Please wear good walking shoes, bring bottled water (it’s pricy in touristy spots) and wear sunscreen. Make sure to stop as many times as you need to.

Each time we travel to Budapest we plan to walk as much as we can and avoid using the public transportation – albeit it’s amazing and gets you pretty much everywhere. But when the weather is nice , why not enjoy the city at your own pace and also benefit from some cardio out of it?

The following walking tours have been done by us (Alex , me and our friends from Holland) on our most recent visit in Budapest (April 2013). We enjoyed amazing weather, hence we decided to walk as much as we could. I haven’t compiled (yet) all walks we did (I still need to add the one from Sunday) but these three walks comprise most of the city’s attractions (save for the Parliament and Margitsziget).

Buda Castle from Vaci Utca

This is a DIY walking tour which doesn’t include any means of transportation.

Stops:

• Sissi’s statue on the Danube Promenade
• Chain Bridge
• Archery Tower within Buda Castle
• Matthiash Church
• Fishermen Bastion
• St. Stephan’s Basilica

Millennium Underground and Andrassy Ut. to Hard Rock Cafe

This is a DIY walking tour which includes one part by underground (not added to the map): from Deak F. Ter take M1 (yellow) to Heroes’ Square.

Stops:

• Heroes’ Square
• Millennium Park
• Vajdahunyad Castle
• Andrassy Ut. with Oktogon and Opera House stops
• Hard Rock Cafe by way of St. Stephen’s Basilica and Vaci utca.

Citadella & The Central Market from Vaci utca

This is a DIY walking tour which doesn’t include any means of transportation.

Stops:

• Elisabeth Bridge
• St. Gellert’s Statue
• Citadella
• Church in the Rock
• Gellert Baths
• Liberty Bridge
• Central Market