Once in a while someone asks me to recommend places in Budapest, so instead of writing them every time again, let me list them here and then I can point them to this site.

Recommendations in Budapest

I guess it will be difficult to recommend only 2-3 places so here is a longer list with some comments.

• Váci utca is the city center but it is very touristic
• Vár (the castle) is romantic.
• There is a nice pub/coffee shop area in the city in Jókai tér (Jokai square) next to the Octogon which can be reached using the M1 metro line or by tram 4 or 6
• Opera on Andrássy út
• Vajda Hunyad Vára (next to Heroes square on the M1 track) a nice romantic place for a walk.
  in the winter I think you can rent ice skates there.
• Margit sziget (Margareth Island)
• The Budapest Spring Festival if you are visiting in the right time.

Restaurants

• Gerbeaud Vörösmarty tér 7, next to Váci utca
• Café Kör Sas utca, 17
• Remiz Budakeszi út 5
• Gundel Állatkerti út 2 (not far from the Vajda Hunyad Vára, Heroes square). It is very expensive
• Régi Sipos in Óbuda
• Szép Ilona kerthelység in Hűvösvölgy
• Halászkert in Fő str
• Rosenstein restaurant in Mosonyi str
• Kék Rózsa in Wesselényi str
• Fülemüle vendéglő

Places for kids

• Railway Museum
• Budapest Zoo
• Margaret Island
• Campona Shopping Mall has a Tropicarium
• Natural History Museum
• The Millenaris and the Palace of Miracles
• Budapest Circus
• book: Budapest Gyerekekkel

Other places of interest

• Dunapart
• Synagoges
• Szent István Bazilika
• Gellért
• Nearby city of Szentendre which is very romantic
• Kőleves Vendéglő
• Port
• A38 Ship
• IMAX- 3D movies in Hungarian
• Gyerekszi�nhaz
• Gyerekprogram
• Millenaris park