How To Do Different Things To Do In Budapest

Last Updated on: 11th September 2023, 03:34 pm

Budapest is so full of things to see and do. But you need a few days to do it all in, We only had 28 hours. So we wanted to squeeze some things in that we hadn’t done before. When we arrived at Keleti station from Zagreb, we were exhausted. It had been a long journey, but no matter how tired I was I still wanted to go and explore. We had been to Budapest before, so we knew we wanted to do different things this time. Here is our list of different things to do in Budapest on your next trip.

Where To Eat In Budapest

We spent the evening eating out at a restaurant that we had been to before. The restaurant is Trófea Grill Restaurant and there are two of them in Budapest. They offer a buffet meal for £30 for adults and kids are half price. The kid price goes up to 14, which was great as the cut-off age is normally 11 or 12.

The cost covers the price of unlimited international food and also anything you want to drink. There is a grill so you can ask for food to be freshly cooked too. You help yourself to as much as you want and the drinks are unlimited, so you could have 30 glasses of wine if you wanted to. I would eat there every night if I could.

Shoes On The Danube

The “Shoes on the Danube” is a memorial located in Budapest. It serves as a poignant reminder of the tragic events that occurred during World War II. The memorial consists of 60 pairs of iron shoes, representing the footwear left behind by Jewish victims. They were executed along the banks of the Danube River by members of the Hungarian Arrow Cross Party, a fascist organization. Between 1944 and 1945.

The victims had their valuables and belongings taken from them. They were ordered to remove their shoes before being shot at close range. Then their bodies fell into the river Danube and would be carried away by the current. The memorial was created in 2005 and serves as a sombre commemoration of the thousands of people, including women, children, and elderly individuals, who lost their lives during this horrific period of history. Seeing kids’ shoes on the river bank is absolutely heartwrenching!

The “Shoes on the Danube” memorial is a powerful symbol of remembrance and a way to honour the memory of those who suffered and died during the Holocaust. It serves as a reminder of the atrocities of war and the importance of preventing such events from happening again in the future. You really need to make a visit to this memorial and you can reach it by walking along the river from Elizabeth Bridge to the Hungarian Parliament. Or you can take the tram line 2 from Vigadó tér to Kossuth Lajos tér M, then take a small stroll.

The Great Market Hall

This is a huge market hall where you can find loads of local handcrafts, local meats, and other foods. It is a huge covered hall that is the oldest indoor market in Budapest.

Károly Kamermayer was the first mayor of Budapest and it was his idea was to build the huge marketplace as an investment. It is on the Pest side of the city and you can find it at the end of the Liberty Bridge. You can also get to it by using the metro and buses.

Use The Public Transport To Do Different Things In Budapest

As we had done hop on and hop off buses in the past, we decided to buy a bus ticket for the day. It got us on all public transport for the whole day and cost 5000 HUF for up to 5 people. That worked out to just over £10 for a day to get us about in Budapest.

The buses and metro are so frequent that you can hardly wait for long at a stop. Using Google Maps will help you to choose the right bus for the route that you take.

Take A Boat In The Evening Along The Danube

As we were taking a late sleeper train to Romania, we wanted something to do in the early evening, so a boat trip was perfect for us. It cost us around £10 each and it included a drink. You choose between alcoholic and none alcoholic drinks. Going along the Danube at night is totally different from going in the day. The parliament building is lit up and you get to see the city surrounded by sunset. We booked through GetYourGuide and there was no problem at all with booking through a third party. It meant everything was paid upfront and we didn’t need to worry about the cost on the day.

Please take a look at the other places we visited this summer