What are nice day trips from Budapest?
Short answer
Legénd, Erdőtarcsa, Felsőpetény and Tolmács are some potential day trips within 50 km of Budapest. Hollókő, Balassagyarmat, Pásztó and Szécsény are within 100 km of Budapest. Szekszárd, Tab, Karcag and Kaposvár are within 200 km of Budapest by train. We list 36 places below, including 15 old-world towns (Gödöllő and Szenttamás), 13 wine towns (Tahitótfalu and Nagymaros), 11 lake or river towns (Dömsöd and Veszprém) and 4 rural getaways (Vanyarc and Berkenye). More below.
Within 50 km 11 places
Within 100 km 17 places
By train, within 200 km 8 places
Places with a railway station within a 10-minute drive. Each one links to public-transport directions from Budapest, so you can check the route and journey time.
Szekszárd
Wine country defines Szekszárd, a little city in southern Hungary and the county capital of Tolna, where the surrounding hills hold around 4,500 wine cellars…
Kőszeg
Kőszeg, a compact town in western Hungary near the Austrian border, is one of the country's richest concentrations of historic monuments — a status it owes p…
Kaposvár
This walkable county capital in southwestern Hungary, south of Lake Balaton, with a centre full of cafés and churches.
Olaszliszka
Pocket-sized village in Hungary's Tokaj wine country, Olaszliszka sits among vineyard-covered hills in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, with the wider region rin…
Tállya
This modest Hungarian village sits in the Tokaj-Hegyalja wine district of northern Hungary, a region recognised as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, in Borsod-Ab…
Tab
Compact Hungarian market town in Somogy's rolling green countryside, with church spires rising above red-tile rooftops and Lake Balaton's resort coast within…
