Location: Szentendre
Top Things to do in Szentendre
- 1. Szamos Marzipan Exhibition and Workshop
- 2. Main Square (Fo ter)
- 3. Margit Kovacs Ceramic Museum (Kovacs Margit Museum)
- 4. Hungarian Open Air Museum (Szabadteri Neprajzi Muzeum)
- 5. MikroArt - MikroCsodak Muzeuma
- 6. Retro Design Center
- 7. National Wine Museum
- 8. Blagovestenska Church
- 9. Szanto Memorial House
- 10. Transportation Museum
What to do and see in Szentendre, Hungary: The Best Places and Tips
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.
Restaurants in Szentendre
1. Szamos Marzipan Exhibition and Workshop
Overall Ratings
4 based on 351 reviews
Reviewed By Ronen E
To see the little details that makes the hole picture is pretty remarkable. There are small pieces and also large statues. Magnificent for kisds but to adults as well.
2. Main Square (Fo ter)
Overall Ratings
4 based on 370 reviews
This busy central square, lined with cafes and shops, features the Memorial Cross and the Blagovestenska Church (Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary) dating from 1752.
Reviewed By BobN3107 - Daytona Beach, Florida
My wife and I have eaten at this small, charming restaurant several times on different trips to Szentendre. The offerings, while not large in number, have something for everyone. We have found the pork dishes to be absolutely delicious, as are the chicken choices. Beer is cold and very inexpensive. The restaurant offers a full bar and a "soda fountain" for a variety of non-alcoholic drinks. The servers speak good English and are most helpful. All in all, a delightful spot to rest in this tourist town.
3. Margit Kovacs Ceramic Museum (Kovacs Margit Museum)
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 126 reviews
An extensive collection of Margit Kovacs' ceramic works featuring a unique synthesis of folk and Byzantine motifs.
Reviewed By Herbert B - Perchtoldsdorf, Österreich
Margit Kovacs, a famous 20th century ceramic sculptor (190271977) well know for her typical Hungarian folkloristic art has reached recongnition throughout Hungary and abroad. Historic rustic art, paintings and sculptures, a collectiion you should not miss when visiting Szentendre; a small Dependance can be also found in Györ (Western Hungary) at the Kresza House. Medieval atmoshpere.
4. Hungarian Open Air Museum (Szabadteri Neprajzi Muzeum)
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 139 reviews
A historic village with many original buildings and objects representing Hungarian architecture and culture from the end of the 18th century to the middle of the 20th century.
Reviewed By Ingrid S - Annapolis, Maryland
A fairly large mixed group of us went here and it's a beautiful community with realistic buildings and activities. I really applaud the entire thing. My only consideration is that it's very large and so you really have to try and hunt for activities that will keep the younger kids occupied and there's a ton of walking up and down hills and on uneven terrain which might be harder for both older and somewhat out of shape people. Well worth the visit, but maybe expect to only walk half if you have kids? The animal petting area was also a great entertainment for them!
5. MikroArt - MikroCsodak Muzeuma
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 66 reviews
Reviewed By Wankenne - Sao Paulo, SP
Szentendre’s Mikró Csodák/Microscopic Museum is a wondrous place: as one may rightfully ask, how is it possible to create such tiny, exquisite things?
A microscope is the only way to see these miraculously assembled images presented on a grain of sugar, inside a poppy seed, on a pinhead, through the eye of a needle and more. These materials are the basic canvases and props used by Ukraine’s Mykola Syadristy, the creator of these mind-over-matter miniatures.
It is an exhibition that brings together science, technology and art. One may not necessarily register with this event right away, simply because these ingenious showpieces are so small, perhaps far smaller than anyone could imagine.
6. Retro Design Center
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 58 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.
Reviewed By Julia Z - Petah Tiqwa, HaMerkaz, Israel
Because of the wrong opening hours mentioned here, we made the trip to Szentendre on a wrong day- Friday.
Many activities were closed on Friday.
Retro museum is open only on Sundays 10:00-17:00
7. National Wine Museum
Overall Ratings
4 based on 35 reviews
Reviewed By László K
The entree is not very impressive as you enter the wine museum, once downstairs you find yourself in a wine cellar with descriptions of the 20-something wine regions of Hungary as well as long rows of bottles for sale. The museum is free and for a museum on the main tourist street of Szentendre the information provided is rather inclusive. The exhibition could be more interactive and it could be maintained a bit better. It is also possible to participate in a wine-tasting, tasting 5 selected wines (with some flexibility to meet your interests). The wines to taste were interesting, some in the sense of peculiar (e.g sweet red wine!). There is no pressure but we felt obliged to buy something and the prices are higher than elsewhere.
8. Blagovestenska Church
Overall Ratings
4 based on 42 reviews
This Orthodox Church, dating from 1752, features magnificent icons of Buda and beautiful rococo windows.
Reviewed By DeanMurphy2020 - Orlando, Florida
After visiting exquisite cathedrals in Central Europe—especially those in Budapest—this was a bit of a letdown. Our OAT tour group enjoyed a day excursion to Szentendre, and we went our separate ways to explore. I wandered around narrow alleys and found this rather old church. With lack of information posted, I gleaned from a plaque that it was consecrated in 1456, and celebrated its 500th anniversary in 1956—the year of the failed Hungarian Revolution against the Soviets. The church was closed but I peered through a gate at did get a single accompanying photo of the antiquities inside.
9. Szanto Memorial House
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 15 reviews
Reviewed By Gabriel H - Bellaire, Texas, United States
This is a small Synagogue and museum, in memory of a Jewish family and many members of the Jewish community killed during the Holocaust. The inner patio has a wall with the names of the victims and there are multiple historical objects throughout the house. It is a sobering visit, reminding us again of the price of ignorance and hatred. Doations are accepted.
10. Transportation Museum
Overall Ratings
4.5 based on 13 reviews
Reviewed By Balazsfun - Budapest, Hungary
Interactive, very well run, wide range of trams from the 19th century through today. Kids can try the collection, almost all buses, trams can be visited. Very well renovated transportation vehicles, no crowds even on weekends.
We have been there 4 times.
Free for kids, 1 EUR per adult. For non-Hungarians, the tableaux are only in Hungarian, practically no English translation, guide, etc. Large park with plenty of vehicles which are not in too good shapes. Easy to find the museum, next to the terminal bus and suburb train (HÉV) station. If you speak Hungarian, very good description of the exhibited items for both small kids and for the parents (good mixture of interesting stories and technical details). As being “Budapester”, I have been to Szentendre hundred times, this is a definite highlight of the small city relative to the boring, not well run, crowded tourist attractions (Marzipan Museum, Kovács margit Ceramic Museum, etc).
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