Vibrant Városliget: A Tour from Heroes’ Square to Széchenyi Thermal Bath

The tour takes you through the City Park, where several museums and galleries are located. I would mostly recommend the Museum of Fine Arts - the building itself is well worth a visit, as its interior features different, historic architectural styles and has lavishly decorated halls where the paintings of world famous painters are exhibited.

The rooftop gardens of the Museum of Ethnography can be a great place for a quick stop to have a rest or to enjoy a snack or coffee. There's a bistro in the entrance hall of the museum.

SImilarly to the Museum of Ethnography, the House of Music also has two cafés (as well as clean public bathrooms) on both the first and the second floor of the building.

The tour ends at the Széchenyi Thermal Bath, so feel free to take your bathing stuff with you for the tour if you would like to visit the spa at the end. You will need towels, flip-flops, swimming trunks and bathing caps (the latter only for the actual swimming pool). You can purchase all of these things in the spa shop by the main entrance of the bath if you don't have them with you.

We will also walk by and I will tell you several stories about the Budapest Zoo, so if you're with kids, it could be a nice extension of your program to visit the Zoo after the tour ends.

Most of the restaurants in the City Park area are not among my favourite ones, but you can get some nice Hungarian schnitzel with potato salad, as well as other comfort foods at the Buja Disznók Liget and you can taste authentic Hungarian Langos (a type of fried bread with cheese, garlic and sour cream)at the Ligeti Lángos. If you're craving for sweet street food, then have a chimney cake at the Édes Mackó kürtőskalács-cukrászda. These are all food vendors, not real restaurants, so there's no need to make reservations.

However, if you would rather go have lunch at a bistro or a restaurant, then I would suggest you to take the M1 subway and head back to the city center. Within a few minutes you will arrive at the Opera station, where you have several options for restaurants. My personal favorites:

Két Szerecsen Bistro - They are open every day, offering Hungarian and French bistro dishes. Reservations can be made through this number: +3613431984

Macesz Bistro - Also open every day (except between 4pm and 5:30pm) offering Hungarian and Jewish-Hungarian dishes. Phone number for reservations: +36305910065

Menza Restaurant - Hungarian and international cuisine, great atmosphere, but reservations have to be made in advance on their website.

You can do the tour pretty much anytime during the day. The Szechenyi Thermal Spa is open until 7pm, so if you're planning to go there after finishing the tour, then start doing the tour accordingly. I like the morning hours in the Park, when there are a lot less tourists and one can just walk around unbothered.

Some parts of the City Park are a bit busy and touristy - the Heroes' Square and the Vajdahunyad Castle especially. We will also walk around in more remote, quiet parts of it, but the entire area is very safe. During the warmer months make sure to have sunblock and water with you.