Thermal baths, ruin bars and the Danube. Here is when to go, what a day costs on site and what to see, then Okela composes your itinerary hour by hour.

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When to visit Budapest

Best months: April, May, June, September and October.

What to see in Budapest

1. Parlement hongrois
   The Parliament stretches its neo-Gothic facade along the Danube and remains one of the most recognisable buildings in Budapest.
2. Bastion des Pêcheurs
   This white stone terrace with its pointed turrets sits above the Danube on Castle Hill.
3. Bains Széchenyi
   Set in a large yellow neo-baroque building in the middle of Városliget park, Széchenyi lets you soak in hot water in the open air whatever the season.
4. Basilique Saint-Étienne
   Budapest's largest church rises over the heart of Pest with its neoclassical dome and houses the relic of the right hand of King Saint Stephen, founder of the Hungarian state.
5. Grand Marché (Nagycsarnok)
   This vast neo-Gothic hall at the end of Váci utca is Budapest's main covered market.
6. Île Marguerite
   This long green island in the middle of the Danube is where Budapest slows down: most of it is car-free, with tall trees, joggers, families and medieval ruins appearing around a bend in the path.
7. Gettó Gulyás
   This restaurant in Budapest's former Jewish quarter serves traditional Hungarian cooking in a relaxed, homely setting.
8. New York Café
   Housed in a late nineteenth-century building on Erzsébet körút, New York Café is one of Central Europe's most famous coffee houses.

A sample itinerary for Budapest, three days

Composed by Okela from the places in its database, with times. Yours takes your dates, pace and group into account.

Budget

Expect about €97 per person per day on site (accommodation, meals, transport and visits), depending on the comfort you choose. Okela shows the price of every step of your itinerary.

My Budapest itinerary, hour by hour

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Photo: Thomas Depenbusch (Depi) from Cologne, Germany, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons.