Budapest 5-day travel plan

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With so much to see, eat and experience across Budapest, fitting everything into one trip can quickly become a task in itself. Having visited the city throughout childhood with my Hungarian family, and more recently returning as an adult with my partner - a first-time visitor - I’ve learnt which places I’d return to, which experiences are worth making time for, and how much can realistically be fitted into a day.

So, if you have five days to explore Hungary’s capital, this is how I’d spend them - balancing Budapest’s best-known landmarks and historical sites with great food, plenty of walking and some of the places that have made my own visits particularly memorable.

Day 1

Fashion St.

CYRANO

Hold Utca Food Market

Danube Bank

Parliament building

Gozsdu Passage

Ruin bars in the Jewish Quarter

Day 2

Margitsziget

Gül Baba Street

For Sale Pub

Day 3

St. Stephens Basilica

Andrássy Avenue

Lángos Papa

Hungarian State Opera House

KARAVAN

Day 4

Molnár's Kürtőskalács Kávézó

Gellért Hill - visit Citadella

Central Market Hall

360 Bar

Day 5

Breakfast at Szimply

Széchenyi Chain Bridge

Var Hegy via hill funicular or buggy - visit Buda Castle

Budapest Terrace café

Fishermans Bastion

Széchenyi Thermal Baths