Parks and the outdoors in Visegrád

Parks and the outdoors in Visegrád

1. See

   Miklós Bertényi Botanical Garden

   Bertényi Miklós Füvészkert

   Follow the 20 board signed nature trail. Every season offers different sight. Walking relaxing between singing birds in Alpine and submediterranean plant environment. A special sight is some andesite and loess between 150–350 m height. Also there is a small presentation house.

   Nov 1–Mar 1: Thu–Sun 12:00–19:00; Mar 15–Apr 30 Sep 1–Oct 31: Mon Thu–Sun 12:00–20:00; May 1–Aug 31: 12:00–20:00·Adult: HUF 1000; senior, student: HUF 500

2. See

   Mogyoró Hill Wildlife Park

   Mogyoró-hegyi vadbemutató kert

   The area of the park is about 1.5 hectares, where red deer and wild boars live.

   Free to visit

3. Do

   Pilis Protected Area

   Pilisi Tájvédelmi Körzet

   The protected area covers 64,512 ha, 59,362 hectares of which are forest land areas. This woody area in the Danube Bend is cut by the Dera- stream and the Cserepes- valley in two parts.

   Ft 10 000/group/hour max. 20 persons

4. See

   Royal Palace

   Királyi Palota

   The first royal house on this site was built by King Charles I of Hungary after 1325. In the second half of the 14th century, this was enlarged into a palace by his son, King Louis I of Hungary. In the last third of the 14th century, King Louis and his successor Sigismund of Luxembourg had the majority of the earlier buildings dismantled and created a new, sumptuous palace complex, the extensive ruins of which are still visible today. The palace complex was laid out on a square ground plan measuring 123 m×123 m. A garden adjoined to it from the north and a Franciscan friary, founded by King Sigismund in 1424, from the south. In the time of Louis I and Sigismund, the palace was the official residence of the kings of Hungary until about 1405–1408. Between 1477 and 1484 Matthias Corvinus had the palace complex reconstructed in late Gothic style. The Italian Renaissance architectural style was used for decoration, the first time the style appeared in Europe outside Italy. After the Ottoman Turks' siege in 1544, the palace fell into ruins. By the 18th century it was completely covered by earth. Its excavation began in 1934 and continues today. The reconstructed royal residence building is open to the public and houses exhibitions on the history of the palace and reconstructed historical interiors.

   Nov–Mar: Tue–Sun 10:00–16:00; Apr–Oct: Tue–Sun 09:00–17:00·Adult: HUF 1800; senior, student: HUF 900

5. See

   Ruins of Pone Navata

   The ruins of this Roman Empire military camp can be seen on a hill overlooking river Danube. These are the basement walls of a five sided Roman Castrum from the 5th century and the ruins of the governor's castle from the 10th and 11th centuries.

   Free to visit

6. See

   Spartacus Trail

   Spartacus-ösvény

   One of the most beautiful hiking trails in the Visegrád Mountains.

   Free to visit

7. Do

   Visegrád Toboggan Park

   Visegrádi Bobpálya

   Two parallel runs, one operates throughout the year, the other one is summer-only.

   Jan Feb Nov Dec 11:00–16:00; Mar Mon–Fri 11:00–16:00, Sat Sun 10:00–17:00; Apr Sep Oct Mon–Fri 10:00–17:00, Sat Sun 10:00–18:00; May–Aug: Mon–Fri 09:00–18:00, Sat Sun 09:00–19:00·Adult: HUF 600 per ride, children: HUF 400 per ride

8. See

   Zsitvay Observation Tower

   Zsitvay-kilátó

   The tower was built in 1933 on the top of the 378-meter-high Nagyvillám and was declared a monument in 2005. The observation tower and Nagyvillám area is an important center of hiking and tourist life, in clear weather you can see the capital and its 100 kilometers surroundings, from the Matra through the Pilis to the Zsámbék Basin, and even the Danube Bend can be seen even in cloudy weather.

   Oct 15–Apr 15: Sat Sun 10:00–16:00; Apr 16–Oct 14: Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00·Adult: HUF 400, senior: HUF 300, children: HUF 200

9. Eat

   Ördögmalom Forest Restaurant

   Traditional restaurant with local cuisine, escpecially fried trout.

   Nov 1–Mar 1: Thu–Sun 12:00–19:00; Mar 15–Apr 30 Sep 1–Oct 31: Mon Thu–Sun 12:00–20:00; May 1–Aug 31: 12:00–20:00·HUF 2550

10. Do

    Dunabogdány Free Beach

    Dunabogdány

    Jun–Aug·Free entrance

11. Do

    King Matthias Historical Playground

    Mátyás Király Történelmi Játszópark

    A fairy tale garden and a craft house.

    Mar 15–Oct 13: Tue–Sun 10:00–18:00·Children: HUF 500, adult: HUF 200

12. Do

    Visegrád Gokart and Adventure Park

    Lepence

    09:00–21:00·Gokart: HUF 2000–HUF 3000 for 8 minutes, adventure park: HUF 2000–HUF 3000 per hour, billiard: HUF 1000 per hour, ping-pong: HUF 500 per hour, streetball: HUF 1000 per hour, soccer: HUF 100 per 10 balls, trampoline: HUF 500 per 5 minutes; ice rink in winter: HUF 1500 for adult, HUF 1000 for children

13. See

    Ördögmalom Waterfall

    Ördögmalom-vízesés

    Apátkúti-völgy

    Free to visit

Listings from the Wikivoyage guide to Visegrád (CC BY-SA 4.0).