Hungary Bucket List
Everything bucket list worthy to do in Hungary from someone who lived in Budapest!
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Delivered Straight from Someone That Lived There
The Ultimate Bucket List of Things to Do in Hungary…
- Create a Budapest bucket list.
- Go to Buda Castle.
- Explore Fishermanโs Bastion.
- Go on a night ghost/vampire tour in Buda.
- Relax in Budapest’s thermal spas and baths
- Get a massage
- Do a travel photoshoot at Buda Castle.
- Take a cocktail river cruise.
- Board a cultural Hungarian river cruise on the Danube.
- Take pictures of Parliament from the Danube.
- Appreciate Heroโs Square.
- Go ice skating in front of Vajdahunyad Castle (fairy tale castle).
- Live in Budapest
- Take pictures at Matthias Church.
- Go cuddle with Maine Coons at the Cat Cafรฉ.
- Go see some more unique animals at the Zoo Cafรจ.
- Learn something at the Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker Museum.
- Birdwatch at Lake Tisza.
- Canoe down the Danube Bend
- Climb to the top of St. Stephenโs basilica.
- Hike the Bรถrzsรถny Mountains
- Take a bath in beer at the BeerSpa (in Szรจchenyi).
- Go on a wine tour in Etyek Wine Country.
- See the crazier side of Budapest.
- See Castle Visegrรกd on the Danube bend.
- Go explore Pรกlvรถlgyi or Szemlรถhegyi Caves.
- Go to a festival in Szeged.
- Explore Bory Castle.
- Buy a ticket to a Hungarian Horse Show.
- Experience the Palรณc culture in Hollรณkล Village
- Tour a wine cellar in Eger.
- See the Hungarian Grand Prix at the Hungaroring Track.
- Kayak through the Gemenc Forest
- Relax or go to a music festival in Lake Balaton.
- Take in the views at Pestetics Palace in Keszthely.
- See bats in Baradla Cave in Aggtelek National Park.
- Ride a steam train in the Bรผkk Mountains.
- Attend a Hungarian Folk Dance House.
- Discover the witchy vibe of Boldogkล Castle
- Explore Hortobรกgy National Park.
- Soak in the Miskolctapolca Cave Bath.
- Visit the Mummies of Vรกc.
- Visit Esztergom Basilica.
- Go to a medieval marketplace in Pรฉcs.
- See the โmost beautiful village in Hungaryโ according to UNESCO-Hollรณkรถ.
- Take the family to the Children’s Railway in Budapest.
- Visit ลrsรฉg National Park
- Paddle through the Tapolca Lake Cave.
- Go shopping in Vaci Street in Budapest.
Things to Eat & Drink in Hungary
- Try langรณs in Szentendre.
- Drink high tea at the New York Cafe.
- Eat Hungarian goulash.
- Taste wine in Villรกny.
- Eat a traditional Hungarian Fishermanโs Soup by the Danube.
- Have a drink at Szimpla Kert in Budapest.
- Take a food tour around Budapest.
- Try Tokaji Aszรบ in the Tokaj region
- Try some chicken Paprikash.
- Taste grey cattle and water buffalo cheese in Hortobรกgy
- Spice it up at the Kalocsa Paprika Festival
- Indulge in some palacsinta (a Hungarian version of a crepe).
- Drink wine in the Etyek Wine Region
- Eat some Hungarian sausage (kolbรกsz).
- Drink Pรกlinka (responsibly!)
- Buy a kรผrtรถskalรกcs on the street or by metro stations in Budapest.
- Try langรณs in Szentendre
- Try Hortobรกgyi palacsinta (stuffed crepes)
- Eat pรถrkรถlt (Hungarian meat stew)
- Eat rakott krumpli (layered potatoes with sausage and sour cream)
- Try halรกszlรฉ (Baja-style Fishermanโs Soup)
- Taste tรบrรณs csusza (Hungarian pasta with cottage cheese and bacon)
- Try meggyes pite (sour cherry pie)
- Eat a slice of Dobos torte
- Taste Eszterhรกzy cake
- Try Hungarian fรกnk (donuts)
- Eat almรกs pite (Hungarian apple pie)
- Taste gesztenyepรผrรฉ (chestnut purรฉe dessert)
- Try Unicum, Hungaryโs herbal liqueur
- Have an espresso at Gerbeaud Cafรฉ
- Cool off with a frรถccs (Hungarian spritzer)
- Sample Csรณkaszลlล wine in Somlรณ
Best Places to stay in Hungary
- Find an Instagram spot at Baltazรกr Budapest.
- Stay at a music-themed hotel called Aria House in Budapest.
- Have an adult-only retreat at Hotel Clark Budapest.
- Feel like royalty at Hotel Oktogon Haggenmacher (a renovated neo-Renaissance 1880s palace).
- Feel artistic at the Bohem Art Hotel.
- Stay and eat in the greenhouse attached to the Stories Boutique Hotel or the Cortile Hotel in Budapest.
- Camp near Kรฉkes, Hungaryโs Highest Peak.
- Sleep in a Real Castle at Hertelendy Kastรฉly.
- Stay in a Floating House on Lake Tisza.
- Wander around Mala Garden Hotel (Siรณfok).
- Enjoy the view from Hotel Rum (Budapest)
- Stay in TreeHouses in Noszvaj.
- Glamp in a Yurt at Nomรกd Hotel & Camping.
- Escape to Kรกli Art Inn (Kรถveskรกl)
- Soak in the luxury at Mystery Hotel Budapest.
- Relax at Hotel Karos Spa.
- See the individually designed rooms at Brody House (Budapest)
- Relax and eat at the Bonvital Wellness & Gastro Hotel (Hรฉvรญz)
- Stay on a Houseboat on Lake Balaton
- Enjoy the ambiance of Lotus Therme Hotel & Spa (Hรฉvรญz)
- Camp differently at Pelso Camping Beach Bungalows
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Did I miss something that needs to be added to the Hungary bucket list? Feel free to email me at alexandra@thebucketlistmermaid.com.
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