Budapest Airport 42 min
Szentendre Skanzen Village Museum (32 min) Museum of 18th- to 20th-century village & farming life, with dwellings & a museological collection. Aquincum Museum (28 min) History museum set around an excavated Roman bath house, with a recreation showing life at the time. Pilis Mountains (1 hr 14) Well-known hiking destination with scenic woodlands & multiple lookouts for dramatic views. Visegrád Mountains (47 min) Steep, circular walks leading to volcanic rock formations, narrow gorges & mountain lookouts. Hungarian Railway Museum (28 min) Guests can drive a steam engine, ride a rail car or operate a hand car at this railway museum. Dobogókő (49 min) Popular tourist region offering forested trails, a stone memorial, museum & a pilgrimage site. Bear Farm (34 min) 5.5-hectare farm & petting zoo featuring bears, tame wolves, reindeer & raccoons. Lupa-tó (25 min) Prédikálószék (1 hr 13) This 639-m. peak in the Visegrád Mountains features hiking trails & a 12-m.-tall lookout tower. Visegrad Citadel (54 min) Centuries-old Italianate structure with a Gothic cloister, Renaissance-style loggia & exhibitions. National Botanical Garden (17 min) Tranquil destination for walks amid plants, flowers & trees, with greenhouses & themed paths. Hármashatárhegy (47 min) Wooded hilltop trails to a viewing tower remodeled from a WWII bunker, with city & Danube panoramas. High Castle (59 min) 13th-century castle atop a hill offering small history exhibits & scenic river views. Királyrét Forest Railway (27 min) Óbuda Island (34 min) Leafy river island that is a popular location for recreation & hosts an international festival. |