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The 6 Best Things to Do in Budapest
Thermal baths, a grand river, and ruin-bar nights
Split by the Danube into hilly Buda and flat Pest, Budapest pairs Ottoman-era thermal baths and a floodlit Parliament with buzzing ruin bars — grand and gritty in equal measure, and a bargain.
BEST TIME
April–June and September–October
TYPICAL BUDGET
$700–$1,500 per person for a long weekend
6 best things to do in Budapest
2
Parliament and the Danube at night
3
Buda Castle and Fisherman’s Bastion
4
Ruin bars in the Jewish Quarter
How to fit it into a day
Széchenyi thermal baths
Spend the morning on the highlight, then in the afternoon or evening: parliament and the danube at night.
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LOCAL TIP
Széchenyi baths are open late — an evening soak beats the daytime crowds.
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