Lake Balaton (Balatonfüred) is a food day trips in Budapest.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Tip: Balatonfured for the lake's spa town; Tihany ferry from Balatonfured port runs Apr-Oct.
Multi-day trip · 4 days
Explore Northern Hungary on a 4-day tour from Budapest. Discover UNESCO-listed villages, medieval castles, taste local wines, and explore the dramatic cave systems of ...
8 hours
Being only a couple of hours from Budapest, Tokaj offers a great opportunity to leave the city behind for a day and try the most famous Hungarian wines right where the...
Day trip · 12 hours
Learn more about Hungarian wine and its history with a private, full-day tour from Budapest to Tokaj
Pannonhalma is the 1000-year-old Benedictine archabbey north-west of Budapest where the monks pour their own wines and run a UNESCO-protected cellar.
TipTrain to Györ then bus 23 min to Pannonhalma village; wine cellar tours run Tue to Sun.
Eger is Hungary's most famous wine town, the home of Bull's Blood (Egri Bikavér) and the Valley of the Beautiful Women, with 200 volcanic-rock cellars open.
TipFrom Eger station, walk 10-15 min into town or head straight to Szepasszony-volgy for cellar tastings.
Tokaj is the world's first delimited wine region, a UNESCO heritage zone north-east of Budapest known for Tokaji Aszú sweet wines and serious dry Furmint.
TipTokaj town is 3 hours by direct train; Mád and Tarcal villages need a taxi from Tokaj station.
Szentendre on the Danube north of Budapest is a baroque arts town with the Szamos marzipan museum, Hungarian bistros on the riverfront and a Saturday craft.
TipHEV from Batthyany ter on the Buda side; town is walkable, no car needed.
Visegrad on the Danube Bend is the medieval royal palace town where Hungary, Bohemia and Poland summit-summoned in 1335, with riverside Hungarian inns.
TipTrain from Nyugati to Nagymaros, ferry crosses to Visegrad in 5 min; come back by train via Szob.