where a permanent circus is open every day with performances at 7pm. also at 3pm on weekends. Check performances on jegy.hu . Enjoy the international show with friends or kids.
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Fővárosi Nagycirkusz
12/a Állatkerti krt.I don't know other European cities, where a permanent circus is open every day with performances at 7pm. also at 3pm on weekends. Check performances on jegy.hu . Enjoy the international show with friends or kids.
It is a huge and over a 100 year old zoo. Don't miss the seal show "Fóka-móka" at 11am or in the afternoon and walk along bats in the Australia house . Check online.
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Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden
6-12 Állatkerti krt.It is a huge and over a 100 year old zoo. Don't miss the seal show "Fóka-móka" at 11am or in the afternoon and walk along bats in the Australia house . Check online.
On a sunny day take the bus 16 or 16A from Széna tér and ride up into the Castle. Make photos of the Danube river, count the bridges. Find an exhibition in the National Gallery.
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Buda Castle
2 Szent György térOn a sunny day take the bus 16 or 16A from Széna tér and ride up into the Castle. Make photos of the Danube river, count the bridges. Find an exhibition in the National Gallery.
Find and enter the Great Synagogue of Budapest, listen to a guide. It is the largest over 100 year old synagogue in Europe with 2000 seats. No entry on Friday and Saturday. Visit the Jewish Museum inside. Tickets at the entrance on Herzl tér.
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Dohány Street Synagogue
2 Dohány u.Find and enter the Great Synagogue of Budapest, listen to a guide. It is the largest over 100 year old synagogue in Europe with 2000 seats. No entry on Friday and Saturday. Visit the Jewish Museum inside. Tickets at the entrance on Herzl tér.
Visit the Viennaise architect Otto Wagner's only building in Budapest an octagonal shape orthodox synagogue which functions as concert hall and synagogue as well.
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Rumbach Street Synagogue
13 Rumbach Sebestyén u.Visit the Viennaise architect Otto Wagner's only building in Budapest an octagonal shape orthodox synagogue which functions as concert hall and synagogue as well.
Visit the marvellous painted synagogue of the Orthodox Comunity in Budapest in Kazinczy utca , they let you in for 600 Huf every day except Friday and Saturday. Men should cover their head, take a hat with you. Women should wear modest clothing.
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Kazinczy Street Synagogue
29-31 Kazinczy u.Visit the marvellous painted synagogue of the Orthodox Comunity in Budapest in Kazinczy utca , they let you in for 600 Huf every day except Friday and Saturday. Men should cover their head, take a hat with you. Women should wear modest clothing.
Visit Rudas Bath a Turkish bath from 1600s, go from colder water to hotter tubs, later swim in the pool and finally go to the rooftop bubble bath to watch out on th Budapest bridges and fantastic view on Pest! There are no Turkish baths West from Budapest, because the Turks stopped in Buda and could not take Vienna... Tuesday is women only, Saturday, Sunday is mixed, all other days are men only...
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Rudas Baths
9 Döbrentei térVisit Rudas Bath a Turkish bath from 1600s, go from colder water to hotter tubs, later swim in the pool and finally go to the rooftop bubble bath to watch out on th Budapest bridges and fantastic view on Pest! There are no Turkish baths West from Budapest, because the Turks stopped in Buda and could not take Vienna... Tuesday is women only, Saturday, Sunday is mixed, all other days are men only...
Swim outside in winter in the hot thermal water of the Varosliget. Be part of the feeling of a 100 year old bath!
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Széchenyi Thermal Bath
9-11 Állatkerti krt.Swim outside in winter in the hot thermal water of the Varosliget. Be part of the feeling of a 100 year old bath!
Go with kids to see the Egyptian mummies, find the beautiful black cat statue. See international painting collection of Dutch 17th c. painters and the Spanish El Greco' s room. A fantastic place to gaze.
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Museum of Fine Arts
41 Dózsa György útGo with kids to see the Egyptian mummies, find the beautiful black cat statue. See international painting collection of Dutch 17th c. painters and the Spanish El Greco' s room. A fantastic place to gaze.
Have lunch or a coffe at New York's. Once the meeting point of Hungarian writers, painters and intelligencia. Magnificent golden walls.
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New York Palace
9-11 Erzsébet krt.Have lunch or a coffe at New York's. Once the meeting point of Hungarian writers, painters and intelligencia. Magnificent golden walls.
Just 10 min. from the apartment is a magnificent former Passage now a hotel and coffe house. Feel Milan in Budapest!Enjoy the richness of Hungarian bourgeois 100 years ago!
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Párisi Passage Café & Brasserie
10 Ferenciek tereJust 10 min. from the apartment is a magnificent former Passage now a hotel and coffe house. Feel Milan in Budapest!Enjoy the richness of Hungarian bourgeois 100 years ago!
Find H&M Home on Váci utca 3 corner Vörösmarty tér. It is in a former bank building, on the first floor there is a cashiers room with the original windows and a beautiful clock, ride up the moving stairs afterwards and walk down in the old staircase with the colored windows! Fantastic building! Shop as well if you want.
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H&M
1-3 Váci uFind H&M Home on Váci utca 3 corner Vörösmarty tér. It is in a former bank building, on the first floor there is a cashiers room with the original windows and a beautiful clock, ride up the moving stairs afterwards and walk down in the old staircase with the colored windows! Fantastic building! Shop as well if you want.
Have a coffe and buy a ticket for a movie in one of the oldest but certainly the most beautiful cinema in Budapest. Enjoy watching the ceiling befor start.
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Urania Movie Theater
21 Rákóczi útHave a coffe and buy a ticket for a movie in one of the oldest but certainly the most beautiful cinema in Budapest. Enjoy watching the ceiling befor start.
Ride the little subway Nr1 yellow line from 1896, the second in Europe, to Hero Sq. and check the Hungarian Kings. On your left is the Museum of Fine arts with Dutch painters, the El Greco Room, and mummies.
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Heroes' Square
Hősök tereRide the little subway Nr1 yellow line from 1896, the second in Europe, to Hero Sq. and check the Hungarian Kings. On your left is the Museum of Fine arts with Dutch painters, the El Greco Room, and mummies.
Gasztronómia
Best vegetables, best meat and sausage, try cheese scones, or strudel, a Hungarian speciality, and a great cheese shop at the entrance with all the world's cheese. Open from 7 to 17, and Saurdays from 7 to 13h
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Central Market Hall
1-3 Vámház krt.Best vegetables, best meat and sausage, try cheese scones, or strudel, a Hungarian speciality, and a great cheese shop at the entrance with all the world's cheese. Open from 7 to 17, and Saurdays from 7 to 13h
Visit this adorable bookshop and cafe in the Jewish district. Books are available both in English and Hungarian, and the coffee is good too. A perfect place to hang out with friends!
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MassolitBudapest Books and Café
30 Nagy Diófa u.Visit this adorable bookshop and cafe in the Jewish district. Books are available both in English and Hungarian, and the coffee is good too. A perfect place to hang out with friends!
Our second choice is on corner Dob street and Rumbach street "Dob-Rumba". Izraeli jewish food mixed with Hungarian flavors. You shall make a reservation, it is always full. 5 min. walk from the apartment...
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Dobrumba
5 Dob u.Our second choice is on corner Dob street and Rumbach street "Dob-Rumba". Izraeli jewish food mixed with Hungarian flavors. You shall make a reservation, it is always full. 5 min. walk from the apartment...
Best place according to our teenage girl for hanging out on a spring evening and meeting friends who just "happen to be there" drinking beer. 2 minutes from our apartement.
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Telep-Art Galéria
8 Madách Imre útBest place according to our teenage girl for hanging out on a spring evening and meeting friends who just "happen to be there" drinking beer. 2 minutes from our apartement.
Best place to go with kids, this pastry and candy shop is like a bedtime story. Go to the toilet to see candies even there! Crazy!
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Sugar! Design Confectionery and Candy Store
48 Paulay Ede u.Best place to go with kids, this pastry and candy shop is like a bedtime story. Go to the toilet to see candies even there! Crazy!
Best marcipan and chocolat bon-bons in town! 5 min. from our apartment on Vörösmarty Sq. in an old bank building. A real treat on a hot day!
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Szamos Gourmet Ház
1 Váci uBest marcipan and chocolat bon-bons in town! 5 min. from our apartment on Vörösmarty Sq. in an old bank building. A real treat on a hot day!
The best Hungarian food in town, no entry without reservation online often a week ahead! It is packed every day. Order gulyás soup and sweet cheese dumplings as a second, or eat paprika chicken with home made nudles. (My daughter's favorit) 5 minutes from the apartment.
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Gettó Gulyás
18 Wesselényi u.The best Hungarian food in town, no entry without reservation online often a week ahead! It is packed every day. Order gulyás soup and sweet cheese dumplings as a second, or eat paprika chicken with home made nudles. (My daughter's favorit) 5 minutes from the apartment.
Great food for a good price with family or friends, ask for meze, choose 2 small plates for each person and eat it in a pool.
Leila's Authentic Lebanese Cuisine
42 Paulay Ede u.Great food for a good price with family or friends, ask for meze, choose 2 small plates for each person and eat it in a pool.
Music
Buy a classical concert ticket online or pay for a guided tour. The Music Academy is a fantastic Secession building with beautiful architecture and great music. Performances start at 7pm. from September to June
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Zeneakadémia
8 Liszt Ferenc térBuy a classical concert ticket online or pay for a guided tour. The Music Academy is a fantastic Secession building with beautiful architecture and great music. Performances start at 7pm. from September to June
Müpa is the largest ca. 10 years old concert hall in Budapest for 2000 people. Great concerts, dance performaces, fantastic view on the Danube!
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Müpa Budapest
1 Komor Marcell u.Müpa is the largest ca. 10 years old concert hall in Budapest for 2000 people. Great concerts, dance performaces, fantastic view on the Danube!
Visit this bar and café for live jazz and pop performances at Dob utca 15. Check their Facebook page for upcoming events! Open every day from 4 pm to midnight.
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Lámpás Student Pub
15 Dob u.Visit this bar and café for live jazz and pop performances at Dob utca 15. Check their Facebook page for upcoming events! Open every day from 4 pm to midnight.
In a former movie theater a small club brings excellent performers. It is in a very lively neighborhood with smmall shops and coffe houses.
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Budapest Jazz Club
7 Hollán Ernő u.In a former movie theater a small club brings excellent performers. It is in a very lively neighborhood with smmall shops and coffe houses.
Best music records shop in town, black plates, discs, notes and books, everything about music.
Rózsavölgyi Music Store
5 Szervita térBest music records shop in town, black plates, discs, notes and books, everything about music.
shopping
Most conveniant shopping mall with all the international brands for a rainy day. Check the Israeli Hummus Bar in the food court.
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Allee Mall
8-10 Október huszonharmadika u.Most conveniant shopping mall with all the international brands for a rainy day. Check the Israeli Hummus Bar in the food court.
Shopping, or window shopping on a very short Deák Ferenc street can be tolerated by any bored member of a group.
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Fashion Street
15 Deák Ferenc u.Shopping, or window shopping on a very short Deák Ferenc street can be tolerated by any bored member of a group.
Starting from Vörösmarty tér you can walk on the only pedestrian street of Budapest. Check all international brands. Walk along until you reach the Central Market on the other end. 30 min.
Vaci Utca
4-2 Váci uStarting from Vörösmarty tér you can walk on the only pedestrian street of Budapest. Check all international brands. Walk along until you reach the Central Market on the other end. 30 min.
Consejos para la ciudad
Cómo moverse
Taxis in Budapest
All taxis are colored yellow. Uber is not available in Hungary. To order a taxi use the app Bolt. Do NOT get into a taxi by an "independent contractor"! Use one registered with a company.
Formas de ahorrar
Buy 4-day ticket!
Get yourself a a multi-day ticket and use public transport! Busses, subways and trams can take you everywhere in Budapest. You can pay by cash or card at the ticket machines, which you can find at most metro stations and some tram/bus stations as well. Google maps shows all connections, timetables, bus stops, arrivals, directions.
Cómo moverse
Most beautiful tram rides
Tram 2 rides you along the Danube, with wonderful view on the castle, arriving at Parliament to the North. If you ride South, you can get off at the Central Market "Vámház".
Cómo moverse
Most beautiful tram rides
Tram 47 or 49 takes you to the Central Market but if you ride across Freedom/Szabadság bridge, you will ride on Buda's favorite main street Bartók Béla street with small galeries, exhibition places, coffe shops. Get off at Móricz Zsigmond Körtér, "Round Sq." and have some coffe in the middle in the round building from the 1920s.
Cómo moverse
Ride the tram 17 at night
From the apartment take the red Russian built subway from Deák tér to Batthyány tér. Take the tram 17 from there to the south. Gaze at the lit Parliament building on your ride. Get off at Gellért tér and ride back to the apartment via Szabadság/ Freedom bridge with tram 47 or 49 to Deák tér.
Costumbres y cultura
Exchange some Forints
Credit and debit cards can be used everywhere even on the vegetable market, but under 2000Huf shops don't like it. On Király utca, just turning right coming from Asbóth utca there is a money exchange shop, have some cash!