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What recommendations would a resident of Budapest give to friends on a visit to the city? We asked journalists at Metro Budapest to share some of their hottest tips. Take a look and see what they had to say!

An exciting extreme sport - canopy

Fasten yourself to a line high above the ground and throw yourself off at breakneck speed. In Visegrád, one of the prettiest towns near Budapest, you can try the extreme sport known as canopy.

Start at Nagayvillám Hunters Inn, close to the minigolf course and bobsleigh track, and from there descend as you pass a total of eleven “milestones”. The longest stretch in the air is about 180 metres! A tour costs about 3800 HUF.

Aquarena – water park

Throughout the summer months you can get excitement and feel refreshed at the same time at Aquaréna, Hungary’s most popular water park, which is in Mogyoród near to Hungary’s formula 1 track. Two water-slide chutes, one faster than the other, plus more traditional slides for the youngest members of the family. Cost for adults approx. 4600 HUF, children under 130 cm half price.

Budapest zoo

One of the oldest zoos in the world, it opened on 9th August 1866. The beautiful buildings, mostly built between 1909 and 1912, are an attraction in themselves. At the zoo you can see 754 different species of animal, some of them unique to their kind. The zoo is also a botanical garden home to more than 2000 different plants.

Budapest Zoo has been attracting children of all ages since 1866.

Castle area on Buda hill

Here you will find a host of sights all close together: museums, churches, Hungary’s largest library and a beautiful view across to Pest on the other side. The question is what will you be most impressed by – Matthias church, the citadel or the fishermen’s bastion? If you do not want to pay to enter all the sights, we promise that even the small beautiful alleyways are worth the walk.

Up on Buda hill you literally have the whole of Pest at your feet.

Margaretha island is a favourite haunt of the people of Budapest on warm days off.

Margaretha island

There are not many cities that can tempt you with such a beautiful island as Margaretha island. It lies in the middle of the Danube which divides Budapest into Buda and Pest. Take a nice walk, go to a swimming pool or stretch out on the beach. Enjoy a concert or a bit of sport. Do not miss the mediaeval monastery ruins, the fountain which plays music and all the four-footed animals in the park - not to mention all the attractive two-footed beauties.

Hundreds of shops, like a string of pearls along Váci utca.

Váci street

All cities have a charming shopping street. Budapest’s is called Váci utca and extends from the Vörösmarty tower, with the famous Zserbó coffee shop, as far as the Fôvám tower with a large indoor market. Along Váci utca you will find al the major department stores and brands side by side with Hungarian souvenir shops, restaurants and cafés. On Váci street itself and right close by you will also find many of the best and more expensive hotels. Once you tire of shopping, you can take a break in one of the cafés on Váci or carry on down to the Danube and have a coffee along by the river as you listen to the street buskers.

The palace of wonders

Or, in Hungarian, Csodák Palotája, and a really exciting museum too - or rather, as they say themselves, "an interactive science classroom". Here you can try things out in the world of physics and chemistry. Jubilee park.

Large pool in the famous Gellért baths.

Hungarian thermal baths

Long before bath houses the world over started to call themselves spas, the real thing was already to be found in many locations in Hungary. Few countries are so well known for their thermal baths. Whatever you do, do not miss the chance to try out one of the famous spa baths. Our hottest tips are Gellért on the Buda side and Széchenyi in Pest. The classic, beautiful Géllert baths, built on a site where there has been spa water since the 14th century, today has modern accessories such as a wave machine and spa bath. Széchenyi has indoor and outdoor pools, a sauna and much, much more. It costs less to visit in the mornings.