Location: Szentendre
Top Things to do in Szentendre
Things to do in Szentendre, Central Hungary: The Best Specialty Museums
Just outside of Budapest, this town is full of churches, galleries, museums and cafes. Szentendre was settled by Serbians fleeing from the Turkish occupation in the 17th century. Because of the Serbian influence the town has the Mediterranean feel.
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1. Ur Eleonora Batik Art Gallery
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5.0 based on 9 reviews
Traditional batik technique from Indonesia merges with visions of Eleonora Ur in the paintings of this boutique Art Gallery.
2. Hungarian Open Air Museum (Szabadteri Neprajzi Muzeum)
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4.5 based on 196 reviews
The 50-year-old Skanzen is the biggest open air museum of Hungary and is situated at the foot of the Pilis Mountains, on the territory of a nature reserve. On the 60 hectares 312 buildings can be visited, all organised into regional units. The unique flora and fauna of the Museum makes its natural surroundings special too. The permanent exhibitions of the Skanzen take the visitors back to the rural countryside of 100-200 years ago, where walking among old buildings settled in a traditional settlement pattern, visitors have the unique experience of folk architecture, interior furnishings and way of life. Weekdays and holidays come to life in yards, houses, barns, workshops and churches: the housekeeper is busy in the kitchen, the miller pours grain to the mill-hopper, animals are loud in the farmyard and a bell calls the pupils to the village school.
Reviewed By RJoker - Geneva, Switzerland
Quite a big park with Hungarian houses from different parts of Hungary from the past. Many activities for kids, like candle making or other "do-it-yourself" activities, open-air games kids used to play before electronic gadgets appeared. There are several points where you can buy something to eat (soup, sausages) or snacks (cakes with different fillings at the "bakery", cookies). We've got an impression that one half of the park (left one if you look at the map of the park) is animated much more than another – or maybe it is because we visited another part in the second part of the day. In this second part we even did not find a place to buy a snack – only beverages were proposed or remained. The web-site does not provide a clear indication how to get to the park from the Szentendre railway station: the "local bus" schedule is from 2017 (it looks like it is still valid though) and the bus was leaving from 6th stop and not 7th (it is better to ask at the cash desk while buying the tickets for the bus). The visit takes the whole day and the park leaves a very good impression.
3. Mikrocsodak Muzeuma
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4.5 based on 101 reviews
Reviewed By daymoLiverpool - Liverpool, United Kingdom
This is so impressive to see, I really dont know how the artist has done it its microart which you see under a microscope and they all have such intricate detail it's a bit mind blowing....
4. Hubay House - Christmas Exhibition and Salon
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4.5 based on 141 reviews
Reviewed By ragiansanti34 - Staffordshire, United Kingdom
The Hubay House Christmas Exhibition is a wonderful place for anyone who loves or appreciates Christmas to visit. They have many gorgeous displays of vintage Christmas ornaments from the 1800s - 1950s - 1980s. They also have many retro (new) ornaments and many other styles of decorations available for purchase. It took us about 40 minutes to go through all the displays and the store. The museum brought back a lot of memories that my cousin had of christmases when he was a child in the 1950s. It was a good day.
5. Retro Design Center
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4.5 based on 101 reviews
Retro Design Center –a time travel into the 70s with 25 cars, among them pink cabriolet Wartburg, rally Moskvitch,Trabant, Zhighuli etc., with motorcycles and bikes from the Eastern block. A hippi girl is waiting the visitors in a home of the era. The museum presents a room with typical toys, another room with household appliences, televisions, tape recorders, radios and walls covered with LPs.
6. Transportation Museum
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4.5 based on 22 reviews
Reviewed By WhiteAnt2008 - Rugby, United Kingdom
I made the short trip on suburban railway from Budapest to Szentendre to visit this museum - and felt it well worthwhile. The fact that the trip only cost me around 1 euro each way as an add-on my Budapest travel ticket was a bonus. Those that moan about the price should consider what one might pay elsewhere - around 3 euros for an admission with a photo pass seems fine to me, and those in the party who don’t want to take photos get in even cheaper! There is a fine collection of trams through the ages, so even though there is a mix of old and new trams still running on the streets of Budapest, there are plenty of others to see here. There are also a few buses and engines, but the trams are the star of the show! The volunteer staff don't speak a lot of English, but in context there are no issues with paying the entrance fee etc.
7. Szamos Marzipan Exhibition and Workshop
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4.0 based on 444 reviews
Reviewed By meinirann - Carmarthen, United Kingdom
Amazing displays. Such wonderful detail! You'd never believe they were made out of marzipan! A wide variety of people, items and characters on display - from Mickey Mouse to Michael Jackson! Very reasonable entry fee. Well worth a visit.
8. National Wine Museum
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4.0 based on 46 reviews
Reviewed By 840gabrielh - Bellaire, United States
This museum is located in the cellar of the Laberintis restaurant. The cellar is old, humid, and houses a number of tools and utensils of the wine making industry. Some go back centuries, even though the basic process of making wine hasn't changed than much; it just got refined. The Museum offers wine tasting for a modest fee. Focus on the local wines. Hungary has about 130 autochtonous varietals, not found anywhere else in the world. It makes for a different and very interesting tasting experience.
