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Destinations
Central Hungary
Budapest
Two cities, one river, endless thermal water.
Danube Bend
Szentendre
The artists' town on the Danube, a short hop from Budapest.
Danube Bend
Dunakanyar
Where the river turns south between forested hills.
Transdanubia
Balaton
Central Europe's largest lake and Hungary's summer playground.
Northern Hungary
Eger
Baroque streets, a heroic castle and Bull's Blood wine.
Southern Transdanubia
Pécs
Mediterranean light, Roman tombs and Zsolnay ceramics.
Southern Great Plain
Szeged
The city of sunshine, paprika and Art Nouveau.
Northern Great Plain
Debrecen
Hungary's Calvinist heart and gateway to the puszta.
Western Transdanubia
Győr
Baroque riverside city where three rivers meet.
Western Transdanubia
Sopron
A medieval jewel box on the Austrian border.
Northern Hungary
Tokaj
The home of aszú, the 'wine of kings'.
Great Plain
Kecskemét
Art Nouveau colour on the Great Plain.
Central Transdanubia
Veszprém
The 'city of queens' on a rocky castle hill.
Northern Hungary
Hollókő
A living folk village on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Central Hungary
Gödöllő
Sisi's favourite baroque palace, a short ride from Budapest.
Central Transdanubia
Székesfehérvár
The city of kings, where medieval Hungary was crowned.
Northern Hungary
Miskolc és Lillafüred
A big city at the gate of the forested Bükk hills.
Northern Hungary
Aggtelek
A world of dripstone caves under the karst hills.
Northern Hungary
Mátra
Hungary's highest peak, forests and a wine region.
Central Transdanubia
Tata
The town of waters, with a castle on its lake.
Great Plain
Gyula
A medieval brick castle, a thermal bath and famous sausage.
Western Transdanubia
Kőszeg
A tiny, perfectly preserved town with a heroic past.
Southern Transdanubia
Villány és Siklós
Hungary's sunniest red-wine country and a medieval castle.
Great Plain
Kalocsa
Paprika fields, painted flowers and an archbishop's town.
Southern Transdanubia
Mohács
A turning point of Hungarian history and a wild masked carnival.
All places
94 places
Hungarian Parliament Building
The neo-Gothic icon of the Danube, completed in the early 20th century.
Buda Castle
The royal palace complex on Castle Hill, home to major museums.
Fisherman's Bastion
Fairy-tale turrets with sweeping views over the Danube and Pest.
Matthias Church
A richly decorated church with a colourful Zsolnay-tiled roof.
Széchenyi Thermal Bath
A grand neo-baroque spa with steaming outdoor pools in City Park.
Rudas Thermal Bath
A 16th-century Ottoman-era bath under a domed roof, plus a rooftop pool.
St. Stephen's Basilica
Budapest's largest church, with a panoramic dome terrace.
Great Market Hall
A cathedral-like 19th-century market full of paprika, salami and pickles.
Heroes' Square & City Park
A monumental square at the end of Andrássy Avenue and a large green park.
Margaret Island
A car-free island park in the middle of the Danube.
Gellért Hill
A wooded hill with the city's most famous panoramic views.
Dohány Street Synagogue
Europe's largest synagogue, with a memorial garden.
Jewish Quarter & Ruin Bars
Street art, courtyards and the city's famous ruin bars.
Shoes on the Danube Bank
A moving memorial to Jews murdered on the riverbank in 1944–45.
Szentendre Old Town & Fő tér
A colourful baroque square and a maze of lanes full of galleries.
Hungarian Open Air Museum (Skanzen)
Hungary's largest open-air museum: whole village streets from every region.
Kovács Margit Ceramics Collection
Warm, story-telling ceramics by one of Hungary's best-loved artists.
Serbian Churches & Church Hill
Orthodox church towers, icon collections and rooftop views.
Danube Promenade
A leafy riverside walk with cafés and Danube views.
Visegrád Citadel
A medieval hilltop fortress with the classic view of the Danube Bend.
Royal Palace of Visegrád
The partly reconstructed Renaissance palace of King Matthias.
Esztergom Basilica
Hungary's largest church, crowning Castle Hill above the Danube.
Mária Valéria Bridge
A historic bridge linking Esztergom with Štúrovo in Slovakia.
Tihany Abbey & Peninsula
A Benedictine abbey founded in 1055 above the lake.
Balatonfüred Promenade
An elegant 19th-century spa town with a lakeside promenade.
Festetics Palace
One of Hungary's grandest baroque palaces, in Keszthely.
Hévíz Thermal Lake
One of the largest natural thermal lakes in the world suitable for bathing.
Badacsony Wine Hills
A volcanic table mountain covered in vineyards above the lake.
Szigliget Castle
Hilltop castle ruins with sweeping lake views.
Eger Castle
The fortress famously defended against the Ottoman army in 1552.
The Minaret of Eger
The northernmost surviving Ottoman-era minaret in Europe.
Valley of the Beautiful Women
Dozens of wine cellars carved into the hillside.
Eger Basilica
Hungary's second-largest church, in classical style.
Lyceum & Camera Obscura
A baroque college with a historic library, observatory and camera obscura.
Early Christian Necropolis
4th-century painted tombs of Roman Sopianae, a UNESCO site.
Mosque of Pasha Qasim
An Ottoman mosque turned Catholic church on the main square.
Pécs Cathedral
A four-towered cathedral with a richly painted interior.
Zsolnay Cultural Quarter
The restored porcelain factory site, now a cultural district.
Mecsek Hills & TV Tower
Forested hills right above the city, with a lookout tower.
Votive Church & Dóm Square
A twin-towered red-brick church built after the 1879 flood.
Reök Palace
A sea-green Art Nouveau palace with flowing lily motifs.
New Synagogue
A magnificent early-20th-century synagogue with a celestial dome.
Salami & Paprika Museum
The story of two of Szeged's most famous products.
Tisza Riverbank
Riverside promenades and beaches on Hungary's second river.
Reformed Great Church
The yellow twin-towered symbol of Hungarian Protestantism.
Déri Museum
Local history, world archaeology and Munkácsy's monumental paintings.
Nagyerdő Park
The city's 'Great Forest' with a spa, zoo and lake.
Hortobágy National Park
The great Hungarian puszta, a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Baroque Old Town
Pastel squares and corner balconies along pedestrian streets.
Győr Basilica
Chapter Hill cathedral holding the Herm of Saint Ladislaus.
Pannonhalma Archabbey
A thousand-year-old Benedictine monastery on a hilltop (UNESCO).
Riverside of Three Rivers
Walks where the Rába, Rábca and Mosoni-Duna meet.
Firewatch Tower
Sopron's symbol, with Roman foundations and a baroque top.
Main Square & Inner Town
A medieval and baroque core with the Holy Trinity Column.
Sopron Wine Region
Vineyards known for Kékfrankos (Blaufränkisch) reds.
Esterházy Palace, Fertőd
The 'Hungarian Versailles', where Joseph Haydn worked.
Lake Fertő
A reed-fringed steppe lake shared with Austria (UNESCO).
Tokaj Town
A small wine town where the Bodrog meets the Tisza.
Historic Wine Cellars of Tokaj
Centuries-old cellars lined with noble mould, where aszú matures.
Tokaj Hill
A volcanic hill of vineyards with views over the plain and the rivers.
Rákóczi Castle, Sárospatak
A Renaissance castle on the Bodrog, linked to the Rákóczi princes.
Cifrapalota (Ornamental Palace)
A fairy-tale Art Nouveau building covered in Zsolnay tiles.
Kecskemét Town Hall
Ödön Lechner's ornate town hall, with chimes that play melodies.
Bugac & Kiskunság National Park
Open puszta grasslands, traditional herds and horsemanship.
Veszprém Castle District
A single street of palaces and churches along a rocky ridge.
Herend Porcelain Manufactory
Hand-painted porcelain made in the village of Herend since the 19th century.
St Stephen Viaduct
A 1930s viaduct high above the Séd valley, with views of the castle.
Hollókő Old Village
Whitewashed Palóc houses with wooden porches along two little streets.
Hollókő Castle
A medieval hilltop castle with views over the Cserhát hills.
Royal Palace of Gödöllő
A grand baroque palace remembered as Queen Elisabeth's beloved retreat.
Máriabesnyő Basilica
One of Hungary's best-known Marian pilgrimage sites.
Ruin Garden & Old Town
The remains of the basilica where Hungary's medieval kings were crowned.
Bory Castle
A whimsical castle built by an architect-sculptor as a monument to love.
Lillafüred
A romantic resort of lake, waterfall and palace hotel in the Bükk forests.
Diósgyőr Castle
A medieval royal castle, known as the 'queens' castle'.
Cave Bath, Miskolctapolca
Warm thermal water flowing through natural rock caves.
Baradla Cave
Huge halls and dripstone formations in one of Europe's best-known caves.
Kékestető
Hungary's highest point, just over 1,000 metres.
Lake Sástó
A small forest lake with a tall lookout tower and family walks.
Tata Castle & Öreg-tó
A medieval castle reflected in a large town lake.
Gyula Castle
A rare, well-preserved medieval brick castle on the Great Plain.
Gyula Castle Bath
A large thermal bath set in the old castle park.
Jurisics Castle & Square
The castle of the famous 1532 siege and a jewel-box main square.
Írottkő
The highest point of Transdanubia, right on the Austrian border.
Villány Wine Villages
Cellar rows and wine houses in Hungary's best-known red-wine region.
Siklós Castle
One of Hungary's best-preserved medieval castles.
Paprika Museum & Folk Art
The story of Hungarian paprika and Kalocsa's flower-painted folk art.
Kalocsa Cathedral
A baroque cathedral at the heart of one of Hungary's oldest archdioceses.
Mohács Battlefield Memorial
A memorial park with carved wooden grave markers on the 1526 battlefield.
Busójárás Carnival
A loud, joyful end-of-winter carnival of horned wooden masks.
Vác Old Town
A baroque Danube town with a cathedral, a triumphal arch and a riverside promenade.
Szalajka Valley, Szilvásvárad
A forest valley of streams, cascades and trout ponds in the Bükk.
Hajdúszoboszló Spa
One of Hungary's largest spa complexes, near Debrecen.
Ópusztaszer Heritage Park
A heritage park with the Feszty Panorama, a giant circular painting.