Budapest Card

The Budapest Card is the best way to get the most convenient price for public transportations and entry tickets to the main Budapest attractions at discounted rates or even for free.

What’s included with Budapest Card

These are all the benefits you get by purchasing the card:

• Unlimited rides on Budapest’s public transport system BKK, whether you take the train, tramways, or bus
• Free entry to Lukacs Baths and two guided tours around Buda and Pest
• Free entry for Budapest Card owners to the following museums: Budapest History Museum, Hungarian National Gallery, Hungarian National Museum, Kiscelli Museum, Nagytétény Castle Museum, and much more.
• Two dedicated guided tours, one in Buda and the other in Pest.
• Free luggage storage in the city centre.

Budapest Card Discounts

These are not the only benefits of the Budapest Card: take advantage of a series of available discounts from 10% to 50% off to more than 70 attractions, tours, and museums including St. Stephen’s Basilica, Great Synagogue, Memento Park, Danube cruises and much more.

Discounted activities include the entrance to thermal baths such as Széchenyi Baths and Gellért Baths and other structures. The Budapest Card allows you to save on participating restaurants and bars dotted all over Budapest.

Different Budapest Card Types

There are many different types of Budapest Card with different hours of validity. Granted services are always the same. There are cards valid for the duration of 24 hours after their validation, as well as cards valid for 48 hours, 72 hours, 96 hours and 120 hours. It is also possible to purchase the Budapest Card 72 Hours Plus, which includes

• mini-BUD transfer from home to the airport and from the airport to home;
• daytime sightseeing tour on the Duna Bella boat;
• a ride on the Buda Castle funicular railway;
• access to Matthias Church;
• a Molnár’s kürtöskalács, a typical cake.

Where to buy it

The Budapest Card can be purchased at the airport or at one of the many Budapest Infopoints located in Deák Ferenc tér and at Heroes Square. The card it needs to be validated by signing it and adding the starting date and time of the validity. In order to use the benefits of the Budapest Card, it needs to be shown at the entrance of attractions and service providers.

However, it is even more convenient to buy the Card online in order to get a further discount. Visitors traveling to Budapest can pick up their Budapest Card at the airport or at any Infopoint located in the city center.

Where to pick up the Budapest Card

You can pick up the card at the airport or at one of the following points in Budapest.

• Kazinczy Street Synagogue: 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, Sunday to Friday.
• Pálinka Museum Budapest: from 17:00 to 23:00, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
• Ibis Styles Airport Hotel: open every day of the year without interruption.

Guided walking tours around Buda and Pest

A few info regarding the guided walking tours around Buda and Pest. The English speaking tour around Pest starts everyday at 10am at Vàci Utca 31, across Molnàr’s Kurtoskalacs . The Buda walking tour starts everyday at 2pm at the Castle, on the Trinity statue side. Tours last about 2 hours.