Stag Weekend in Budapest

I hope not only cheap booze and the superb night club scene tip the scales in favour of our city when you think about spending a stag weekend in Budapest.

The city abounds in historic and cultural sights. Almost every corner has a tale to tell about the turbulent centuries of Budapest history.

The Gellert Hill, and other slopes of the leafy Buda Hills, the Margaret Island embraced by the River Danube invites you for walks and to get some fresh air after the smoky pubs.

Many companies organize stag nights and weekends in Budapest that provide local guides during your stay.

If you want to plan your Budapest stag weekend yourself here are some recommended things to dos, attractions, restaurants, bars and cafés, and other useful advice.

For choosing accommodation read our overview about Budapest hotels, browse our lists of central Budapest hotels, luxury hotels, 4 star hotels and budget hotels.

If you're tight on budget and would rather spend money on drinks than on lodgings check out some good value Cheap Budapest Hotels or read our guide to Cheap Apartments in Budapest.

Renting a luxury apartment in downtown Budapest allow you to enjoy more space and privacy while being near all the important sights and nightlife scene.

Since the whole site contains tourist information about Budapest, carefully compiled by a local wife and husband team, I advise you to take a look at the main menu on the left hand side too.

Take your time to browse and read!

TIP: Book a Budapest airport transfer service to and from your hotel so that enjoy your stag party to the foolest.

Tips on Things to Do in Budapest

Sightseeing
Bars & Clubs
Wine Tasting in Budapest
Thermal Baths
Adventure Sports

Restaurants in Budapest

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Things to Do at Your Budapest Stag Weekend

• Sightseeing

Our Budapest Sightseeing guide contains the top attractions. If you're short on time and plan to do a condensed sightseeing to get impression about Budapest's history and cultural heritage Castle District provides a good starting point. Walk along the tree-lined Andrássy Avenue and admire its elegant villas and palaces, trendy cafés and the grand Opera House.

TIP: Cruise on the Danube The most convenient way of seeing the beautiful panorama of Budapest and the sights along the Danube embankments is going on a dinner & cruise on the Danube. While you contemplate the wonderful views and sights of Pest and Buda on the riverbanks you can relish fine food and enjoy live music (only during the evening curise) from the buffet dinner. Find more details and book your place for the Danube cruise here.

• Bars & Clubs

Hungary's capital has vivid nightlife that makes it a popular destination for entertainment seekers. Budapest offers a wide range of enetertainment places from trendy clubs and bars, to ordinary pubs. Everybody finds a place that suits his/her taste. Our page about Budapest Nightclubs contains a list of hand-picked bars and clubs and popular outdoor spots in Budapest.

If you want to go to some steamy place during your Budapest stag weekend browse our page about Striptease and Erotic Budapest Nightclubs.

The disadvantage of Budapest's diverse night entertainment is that some places aim at ripping off tourists. To avoid any unpleasant experiences read our safety tips including a black list of places that you'd better stay away from.

Admission to bars and clubs is relatively cheap (around 500-1000 HUF), at some palces entry is free.

Kalóztanya Pub & Cafe
Address: Gubacsi hídfő 5. (Gubacsi Bridgehead in Pest), XX. district
Tel: (+36 1) 283 6601 Mobile: (+36 ) 70 252 7044

A standing ship, slightly out of the way with a pub and a dance floor. It has a hostel section so you can sleep there if you get tired (or drink too much).

Club 7 A Stylish basement club.
Address: Akácfa utca 7., VII. district, near Blaha Lujza tér public transport hub (trams 4,6, M3 metro)
Tel: (+36 1) 478 9030
Open: every day 12.00-05.00
Admission: free for women, 2000 HUF/8 € for men

Marilyn Table Dance Bar
Address: Baross utca 4., VIII. district
Tel: (+36 1) 338 4243

Galéria Cafe Pub
Address: Akácfa utca 30., VII. district
Tel: (+36 1) 267 5909

There a handful of Budapest Casinos in case you want try your hand at gambling.

Cha-Cha-Cha
Address: Kálvin tér M3 metro underground
Tel: (+36 1) 215 0545

An underground café during the day and a sparkling nightclub at night. Friendly staff, cheap drinks. In summer Cha-Cha-Cha moves to the green and relaxing Margaret Island.

Outdoor Places if you want some fresh air during your Budapest stag weekend

In a hot summer night the it's best stay outside: Zöld Pardon, at the Buda end of the Petőfi Bridge and Rio Café on the opposite side, offers cheap entertainment with an almost-free entry (100 HUF) and cheap drinks. Mainly university students while away summer evenings at these two places.

Holdudvar on Margaret Island (Margitsziget) on the place of the former casino is a trendy garden café. In the Northern corner of the Island lies the Copacabana Beach within a beautiful setting.

• Wine Tasting

We Hungarians tend to think that our wines are world famous. I know that many people outside our borders haven't heard about Hungarian wines yet. The good news is that there are many wine tasting opportunities in Budapest from excellent wine restaurants to museum-like places.

• Wine Tasting in Buda Castle - Faust Cellar

Taste wonderful Hungarian wines in a historic stone cellar within the Hilton Hotel. An excellent program for warming up for the night and learn something about the local wines and wine regions. Besides wines you can taste pálinka, a traditional local spirit made of various fruits (plum, cherry, apricot etc.). Book a wine tasting package by paying 10% in advance.

The Wine Village on Felvonulási tér (next to Heroes' Square) during the week before 20th August, and the International Wine and Champagne Festival in Castle District at the beginning of September are events that make your stag weekend in Budapest even more memorable: you can taste award winning Hungarian Wines, listen to music concerts, and taste gastronomic delights.

Other drinks to highten your spirit for stag night in Budapest: try the traditional brandy fruits. make sure you drink one that is called pálinka (guarantees that is made from fruit only). Apricot (sárgabarack) brandy from Kecskemét region and plum brandy (szilva) from Szatmár are the best choices. Besides Unicum (a dark, bittery-sweet drink), Zwack makes excellent pálinka-s too, like Williams Pear (Vilmos körte) brandy.

Beers Söröző (brew pub) is the name of the place in Hungarian where you can drink mainly draught beer. These places range from German-like beer halls, elegant restaurants, to modern cafés. The following places are good choices to drinking beer in Budapest:

• Pater Marcus Belgian Beer Pub & Restaurant (at the Buda end of the Chain Bridge, Apor Péter utca 1.,)

• Paulaner Beer House in MOM Park Shopping center (Alkotás utca 53., XII. district, bus 8 Alkotás utca stop)

• Mosselen Belgian Beer (Pannónia utca 14., XIII. district, tarm 4-6 Jászai Mari tér stop)

Drink Prices in Budapest: a mug of beer is around 350-400 HUF.

Wines in a wine restaurant like Borbíróság cost around 300-2000 HUF/100 ml, depending on the winery and the vintage.

• Thermal Baths

In Budapest you have everything in one place: hot nightlife, excellent drinks and thermal baths to soothe your hangover. Budapest Spas offer steamy hot water, spectacular architecture, steam rooms, saunas and various massage types. The Turkish Baths dates from the XVI-XVII century, while other Budapest Baths were built around the turn-of-the 20th-century.

• Adventure Sports

Should you want some adrenalin-pump during your stag weekend in Budapest here is suggestion of activities:

• Budapest is one of the best venues for playing paintball. An ex-Russian Millitary Base has been transformed to provide excellent setting.
• Quad biking
• Bob sleighing
• Go-karting
• Horse riding
• Clay pigeon shooting
• Off-road driving
• Caving - See our page about Caving in Budapest.

Where to Eat During Your Budapest Stag Weekend

Budapest has countless restaurants where you can sample hearty and tasty Hungarian dishes, but there's no shortage in international restaurants (Italian, Greek, Chinese, Japanese etc.) either

Fast food lovers can feel their stomach up in one of the many McDonalds or Big Burgers. The upper level of the Great market hall has many food stalls offeringd good local food at reasonable price.

See Our Pages about Budapest Restaurants:

Best Restaurants in Budapest

Hungarian Restaurants in Budapest

Cheap Restaurants in Budapest

Have a great time during your stag weekend in Budapest....I hope you'll come back and bring your wife too!

Your Wildest Stag Party in Budapest

Did you have fantastic stag party that you want to rave about?

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