Summer heat and Evening tours

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Dear Travelers,

Summer is here in Budapest, it is going to be very hot this week in the Hungarian capital: it can be 37 degrees Celsius in the second half of the week! Please take care in this weather, hydrate, drink a lot of water!

Tap water is drinkable everywhere in Hungary, also during our free walking tours, we show you public taps, where you can refill your water bottles.

Our free tours in Budapest run as normal in any kind of weather conditions, but if you would like to make sure you are not walking during the hottest time of the day:

We recommend you to take our free Evening walking tours. They are on Friday, Saturday at 18:30, and during summertime on Thursdays, too. (Jun 30, Jul 07, Jul 14, Jul 21, Jul 28). This tour lasts about 1-1.5 hours. The topic of this free walking tour is general, we take you around one of the center parts of the Pest side of the river Danube. See you at the meeting point, the Elisabeth square close to the Ferris wheel and the Danubius fountain.

Cool yourselves down at a pool/Danube, Budapest beach!

Last, but not least, let the Free Budapest Walking Tours Team recommend you a few places where you can chill during the summer heat:

  • Palatinus strand: you can find this place on the Margaret Island in Budapest, which is a very nice green area in the middle of the city and the Danube. Many pools and street food places are waiting for you here.
  • Kopaszi gát, SHO beach: opened in July 2021, this is natural water beach in Budapest next to the Danube with a sandy area. It is close to the center of Budapest, and offers a special location in a premium environment for bathing and recreation. In addition to bathing, the premium beach with excellent water quality in Lágymányosi Bay awaits visitors with sports facilities, culinary experiences and various programs during the summer.
  • Római part (Roman beach): on the Buda side of the river Danube, in the northern part of the city. You can find many open air bars and food places here, as well a free beach. The beach is open near this section: Kossuth Lajos üdülőpart 15-17., from the 15th of July until the 20th of August every day between 11 am and 7 pm.

 

Sightseeing trams of Budapest

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Another way of sightseeing besides free walking tours in Budapest

In this blog post let us recommend you, Dear Travelers, two tram lines in the Hungarian capital city, on the Buda and the Pest side as well, that you can hop on before or after taking some of our wonderful free tours! 🙂

  • Tram number 2 on the Pest side of the river Danube: since 1942 runs from Jászai Mari square, from next to the Margaret bridge, till Közvágóhíd stop. In 2012 National Geographic said that this scenic tramline is the 7th most beautiful one in the whole world! Some sights of Budapest that you can see while riding this tram: Parliament, Chain bridge, Danube Promenade with the little Princess statue, Elisabeth bridge, Castle hill, Gellért hill with the Liberty statue, Liberty bridge. You can hop on tram number 2 every 3-4 minutes on weekdays during daytime and every 5 minutes on the weekend days.
  • Tram number 19 on the Buda side of the river Danube: the tram line runs all year around between Kelenföld and Bécsi út/Vörösváry út stops, but from the 4th of June till the 28th of August in 2022 on weekend days in the mornings you can listen to the description of the following streets, squares and buildings on the tram: Kosztolányi Dezső and Móricz Zsigmond square, Bartók Béla boulevard, Hadik café, Saint Gellért square (and bath), Rudas bath, Castle Garden, Chain bridge, Parliament.

About tickets: a single ticket to the public transport costs 350 Hungarian forints at the moment and after stamping it, is valid for one single ride (use the same ticket on buses, trams, metros, trolley buses as well).

If you know that you will ride public transport vehicles more times during one day, it is also worth to buy a 24 hour pass which costs 1650 HUF.

Ticket machines can be found at all metro stations in Budapest, and in some bus/tram stops as well.

See you soon in Budapest and on our Free Tours! 🙂

Upcoming Events

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Dear Travelers,

Let the Free Budapest Walking Tours and Private Tours Team recommend you a few upcoming events/festival in or around the Hungarian capital. After joining some of our free tours in Budapest these will be fun! 🙂

  • 2-6th June – 1st Wine and Champagne Festival of the city center (1. Belvárosi Bor és Pezsgőfesztivál) on Liberty square (Szabadság tér): after organizing many-many beer festivals, the main purpose of this free festival is making the Hungarian wines and champagnes more well-known and popular.
  • 8-12th June – Czech Beer Festival on the Rooftop of Westend City Center shopping mall: The Budapest Czech Beer Festival, which presents Czech gastronomy and beers, will be held for the 15th time in the Hungarian capital. During the four-day festival, which will be held in the Westend Roof Garden, in addition to small and large-scale Czech beer, we will be able to taste distillery specialties made from Czech beers, other spirits and short drinks, as well as Czech beer skates.
  • 3-6th June – Pork knuckle and Beer Festivalin Gárdony, Lake Velence: Lake Velence is the 3rd largest natural lake in Hungary and a popular holiday destination amongst Hungarians. The lake has an area of 26 square kms, and because of the sunny climate of the area and the shallowness of the lake, it is one of the warmest lakes in Europe: its temperature in the summer may reach 26 to 28 °C. The train can take you from Budapest to Gárdony in about 1hour, leaving from Budapest Déli or Kelenföld.
  • 10th June – Holi Peace Festival in Kincsem Park: Hungary’s original and number one color festival. Since 2014, they  have been organizing the largest color festival of Europe in Hungary. The event, that is organized around colorful Holi powders originated from India, celebrates the victory of good over evil and the beginning of spring.

Hope we could make your stay in and around Budapest in the first half of the first summer month more colorful with our reccomendations, see you soon on any of our free walking tours in Budapest! 🙂