Budapest event weekends: what to do between sessions

Thermal baths, Danube views, ruin bars and grand coffee houses on both sides of the river.

Events we cover in Budapest

Arriving

Budapest airport (BUD) has the 100E express bus to Deák Ferenc tér in 35 minutes.

Where to stay

Three hotels we would book

• Budget: Maverick City Lodge
• Mid-range: Hotel Moments Budapest
• Splurge: Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace

Event weekends sell out early and prices rise as the date gets closer: book a cancellable room as soon as you know you are going.

Tours

Where to eat

• Great Market Hall Lángos and paprika
• Karaván street food Food trucks by Szimpla
• New York Café Opulent coffee house
• Gerbeaud Classic pastries

With kids

• Budapest Zoo.
• Children's Railway in the Buda Hills.

Rainy-day backups

• Gellért and Rudas baths.
• House of Terror.

Free things to do

• Fisherman's Bastion lower terraces.
• Shoes on the Danube Bank memorial.
• Margaret Island.

Getting around

• Metro, trams 2, 4 and 6, and BKK passes. HÉV trains go towards the Hungaroring.