Why BUDAPEST Card?

- because it is all-inclusive(moving around, eat-out, sightseeing, entertainment, relaxing cheaper with one Card)

- because it is easy-to-use(a plastic business card, validated with your own signiture, needs only to show up)

- because it has a worth-rate price(24-29 EUR for 48-72 hours Budapest-discovery)

- because if you want it, you could buy it nearly everywhere (stations, tourist info points, shops, hotels, etc or book it snugly from home)  

What do you get for 24 EUR? 

- FREE public transport for 48 hours

- FREE walking tours (1 Pest sightseeing and 1 Buda sightseeing)

- FREE insurance

- more than 150 discounts

- 10-100% OFF from entrance tickets to museums, baths, attractions, restaurants, shops, sightseeing services

- an official plastic tourist card, produced by the Municipality of Budapest

- the same adventages for a kid under 14 travelling with the cardholder

- a booklet full of ideas, maps, listings, useful information on Budapest including the Card-discounted locations  

What does Budapest offer with the Budapest Card? 

Relax & Enjoy in Budapest (2-day program plan)

1st Day

Morning: 10 am, get ready for Budapest downtown, or the Buda Castle!Every even days (Pest) or uneven days (Buda) English speaking locals guide you around the city within a 2,5 hour long walking tour- One Buda, and one Pest tour is FREE for you with your BUDAPEST CARD

Lunch time!Choose Gellért thermal baths as an afternoon relax program and you do not have to go far for a true Hungarian dish for lunch, because Gellért Restaurant and Brasserie welcome you with 20% off the bill with your BUDAPEST CARD

Afternoon: relaxing in the thermal bath No matter if Roman times steam baths in a historical building, or outdoor swimming pools you choose, because Budapest is the city of spas!- thermal baths and pools with 10% discount with your BUDAPEST CARD

Evening: cruise on the DanubeEnjoy a 2,5 hour boat cruise on the Danube with music, dance and bufet dinner, and wonder the lighted sights of the city from the river. - BUDAPEST CARD ensures 50% discount on ship cruises! 

2nd Day

Morning: Activ recreation on Margaret IslandTennis court, running circle and small football + basketball fields welcome visitors on the Margaret Island Athletics Centre, but if you’d better cycle some hours around the Island with your family, just try the 4-wheeled family cycle which ensures you a lot of fun - “Bringóhintó” cycle and Athletics for 30% discount with your BUDAPEST CARD

Afternoon: spend your day in the City ParkThe Park offers not only outdoor field and activities, but it is the home of the Budapest Zoo, the Theme Park, the Circus, the Széchenyi Thermal Baths, the City Park Lake, the Vajdahunyad Castle, Planetarium and the Petőfi Concert Hall. And don’t forget the magnificent entrance: the Millennium - commemorating Heroes Square with Museum of Fine Arts and Art Gallery on its sides. - Széchenyi Baths -10%, Bagolyvár and Gundel Restaurants offers surprise dishes, Planetarium laser shows -20%, Funfair -15%, Circus -20%, Zoo with a discount for BUDAPEST CARD holders  

Budapest in general (2-day program plan)

1st Day

Morning: 10 am Buda Castle walking tour (on uneven days!)- FREE with your BUDAPEST CARD

Lunch: in the Manna Restaurant (weekdays they offer 3-course lunch for 1500 HUF) - 15% off the bill with your BUDAPEST CARD

Afternoon: visiting the sights of the Buda Castle with the BUDAPEST CARDHungarian National Gallery (discounted entrance), Matthias Church (-10%), Budapest History Museum (-20%), Labyrinth (-25%), Hospital in the rock (-50%)

Before dinner: try the famous thermal baths of Budapest- Rudas baths -10% with your BUDAPEST CARD

Evening: look out for the beautiful World Heritage view from the highest pointThe Gellért- hill, located on the Buda side, has the highest peak close to the citycentre, where the lights of evening Budapest burst upon our view. Don’t miss the Liberty statue on Citadel as well!Dinner: choose one fine restaurant in Buda - Arany Hordó Restaurant -15%, Bonfini Restaurant -10% with BUDAPEST CARD 

2nd Day

Morning: 10 am Pest walking tour (on even days!) - FREE with your BUDAPEST CARDShopping in Váci street, Fashion street, Andrássy Avenue, Lunch and coffee in the downtown - Gerbeaud Brasserie -15%, Corso Restaurant -20%, Vakvarjú Restaurant -20%

Afternoon: Visiting the architectural treasures of Pest - 3 pm or 4 pm Opera backstage tour -10% with your BUDAPEST CARD -      Synagogue for a discounted price with your BUDAPEST CARD - St. Stephen’s Basilica -20% with your BUDAPEST CARD -     Museum of Fine Arts -20% with your BUDAPEST CARD

Evening: 7 pm Danube cruise with dinner - every day river cruiser with live music and buffet dinner launches from Pest embankment with 10% off with your BUDAPEST CARD 

Summer Adventure in Budapest (3-day program plan)

1st Day

Arrival in BudapestTransfer to your hotel to the city centre by the Airport Shuttle service (-10% BP CARD) 

Lunch on the Liszt Ferenc square The Andrássy Avenue-located square is famous for its Broadway spots, and terrace cafés. Try one of the restaurants of the square for a sunny brunch. (Choose these for BP CARD discount: Bohemia, Karma) 

4 pm Riverride sightseeing (Pick up at the Gresham Palace – nearby stations: M1 Vörösmarty square, Deák square, M3 Arany János utca, Tram2 Roosevelt square) 1,5 hour long bus tour, then the bus suddenly enters the water, and continue the trip in the river (-1000 HUF with the BP CARD) 

Afternoon Café on the Andrássy Avenue(from Gresham take M1 from Vörösmarty square to Oktogon) On the top level of the house of the Alexandra Bookshop a very special and hidden Café welcome visitors in the “Lotz room” (10% BP CARD discount)  

8 pm listen to a concert in the frame of the Budapest Summer Festival(-20% with the BP CARD)During the summer season (Jun-Aug) Budapest Summer Festival offers more than 100 programs on 6 beautiful locations. 

2nd Day

10 am Pools and baths at the Palatinus beach on the Margaret Island (-10% with your BP CARD) Spend your day in the park of this Island located in the middle of the Danube River between Pest and Buda. If you are bored with the sunbathing and swimming, just get out to the Athletics Center at the entrance of the Island and play a set on the tennis court, or organize a basketball tournament. Many playgrounds and sporting facilities are ready to entertain the children as well.(“Bringóhintó” cycle and Athletics for 30% discount with your BP CARD)  

In the afternoon just chill out on a sightseeing boat, or cool down in the caves underneath the city. (cave-visits with 10% discounts, river sightseeing with special discounts if you show your BP CARD) 

Candle-lit dinner on the Pest corso (20% off with the BP CARD in the Corso Restaurant) or Jazz night on the River(15% off with the BP CARD on the Colombus Jazz Ship) 

3rd Day

Morning: 10 am, get ready for Budapest downtown! Every even days (Pest) or uneven days (Buda) English speaking locals guide you around the city within a 2,5 hour long walking tour (FREE for you with your BP CARD) 

Shopping Central Market Hall – Váci street-Fashion Street – Andrássy Avenue 

Outdoor saunter in the Castle (Take a Rikshaw taxi for a Castle district tour with 20% discount with the BP CARD!) Have a look at the Royal Palace, the Fisherman’s Bastion, Matthias Church, and the cable stones of the medieval streets of the Castle quarter. Don’t miss the World Heritage panorama from the hills! Take part in the Hungarian gastronomy adventure! Taste the famous paprika, gulash soup, beef stew or vegetable dishes of the Hungarian cuisine spiced with a gipsy orchestra performance.(Try the Kárpátia Restaurant and get 15% off with your BP CARD!)  

Historical heritage tour with the Budapest Card (2-3 day program plan) 

Jump back in time, and explore the exciting past of this city!Visit the former square statues of the city in the Memento Park (-500 HUF discount with the BP CARD) listen to true stories of families and study the communist era of Hungary in the House of Terror (-20% with the BP CARD)  

Get closer to the Jewish history along studying the memorial heritage of the largest community in Eastern Europe in Budapest. Join the Jewish quarter tour (-20% with the BP CARD) and explore the downtown ghetto, discover the largest functioning Synagogue of Europe and visit the Jewish Museum and the Holocaust Museum (-50% with the BP CARD). 

If you want to have a glimpse of the history of the city, go up to the Castle (from the Chain Bridge funicular bring up to the hills) and stroll around the cable-stoned medieval streets, visit the Fisherman’s Bastion, the Matthias Church (-10% with the BP CARD), the Cave Hospital (-50% with the BP CARD)  and the Royal Palace. Don’t miss the Budapest History Museum (-20% with the BP CARD) and the Military History Museum (-20% with the BP CARD) too! Aquincum is a part of old Buda, located to the north of the city preserving ruins from the Roman Times. (Aquincum Museum -20% with the BP Card) Thermal baths evokes Turkish and Roman times as well, as the municipal has uniquely in the world nearly 100 thermal sources, and 12 medical baths under its surface. Beside its medical benefit, thermal pools have wonderful old buildings and interior design. Choose either Gellért, Széchenyi or Rudas, you could enjoy them on a discounted price with the BP CARD! 

If you wish to find rarities, get ready to the Flag Museum, the Aircraft Memorial Park, Transport Museum, Museum of Trade and Tourism, Museum of Medical History, Geological Museum, House of Photography, Baths Museum, Heritage Gallery or the Bible Museum. The ParliamentThe greatest Parliament building in the Continent, winning a tender of which the second and the third place buildings are also realized, just right in the neighborhood of this building. This means you could see 3 Parliament buildings on one square!Parliament visit is free of charge for the members of the European Union, the Museum of Ethnography (2nd prize) could be visited with 20% discounts with the BP CARD. Vajdahunyad CastleFor the great Millenium, not only Heroes Square, the underground (1st in the Continent) and many other sights were built, but also this building series, where 21 items show the 1000 year architecture of the Hungarian nation. The Castle located in the City Park, surrounded by the City Park Lake, and could be approached by a bridge, which makes it a popular wedding location, especially because a church is involved as well. The Castle is home of the Museum of Agriculture (-25% with the BP CARD) and in the summer the courtyard turns to a hidden concert hall. (Concerts within the Budapest Summer Festival with 20% discount for BP CARD holders)