Spend New Year's Eve on an evening cruise in the middle of the Danube. See Budapest from the water while relaxing in an informal atmosphere without any formalities or mandatory events. Celebrate with light finger foods and unlimited drinks. Start your New Year's celebrations by boarding the boat. After leaving the dock at Szent István Park, see everything on Margaret Island (Margisziget) that is worth seeing, then head south until you reach the new National Theatre. Once back in Parliament around midnight, Champagne will be prepared so you can enjoy the first moments of the New Year with a glass of Champagne. Your cruise also includes unlimited local wine, beer, and soft drinks, paired with finger foods. Following the Hungarian National Anthem sail for another half an hour to an hour longer before returning to the port. After the boat returns to the port around, the party continues onboard until 2:00 AM.

Make some special memories on your winter holiday as you spend an evening sailing along the Danube. Enjoy a freshly prepared, multi-course dinner as you take in the sights of the city and relax under the stars. Cruise past Budapest’s imperial monuments illuminated at the night. Indulge in good food, and enjoy the festive atmosphere thanks to international popular music and Hungarian favorites. The open bar drink selection includes wine, draught beer, mineral water, soft drinks, tea, coffee, and mulled wine. Sample Christmas Dinner Menu: Soup Goulash soup; vegetable cream soup Main Courses Beef stew with home-made dumplings; roast chicken thighs with parsley potato; vegetable casserole; stuffed cabbage; vegetable couscous Desserts Somlói trifle; strudel selection; Beigli (traditional Hungarian Christmas cake with walnuts and poppy seeds) New Year's Eve Menu Options for 2022/23: Red Meat Menu (option A): On the table Blue cheese butter with herbs, mini buns Cold appetizer Poultry liver terrine with red onion chutney infused with Szabolcsi plum pálinka Warm appetizer Poultry soufflé with game sauce, cranberries, and bird salad;French onion soup made using Balatonfelvidék sauvignon blanc reduction and parmesan cheese Main dish Sous-vide sirloin beef steak with wild mushroom sauce and French potato gratin Dessert Kaiserschmarnn with homemade jam Poultry Menu (option B): On the table Blue cheese butter with herbs, mini buns Cold appetizer Poultry liver terrine with red onion chutney infused with Szabolcsi plum pálinka Warm appetizer Poultry soufflé with game sauce, cranberries, and bird salad; French onion soup made using Balatonfelvidék sauvignon blanc reduction and parmesan cheese Main dish Chicken breast supreme with wild mushroom sauce, French gratin potatoes Dessert Kaiserschmarnn with homemade jam Vegetarian Menu (option C): On the table Blue cheese butter with herbs, mini buns Cold appetizerSheep curd cream with red onion chutney infused with Szabolcsi plum pálinka Warm appetizer Cheese soufflé with game sauce, cranberries, and bird salad;French onion soup made using Balatonfelvidék sauvignon blanc reduction and parmesan cheese Main Dish Forest mushroom risotto, with Tokaj wine reduction and parmesan Dessert Kaiserschmarnn with homemade jam

Get a local point of view on Budapest’s Christmas traditions and culture while seeing some of the inner city’s top sights. On this 2.5-hour tour, your guide will take you to two Christmas markets where you’ll find Hungarian handicrafts, trinkets, souvenirs, and local foods and sweets on offer. Along the way you’ll see the Opera House, Andrassy Boulevard, and St. Stephen’s Basilica. Enjoy a guided visit to the basilica, and see the impressive Holy Right Chapel. You’ll have the option of admiring the holiday decorations inside the basilica and around the square. At the end of the tour there’s hot mulled wine waiting for you! Your guide will leave you in Vorosmarty Square, the site of the city’s biggest Christmas market, so that you can do some holiday shopping on your own.

If you think Christmas is celebrated the same way all over the world, you’re in for a pleasant surprise. Our Budapest Wonderland tour will introduce you to the Hungarian customs at the most wonderful time of the year - customs that mainly revolve around food. Hungarians have always been famous for having a great appetite and no holiday makes this stereotype truer than Christmas. Since the great eating marathon only starts on December 24th, we had to find an excuse to have a snack before. Enter Christmas markets. They are not all about food though - the markets also feature the best local handmade goods that could make unique Christmas presents if you’re looking to buy something for your loved ones. Either way, we promise there will be a lot to look at.

You will feel spellbound with the charming atmosphere in the Heroes Square, which you can feel only this time of the year! What is the story of the Christmas tree? Who was the first to decorate it in the world? What magical things can happen during the Christmas period? Have you heard about Christmas spells? You will hear miraculous Christmas legends about Budapest. What makes it so popular? What local products is must taste at Christmas? Fill your heart with the joy and experience magic of Budapest. The exclusive tour only in the Christmas period! This special times brings magic in Budapest city. You will visit the old-fashioned Christmas Market Hall. Together with the professional local guide, you will visit the most beautifully decorated places in Budapest - Hungarian Parliament building, Buda Castle, Matthias Church.