Budapest Card

When traveling to Budapest you already have thousands of choices on what to see, where to eat and what to do during your stay in the capital of Hungary. The Budapest Card gives you very good discounts on several activities you can do in Budapest (see a full list below) and therefore narrows your choices down a bit, which doesn’t mean that you can’t do anything what is not featured in the Budapest Card.

Included in the Budapest Card is a unlimited usage of the Budapest public transport system, which is the most effective way of traveling through the city. The regular fee for a 72h ticket is 3850 HUF (which is approximately 12 Euros) and makes already 75% of the entire price of the Budapest Card which in the 72h version is 5200 HUF (approx. 16 Euro). Just by using the public transport it almost justifies the entire Budapest Card but there is of course more to benefit from.

The Budapest Card gives you discount for more than 100 services within the city such as free or discounted museum entrance and other cultural programs, reduced price on selected Budapest Sightseeing Tours, discount for restaurants, car rentals, spas and baths in Budapest and on top of all that a travel insurance for the time.

For Online purchase of the Budapest Card click Here. Now have a look at the full list of discounts, it is long but have a look what services you actually save money on before you come, I bet there are several services which are on your to do list.

Overview of reduced services with the Budapest Card:

Transport and airport transfer

• Free Budapest Public Transport with the BKV Zrt. (All buses, trams and Metro lines)
• 20% off Airport Train Transfer
• 10% off the Budapest Airport Transfer Minibus
• 30% discount for the Memento Park Direct Bus Transfer
• 25% off all Regina Rent a Car rentals

Budapest Sightseeing Tours

• 1.000 HUF off the Absolute Walking Tours
• 2.000 HUF off the exciting Budapest Segway Tours
• 1.000 HUF less for a Yellow Zebra Budapest Bicycle Tour
• Get 10% discount on Budapest Jewish Quarter – WWII Ghetto Tours
• 10% less for the entrance at the Fishermen’s Bastion
• Enjoy the Hop on Hop off bus for 10% less
• A Special price for the Legenda Sightseeing Cruises
• 10% off the Opera Tour
• Special price for the Hungarian National Gallery Panorama Terrace
• Programcentrum Budapest City Tour with 30% off
• A whooping 2.400 HUF discount on the City Tour + Parliament
• Nice 15% off Uniquebudapest

Spas and Baths in Budapest

• 10% off for Aquaworld
• 10% less at Gellért Thermal Bath and Swimming Pool
• 10% at Király Bath
• Another 10% off for Lukács Bath
• 10% Massage in Budapest Medicinal Baths
• 10% off at the Palatinus Strand
• 10% less for the Római Swimming Pool
• Rudas Medicinal Bath and Pool for 10% less
• 10% at the Salt cave
• 10% for the Széchenyi Spa and Swimming Pool

Budapest Activities

• 10% – Botanical Garden
• 20% – Buda Castle Labyrinth
• 15% – Budapest Funfair
• 20% – Cave tours
• 50% – Challengeland Adventure Park
• Children’s Railway *Special price*
• 30% – Family cycles
• 25% – Hospital in the Rock (Don’t worry, its a second world war museum)
• 15% – House of Hungarian Wines
• Hungarian Railway History Park *Special price*
• 100% – Ice Rink in the City Park
• 30% – Memento Park
• 30% – Margaret Island Athletics Centre
• 20% – Millenaris: Palace of Wonders, House of Future
• 10% Pál-völgy Cave
• Discount at Tropicarium
• 15% – Yellow Zebra Budapest Bike Rental Hire
• Special price at the Budapest Zoo
• 20% – Zwack Unicum Museum and Heritage Visitors’ Centre

Museums in Budapest

• “Arany Sas” Pharmacy Museum 20%
• Ady Memorial Museum 20%
• Aquincum Museum 20%
• Béla Bartók Memorial House 38%
• Budapest Exhibition Hall 50%
• Budapest History Museum – Castle Museum 20%
• Ernst Museum 20%
• Exhibition House of the Budapest Gallery 50%
• Exhibition of the History of Aviation and Space Flight 20%
• Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Arts 20%
• Ferenc Liszt Memorial Museum Special price
• Ferihegy Aircraft Memorial Park 20%
• Foundry Museum 25%
• György Ráth Museum 20%
• Historical Clothing at the Dollmuseum 28%
• Holocaust Memorial Center 50%
• House of Royal Wines and Cellar Museum 10%
• House of Terror Museum 20%
• Hungarian House of Photography Special price
• Hungarian Jewish Museum Special price
• Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism 20%
• Hungarian National Gallery Special price
• Hungarian National Museum 20%
• Hungarian Natural History Museum 20%
• Hungarian Sport Museum – Sportagora 100%
• Hungarian Transport Museum 20%
• Imre Varga Collection 50%
• Jókai Memorial Room 20%
• Kassák Museum 20%
• Ludwig museum 20%
• Mafia Museum Special price
• Medieval Jewish Prayer House 20%
• Miksa Róth Memorial House 20%
• Municipal Gallery – Kiscell Museum 20%
• Museum of Applied Arts 20%
• Museum of Electrotechnics 25%
• Museum of Ethnography 20%
• Museum of Fine Arts 10%
• Museum of Flags 20%
• Museum of Hungarian Agriculture 25%
• Museum of Military History 20%
• Museum of Telephony 20%
• Museum of Textile and Clothing Industry 20%
• Nagytétény Castlemuseum 20%
• National Geological Museum Special price
• Pál Molnár-C. Studio-Museum 25%
• Palace of Art 20%
• Paprika Museum 10%
• Petőfi Literary Museum 20%
• Postal Museum 20%
• Semmelweis Museum of Medical History 20%
• Stamp Museum 20%
• The House of Hungarian Art Nouveau Special price
• Újpest Butterfly Museum 20%
• Vasarely Museum 10%
• Zoltán Kodály Memorial Museum 20%

Events in Budapest

• 14th Danube Carnival Gala 25%
• Budapest Jazz Club 10%
• Budapest Summer Festival 10%
• Danube Concert & Cimbalom Show 10%
• Merlin Theatre 20%
• National Dance Theatre 10%
• Nyugati Theatre 10%
• Organ Concerts 20%
• Palace of Arts 10%
• Rajkó Orchestra and Folk Ensemble 10%
• Ticket Office – Willy Fog Travel & Ticket Co. Special offer

Restaurants and Cafés

• Apetito Restaurant & Café 15%
• Apostolok Restaurant 15%
• Arany Hordó Restaurant 20%
• Bagolyvár Restaurant Special offer
• Bonfini Restaurant 10%
• Brasserie Cellar – Gerbeaud House 15%
• Búsuló Juhász Restaurant 20%
• Columbus Ship Jazz Club 15%
• Corso Restaurant 20%
• First Strudel House Café & Restaurant 20%
• Gellért Sörözö & Brasserie 20%
• Gundel Restaurant Special offer
• Hilton Budapest Restaurant and Lobby Bar 20%
• Karma Cafe & Restaurant 10%
• Kárpátia Restaurant and Brasserie 15%
• Kashmir Indian Restaurant 20%
• Matthias Cellar Restaurant 15%
• McKIWAN’S Sandwich Bar 10%
• Mediterrán Cafe & Pub 15%
• Mirror Café & Restaurant 20%
• Olive’s Restaurant 20%
• Oregano Restaurant 20%
• Peppers! Mediterranean Grill 15%
• Soho London Pub 10%
• St. George Restaurant & Cafe 20%
• VistaCafé Restaurant 20%

Other superb discounts

• Hungary Card 30%
• Travel Accident Insurance AIG Hungary FREE
• Tourinform Internet-point 50%
• Free exhibitions (no entrance fee):
• Baths Museum
• Bible Museum
• Dorottya Gallery
• Hercules Villa
• Heritage Gallery
• Kossuth Museum Ship
• Museum of the Ambulance Service
• Museum of the Fire Brigade
• Police Museum
• Reverence Museum
• Visitors’ Centre of the Magyar Nemzeti Bank

For Online purchase of the Budapest Card click Here

The Budapest Card is a product of the Budapest tourist office and was invented in 1997. The card offers more than 100 reduced services. The validation of the Budapest Card is either 48 or 72 hours and costs 5200 HUF or 6500 HUF.