Recommendations

A C C O M M O D A T I O N

Maverick Athenaeum, Rakoczi ut 54, Pest

Great location, just off Blaha Lujza Square, with Metro, Bus and Tram connections. Excellent breakfast buffet (€11/person.day). Room spacious, clean and quiet. We booked a standard quadruple room with Expedia. (https://www.expedia.co.uk/Budapest-Hotels-Netiz…)

T R A N S P O R T A T I O N

We flew with Jet2, from/to Birmingham (BHX) and Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD) (again booked through Expedia).

We made extensive use of 72/24 Hour Transport Passes, purchased through BKK’s BudapestGO app (https://bkk.hu/en/tickets-and-passes/budapestgo/), which covered all buses, trams, metro and suburban railway in the city centre, plus the Cog Wheel Railway (Tram 60). We needed to buy separate tickets for the Airport Express 100E bus between the Airport and City Centre, and for the Zugliget Chairlift/Libegő (each of which could still be purchased through the BudapestGO app.

W A L K I N G T O U R

We took the free, tip-based ‘All in One’ tour with Robert with GuruWalk/Free Berlin Tour Company (https://www.guruwalk.com/walks/40132-all-in-one…)

A T T R A C T I O N S

Castle Museum / Vármúzeum (€) (https://varmuzeum.hu/en/)

Children’s Railway / Gyermekvasút (€) (https://gyermekvasut.hu/en/home/)
We combined taking the Cog Railway (Tram 60) to Széchenyihegy, from where we took the Children’s Railway as far as Jánoshegy, where we got off to walk the 800m-1,000m to the Zugliget Chairlift, and then the 291 Bus back to the Margaret Bridge / Margit hid.

Cruise on the Danube, Pest (€) (https://budapestxplore.com/en/cruise-on-the-dan…)
We took the Cruise Only option, but a number of other options are available including dinner, drinks etc.

Fisherman's Bastion / Halászbástya, Buda (FOC for the lower balconies and stairways, € for towers etc which we did not visit) (https://fishermansbastion.com/)

Hospital in the Rock and Nuclear Bunker Museum, Buda (€) (https://www.sziklakorhaz.eu/en)

House of Terror / Terror Háza (€) (https://www.terrorhaza.hu/en)
Worth a visit if interested in the subject matter but not the best presentation (unless you speak Hungarian).

Lukács Thermal Baths / Szent Lukács gyógyfürdő, Óbuda (€) (https://www.lukacsfurdo.hu/en)

Matthias Church (Church of Our Lady in Budavar), Buda (€) (https://matyas-templom.hu/en/)

Parliament / Országház, Pest (€) (https://www.parlament.hu/en/web/visitors)
Tickets can be purchased online in advance from www.jegymester.hu/parlament but we joined the queue at the Visitor Centre for same day tickets, a limited number of which are released daily at 8am.

St Stephen’s Basilica / Szent István Bazilika, Pest (€) (https://bazilikabudapest.hu/en/)

Tomb of Gül Baba, Óbuda (€) (https://gulbabaalapitvany.hu/en/home/)

F O O D & D R I N K

Anna Cafe & Bistro, Sas utca 11, Pest (https://www.annacafe.hu/en/basilica/)

Elysée Kávé & Bistro, Kossuth Lajos tér 13-15, Pest (https://elysee.hu/en/)

Kiosk, Március 15. tér 4, Pest (https://www.kiosk-budapest.hu/en)

Retro Lángos, Vécsey u. 3, Pest (https://retrolangos.hu/en/)

VarjúVár, Ybl Miklós tér 4, Buda (https://varjuvar.vakvarju.com/)

R U I N B A R S

Lámpás, Dob utca 15, Pest (https://www.facebook.com/lampaspub/)

Szimpla Kert, Kazinczy utca 14, Pest (https://szimpla.hu/)Read more