A couple of links to ideas on what to do while you’re in Hungary!

Link here and another Link here

When we’re in Budapest, we generally eat a lot and go to one of the amazing spas, or head to one of the many ruin bars.

Feel like a good Hungarian meal? Head here for something fancy: Link

Head here for cheap & homey: Link

Feel like partying? Check these out:

Link here and another Link here

Feel like heading further out of town? Check out a cave or a lake?

Link here

Some information on how to move around in Hungary and Budapest specifically.

Budapest: I’d recommend using the Budapest Go App. You’ll need an ID number (passport, driver’s licence) to be able to purchase most tickets.

There are day and 3 day etc. travel tickets which are very useful. These are cheap. As an example a monthly transport ticket for all of Budapest is only about £20/€20.

Hungary: Trains & Buses. These work pretty well in Hungary and you can purchase it all online here.

Hungary has its own currency: Forint or HUF

You’ll find that you’re walking around with 20 000 Forints, but that’s only about 40 quid.

Generally, you’ll have to pay in HUF. You can pay with card pretty much everywhere.

I recommend using Starling, Monzo, Revolut etc. to avoid fees on your ‘highstreet’ bank accounts.

Hungarians can get very moody if you try paying in large bills in shops. Large bills are 20 000 and 10 000. You should humbly apologise and insist you don’t have smaller change if this happens.

Hungarian is part of the Finno-Ugric language family. So anything latin or germanic-based won’t help you out here. It’s one of the top 3 most difficult languages on Earth so don’t worry too much about not understanding what is going on around you.

Generally, (young) people will speak some English in Budapest but much less likely outside of Budapest.

German or Russian are your other likely options to communicate with locals.

Here and here are some useful phrases in Hungarian.