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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Budapest","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"Thermal baths fed by hot springs under the city, bars built into derelict buildings, and the most theatrical parliament in Europe \u2014 at central European prices.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1303991","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"118 | Thermal springs under the city\r\n1896 | The Millennium metro line, the oldest in continental Europe\r\n96 m | The parliament dome, matched exactly by the basilica","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"Two cities either side of a river, sitting on hot water","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Budapest was Buda and Pest until 1873 \u2014 hills, castle and quiet on the west bank, flat grid and noise on the east. The Danube between them is wide, fast and lined on both sides with buildings designed to be looked at from the water.\r\n\r\nUnderneath it all is hot water. More than a hundred thermal springs feed the bath houses, which range from Ottoman domes built in the sixteenth century to enormous neo-baroque complexes where people play chess in the steam.\r\n\r\nThe ruin bars came out of the old Jewish Quarter in District VII, where derelict pre-war buildings were filled with mismatched furniture and left deliberately unfinished. The first and most famous is still going and the district around it is now the nightlife centre of central Europe.\r\n\r\nThe history is heavy and well presented \u2014 the Shoes on the Danube memorial and the House of Terror both deal with the Arrow Cross and the state security years directly.\r\n\r\nIt is cheaper than western Europe and not as cheap as it was. Three or four days.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in | Airport bus 100E to the centre, around 2,200 HUF (about \u20ac5.50). Trains from Vienna in 2.5 hours\r\nGetting around | Metro, trams and buses on one ticket, around 450 HUF (about \u20ac1.15). Day travelcard about \u20ac6\r\nCurrency | Hungarian forint (HUF). Not the euro, despite EU membership\r\nExchange | Use a bank or a reputable bureau. Street exchange offers are a scam\r\nBaths | Around 8,000\u201312,000 HUF (about \u20ac20\u201330) depending on bath, day and locker type\r\nTipping | 10% is normal. Check whether service is already on the bill","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"Flat, dense Pest on one bank; hills and quiet on the Buda side.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"1","hw_hub_city_areas":"District V, Belv\u00e1ros | First-timers | The inner city: the parliament, the basilica, the river promenade and the main shopping street. | 47.4980 | 19.0520 | Vaci Street | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/hungary\/budapest\/d\/vaci-street\/\nDistrict VI, Ter\u00e9zv\u00e1ros | Central and handsome | Along Andr\u00e1ssy \u00fat: the opera house, wide boulevards, restaurants and good transport. | 47.5050 | 19.0630 | Hungarian Opera House | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/hungary\/budapest\/d\/hungarian-opera-house\/\nDistrict VII, the Jewish Quarter | Nightlife | The ruin bar district: the Great Synagogue, dense bars and the loudest nights in the city. | 47.4970 | 19.0620 |  | \nBuda Castle and V\u00edziv\u00e1ros | Views and quiet | The west bank: the castle hill, Fisherman's Bastion, the Ottoman baths and far fewer people. | 47.4960 | 19.0390 | Buda Castle | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/hungary\/budapest\/d\/buda-castle\/\nDistrict VIII, around Keleti | Value and transport | East: cheaper beds, the main international station and a short metro ride into the centre. | 47.5000 | 19.0840 | Keleti Train Station | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/hungary\/budapest\/d\/keleti-train-station\/","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Budapest","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Go to a bath. Sz\u00e9chenyi in the City Park is the big neo-baroque one with outdoor pools that stay hot in winter and the chess players everyone photographs. Gell\u00e9rt is art nouveau and more ornate. Rudas is the Ottoman one, built in the sixteenth century with an octagonal pool under a domed roof, and it has a rooftop pool over the Danube. Entry runs roughly 8,000 to 12,000 HUF \u2014 about \u20ac20 to \u20ac30 \u2014 and varies by bath, by day and by whether you want a cabin or a locker.\r\n\r\nThe parliament is the other headline, and tours must be booked ahead. Note that ticket prices differ for EU and non-EU citizens, with non-EU visitors paying significantly more \u2014 check which applies to you before booking.\r\n\r\nThe Shoes on the Danube Bank is free: sixty pairs of iron shoes on the embankment, marking where Arrow Cross militia shot Jewish Hungarians into the river in 1944 and 1945.\r\n\r\nThe House of Terror, in the former secret police headquarters on Andr\u00e1ssy \u00fat, covers both the fascist and communist regimes.\r\n\r\nThen ride the Millennium metro, line 1, opened in 1896 and the oldest underground railway in continental Europe.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"A thermal bath | About \u20ac20\u201330. Sz\u00e9chenyi, Gell\u00e9rt or Ottoman-era Rudas\r\nThe parliament | Book ahead. EU and non-EU ticket prices differ\r\nShoes on the Danube | Free, and the most affecting thing in the city\r\nMetro line 1 | From 1896, and the oldest on the continent","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Budapest","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Budapest","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The Shoes on the Danube Bank memorial is free and open at all hours.\r\n\r\nWalking the Danube embankments on both sides costs nothing, and the view from the Pest side back to the castle and the Fisherman's Bastion at night is the image of the city.\r\n\r\nFisherman's Bastion charges for the upper terraces in daylight hours but the lower levels are free, and the whole thing is free outside those hours.\r\n\r\nMargaret Island, in the middle of the Danube, is a free park with a musical fountain, running track and ruins.\r\n\r\nGell\u00e9rt Hill is a free climb to the Citadella with the best panorama in Budapest, and the Great Market Hall is free to walk through \u2014 the upstairs food stalls are a cheap lunch rather than a free one.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"Shoes on the Danube | Free, and open at all hours\r\nGell\u00e9rt Hill | Free climb to the best view in the city\r\nFisherman's Bastion | Free on the lower levels and outside paid hours\r\nMargaret Island | A free park in the middle of the river","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Budapest","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Budapest","hw_hub_city_food_body":"Goulash is a soup here, not a stew \u2014 guly\u00e1s is a paprika-heavy broth with beef and vegetables, and the thick stew foreigners expect is called p\u00f6rk\u00f6lt. Ordering confidently and getting soup is a standard visitor experience.\r\n\r\nL\u00e1ngos is the street food: deep-fried dough with sour cream and cheese, around 1,500 to 2,500 HUF (about \u20ac4 to \u20ac6).\r\n\r\nK\u00fcrt\u0151skal\u00e1cs, the spiral chimney cake sold everywhere, is Transylvanian rather than Hungarian, which locals will point out.\r\n\r\nA main in a normal restaurant is 4,000 to 7,000 HUF, roughly \u20ac10 to \u20ac18, and the Great Market Hall's upper floor does lunch for less.\r\n\r\nP\u00e1linka is fruit brandy at 40 per cent and up, often homemade and stronger. Unicum is the bitter herbal liqueur. Tokaji is the famous sweet wine, and Hungarian dry whites are seriously underrated.\r\n\r\nA beer is 1,200 to 2,000 HUF, about \u20ac3 to \u20ac5.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Goulash is a soup | The stew you are picturing is called p\u00f6rk\u00f6lt\r\nL\u00e1ngos | About \u20ac4\u20136, fried dough with sour cream and cheese\r\nP\u00e1linka | 40% and up, often homemade and stronger\r\nA main | \u20ac10\u201318 in a normal restaurant","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Budapest","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Budapest","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"District VII, the old Jewish Quarter, is the centre of it. Ruin bars occupy derelict pre-war buildings and courtyards, filled with salvaged furniture and left deliberately unrestored \u2014 Szimpla Kert was the first and is now a fixture on every itinerary, which means it is busy and touristed without having stopped being good.\r\n\r\nThe streets around it \u2014 Kazinczy, Kir\u00e1ly, Dob \u2014 hold dozens more, and prices drop the further you get from the main drag.\r\n\r\nA beer is 1,200 to 2,000 HUF (about \u20ac3 to \u20ac5) and cocktails \u20ac6 to \u20ac10.\r\n\r\nBudapest is a major stag and hen destination and District VII is where those groups concentrate, particularly at weekends.\r\n\r\nBath parties, held at Sz\u00e9chenyi on some Saturday nights, are a separate and expensive thing \u2014 they are club nights in a thermal bath rather than a bathing experience.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"District VII ruin bars | Szimpla Kert first, then the streets around it\r\nPrices | Beer \u20ac3\u20135, cocktails \u20ac6\u201310, cheaper off the main streets\r\nHeavy stag trade | Concentrated in District VII at weekends\r\nBath parties | Club nights in a bath, not a bathing experience","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Budapest","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Budapest","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"Metro, trams and buses run on one ticket at around 450 HUF (about \u20ac1.15), with a 24-hour travelcard at roughly 2,500 HUF (about \u20ac6) that most visitors should just buy.\r\n\r\nValidate single tickets \u2014 in the machines at metro entrances or on board trams and buses. Inspectors are frequent, visible and unsympathetic, and the fine is substantial.\r\n\r\nTram 2 along the Pest embankment costs a normal fare and gives the best view in the city, which makes it the cheapest sightseeing anywhere here.\r\n\r\nFrom the airport, bus 100E runs to the centre for around 2,200 HUF (about \u20ac5.50) and is the straightforward option.\r\n\r\nUse Bolt or a booked taxi rather than hailing one on the street \u2014 street taxis overcharging visitors is a long-standing problem.\r\n\r\nTrains reach Vienna in two and a half hours and Eger, P\u00e9cs and Szeged in two to three.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Single ticket about \u20ac1.15 | 24-hour travelcard about \u20ac6\r\nValidate every ticket | Inspectors are frequent and the fines are real\r\nTram 2 | The best view in the city for a normal fare\r\nUse Bolt, not street taxis | Street hailing is where overcharging happens","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Budapest","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Budapest costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Cheaper than western Europe and rising steadily. Dorms are \u20ac12 to \u20ac28, a main \u20ac10 to \u20ac18, and a beer \u20ac3 to \u20ac5. A day is \u20ac35 to \u20ac70.\r\n\r\nYou pay in forint, not euros. Hungary is in the EU but has kept its own currency, and places that accept euros use poor rates.\r\n\r\nExchange carefully. Use a bank or an established bureau in the centre, never a street tout, and never an exchange office that advertises a rate without showing the commission. Airport exchange rates are poor. Cards are widely accepted and are usually the simplest answer.\r\n\r\nThe baths at about \u20ac20 to \u20ac30 are the main spend and worth it.\r\n\r\nCheck whether service has been added to a restaurant bill before tipping again \u2014 some places add 12 to 15 per cent automatically.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u20ac12\u201328\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac35\u201370\r\nPay in forint | Places taking euros use poor rates\r\nCheck the bill | Service is often already added at 12\u201315%","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Budapest","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Budapest","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Budapest is a safe city with low violent crime, and the problems visitors hit are commercial rather than physical.\r\n\r\nCurrency exchange is the first one. Street offers of a good rate are a scam, and some bureaux advertise a headline rate then apply a large commission. Use a bank or a well-reviewed exchange office, and count what you are handed before leaving the counter.\r\n\r\nTaxis are the second. Hailing on the street, particularly near tourist areas and the airport, is where overcharging happens. Use Bolt or have a venue call one.\r\n\r\nThe third is inflated bills, historically associated with a handful of bars near V\u00e1ci utca and with venues that use street promoters to bring people in. Check prices before ordering, and be wary of anyone approaching you on the street to recommend a bar.\r\n\r\nDrink spiking has been reported in the District VII nightlife area. Watch your drink, stay with your group.\r\n\r\nThe Danube is fast, cold and has steep stone embankments with no railings in places. Emergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Exchange scams | Never a street tout. Check the commission, count the cash\r\nStreet-hailed taxis | Use Bolt or have the venue call one\r\nInflated bills | Check prices first. Be wary of street promoters\r\nWatch your drink | Spiking has been reported in District VII","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Budapest","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Budapest","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"A Danube bend, a wine valley and central Europe's biggest lake.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Szentendre | 40 minutes | H\u00c9V suburban train, about \u20ac3 | A riverside town of baroque houses, galleries and Serbian Orthodox churches on the Danube Bend. |  | 1303957\nEger | 2 hours | Train, about \u20ac10 | A baroque town with a castle that held off the Ottomans and a valley of wine cellars outside it. |  | 1303958\nLake Balaton | 1.5 hours | Train, about \u20ac8 | The largest lake in central Europe, with swimming, vineyards on the north shore and resort towns on the south. |  | 1303959\nVisegr\u00e1d and Esztergom | 1.5 hours | Train or boat, \u20ac5\u201320 | A hilltop citadel over the Danube Bend and Hungary's largest basilica, on the Slovak border. |  | 1303960\nVienna | 2.5 hours | Train, \u20ac20\u201340 | A different country and a much more expensive one, easy as a long day. |  | 1303961","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Budapest","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"April to June and September to October. The outdoor baths are better in winter than summer.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. The outdoor thermal pools are kept at bathing temperature year-round, which makes sitting in one at minus five with snow on the ground a better experience than the same pool in August.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 2 | 3 | Cold and grey. Cheapest, and the outdoor baths steam\r\nFebruary | 5 | 3 | Cold. Quiet and good value\r\nMarch | 11 | 3 | Improving. Terraces starting\r\nApril | 17 | 5 | Excellent. Warm, green and not yet crowded\r\nMay | 22 | 5 | Very good. Long evenings and everything open\r\nJune | 25 | 5 | The best month before the heat builds\r\nJuly | 28 | 4 | Hot. Sziget festival in August approaches and the city fills\r\nAugust | 27 | 4 | Hottest and busiest. Sziget mid-month\r\nSeptember | 23 | 5 | Superb. Heat breaking and crowds thinning\r\nOctober | 16 | 5 | Excellent value. Autumn in the City Park\r\nNovember | 8 | 3 | Grey and cold. Baths weather\r\nDecember | 3 | 4 | Christmas markets and steaming outdoor pools","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"One of Europe's largest festivals, on an island in the Danube.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Budapest","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/hungary\/budapest\/","hw_hub_city_events":"Sziget Festival | August | \u00d3buda Island | One of the largest music festivals in Europe, over about a week on an island in the Danube. Beds across the city rise and book out. |  | \nChristmas markets | Late November to December | V\u00f6r\u00f6smarty t\u00e9r and St Stephen's | Two main markets, with the basilica one projecting light shows onto the facade. |  | \nBudapest Spring Festival | April | Citywide | Classical music, opera and dance across the city's venues. |  | \n20 August | 20 August | The Danube | St Stephen's Day, the national holiday, with a large fireworks display over the river. |  | \nBath parties | Selected Saturdays | Sz\u00e9chenyi | Club nights held in the thermal bath. Ticketed, expensive and nothing like a normal bath visit. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros \u2014 you will pay in forint.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"Shown in euros for comparison; Hungary uses the forint and places accepting euros use poor rates. A bath at \u20ac20 to \u20ac30 sits in the doing line.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 12 | 10 | 2 | 5\r\nMiddle of the road | 24 | 22 | 4 | 18\r\nComfortable | 45 | 40 | 7 | 35","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Budapest","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"A large scene concentrated in Districts VI and VII, at some of the lowest prices in the EU. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Budapest","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/hungary\/budapest\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Budapest travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Which thermal bath should I go to? | Sz\u00e9chenyi for the big neo-baroque experience and the outdoor pools, Gell\u00e9rt for art nouveau, or Rudas for the sixteenth-century Ottoman one with an octagonal pool under a dome and a rooftop pool over the Danube. Entry runs about \u20ac20 to \u20ac30 depending on bath, day and whether you want a cabin or a locker.\r\nAre the baths better in summer or winter? | Winter. The outdoor pools are kept at bathing temperature year-round, so sitting in steaming water at minus five with snow around you is the version people remember. Summer is fine but unremarkable.\r\nDoes Hungary use the euro? | No. It is in the EU but kept the forint, and places that accept euros apply poor rates. Pay in forint, use cards where you can, and exchange at a bank or established bureau rather than a street tout.\r\nWhat is a ruin bar? | A bar built into a derelict pre-war building or courtyard in District VII, the old Jewish Quarter, filled with salvaged mismatched furniture and left deliberately unrestored. Szimpla Kert was the first and is still good despite being on every itinerary. Prices fall as you move off the main streets.\r\nIs goulash a soup or a stew? | A soup. Guly\u00e1s is a paprika broth with beef and vegetables. The thick stew most visitors are picturing is p\u00f6rk\u00f6lt, and ordering the wrong one is a rite of passage here.\r\nWhat should I watch out for? | Commercial problems rather than crime. Street currency exchange offers are a scam, bureaux that advertise a rate without showing commission are worse, street-hailed taxis overcharge, and a handful of bars near the tourist streets inflate bills. Use Bolt, check prices before ordering, and ignore anyone approaching you to recommend a bar.\r\nHow many days do I need? | Three or four. The baths take half a day each and deserve it, the Buda side needs a day, and District VII plus the parliament and the memorials fill the rest.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Budapest hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. 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