Where Budapest shops, snacks and lunches: the markets worth your morning.
Food markets, farmers markets and covered halls: where Budapest shops, snacks and lunches.
The Central Market Hall on Vamhaz korut, designed by Samu Pecz in 1897, is Budapest's oldest and largest indoor market at the head of Vaci utca.
Go for: Paprika, Hungarian sausage, Lángos
Tip: Closed Sundays; arrive before 11:00 to avoid the tour-group rush on the gallery.
Rakoczi teri Vasarcsarnok in Jozsefvaros is the 1897 Pest market hall locals shop at for produce, cheese, pickles and meat, calmer and cheaper.
Go for: Hungarian fresh produce, Pickles, Cheese
Tip: Closed Sundays; M4 metro stops at Rakoczi ter, 40 percent cheaper than central markets.
Klauzal teri Vasarcsarnok is the 1897 Jewish Quarter market hall in Erzsebetvaros, restored in 2014 and stocked with sausage, cheese, produce and kosher.
Go for: Hungarian sausage, Cheese, Kosher counters
Tip: Open daily 06:30-21:00; the kosher counters were preserved from the original Jewish Quarter design.
Lehel Csarnok in Ujlipotvaros is the city's most chaotic and least touristed market, a 2002 hangar of stalls for mangalica, smoked fish, bulk paprika.
Go for: Mangalica, Smoked fish, Bulk produce
Tip: Open Sundays until noon; metro M3 stops directly inside the building.
Feny utcai piac in Buda's 2nd district, next to Szell Kalman ter and the Mammut shopping centre, is the main Buda covered market for produce.
Go for: Buda fresh produce, Cheese, Bakery
Tip: Closed Sundays; the upstairs lunch deck cooks Hungarian classics Mon to Fri.
Szimpla Kert's Sunday farmers' market turns the ruin-bar courtyard on Kazinczy into a small-producer Hungarian market for honey, sausage, cheese and bread.
Go for: Hungarian small producers, Mangalica, Honey
Tip: Sundays 09:00-14:00; arrive by 11:00 before the brunch crowd takes the tables.