Budapest Tours

If you come here for just 1-2 days and you're short on time to do a lot of sightseeing take a ride on tram No. 2 that travels along the Danube embankment in Pest.

You'll see the most notable Budapest attractions and the breathtaking panorama. It costs only a BKV ticket ((185 HUF, 0,73 €) or two if you plan to do the return trip.

The Time Out Budapest guide claimed it to be “The second most beautiful public transport ride in Europe” (the first place goes to Venice).

The tram rides between Jászai Mari tér and its Közvágóhid terminus near Lágymányosi Bridge.

After departing from Jászai Mari tér you'll pass the impressive Budapest Parliament, than a splendid view with the Danube and the Castle Hill towering in the background opens up to you.

The Fishermen's Bastion and the tower of Matthias Church are the two dominant sights of Budapest Castle District that you can see from the tram.

• the Hungarain Academy of Sciences,

• and the Gresham Palace (the Four Seasons chain operates a luxury hotel within its walls).

TIP: Dinner & Cruise With Live Music

Nothing beats a cruise on the Danube, especially when the experience is heightened by a romantic atmosphere of a candlelit dinner surrounded by the friendly lights of the Danube capital.

An air-conditioned ships will take you on a one-and-half-hour-long cruise where you can enjoy live music and excellent warm buffet-dinner. In the romantic candlelight atmosphere you can enjoy the wonderful view of the city swimming in light.

After dinner you can also admire the panorama from the open upper deck of the ship.
The Dinner & Cruise program is also available without dinner. If you book a cruise only with drinks, you can enjoy the beautiful night panorama over a glass of champagne and another glass of soft drink, wine or beer.
The cruise is about one and a half hour long.

Price with dinner: 8900 HUF, students: 8200 HUF
Price just with drinks: 4200 HUF, students: 3900 HUF

Dates: Every day (except 20th August, and 24th December) from 19:00.
Meeting time at 18:30 in the Danube Palace (Zrínyi utca 5.).

Book your place for the Cruise on the Danube here.

On the days when there is performance of Hungarian folk-dances or classical music concert, second tour starts at 22:00. Meeting time is 21:30 on the place of that days performance (Danube Palace or Budai Vigadó)

Menu:
Aperitif: Champagne, Peach Palinka or orange juice

Cold entries:

Curd Cheese Cream seasoned „Hungarian style”
Goose Greaves Cream

Soup:

Traditional Goulash Soup with Loin Cubes

Warm main course:

Grilled Chicken Breast served with Cheese Sauce „Tokaj style”
Hungarian Letcho with Vienna Sausage
Grilled Sausage with Mini Stuffed Cabbage

Vegetarian: vegetarian lasagne

Garnishes:

Stewed Rice
Buttered Parsley Potatoes

Salads:

Greek Rustic Salad with Feta Cheese
Potato Salad with Onions and Light Mayonnaise
Noodle Salad with Rosemary
Fresh Green Salads with different kinds of Dressings

Desserts:

Variety of Mini Desserts
Variety of Mini Strudels with Cinnamon-Vanilla Sauce

Fruit basket:
Season and Exotic Fruits

Drinks:

1 glass of red or white wine + 1 bottle of water (0,33) or soft drink + coffee or tea

TIP: Save 700 HUF by booking another program together with the night cruise starting at 22.00.

Enjoy

• a spectacular Hungarian Folk performance,
  
  
• an orchestra concert or
  
  
• an Organ Concert in the beautiful Church of St Anne

before the Danube cruise. This way you not only have great program for a full evening but you save 700 HUF by booking the a Concert/Folk performance + Dinner & Cruise as a package.

After concert the friendly, foreign-language speaking hostesses accompany you from the concert venue (Danube Palace or Vigadó hall) to the cruise ship. It takes about 4-5 minutes to get there by walk. The cruise ends at cc. 23.00 and the hostesses can call you a taxi to take you back to your hotel.