A country · 286 places · 22 regions

Hungary, all of it.

286 curated places across 22 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.

Fisherman's Bastion · via Wikimedia Commons

The 4 biggest regions — Budapest, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Baranya County and Veszprém County — read below as chapters, with 18 more waiting past them.

Chapter I · Budapest · 90 places

Budapest

Fisherman's Bastion is a neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque terrace built between 1895 and 1902 on the Buda Castle Hill. Its seven conical towers represent the seven Magyar chieftains who led the Carpathian conquest, and its open galleries frame panoramic views of the Danube, the Parliament building, and Pest. Sunrise light striking the Parliament across the river is among the most reproduced compositions in Budapest photography.

Fisherman's Bastion

Budapest, Hungary

✦ March to November · $

Széchenyi Thermal Bath

Budapest, Hungary

✦ Year-round · $$

Andrássy Avenue

Budapest, Hungary

✦ April to October · $$

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Chapter II · Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County · 27 places

Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County

Bükk National Park covers the largest continuous forested upland in Hungary, a limestone plateau rising to 959 metres that is perforated by over 900 caves and sinkholes. Beech forests dominate the plateau, with rare steppe meadows on the southern margins that support populations of woodland butterflies and ground-nesting birds. The Szalajka Valley on the park's northern edge combines waterfalls, a narrow-gauge steam railway, and open-air demonstrations of traditional crafts within a wooded river gorge.

✦ April to October · $

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Chapter III · Baranya County · 15 places

Baranya County

Pécs is one of Hungary's oldest cities, with remains spanning Roman Sopianae, a medieval cathedral chapter, Ottoman occupation, and 19th-century industrial heritage. The Mosque of Pasha Gazi Kasim, converted to a Catholic church and now displaying both its Islamic and Christian layers simultaneously, stands at the centre of the main square. The Zsolnay Cultural Quarter celebrates the factory that produced the distinctive pyrogranite tilework seen on rooftops across Budapest and Vienna.

Pécs

Baranya County, Hungary

✦ April to October · $

Széchenyi Square (Pécs)

Baranya County, Hungary

✦ April–October

Villánykövesd

Baranya County, Hungary

✦ September to October · $

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Chapter IV · Veszprém County · 15 places

Veszprém County

A flat-topped volcanic hill on the north shore of Lake Balaton, cloaked in vineyards producing distinctive white wines. Basalt columns and hillside cellars reward walkers with lake views.

✦ September and October · $

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