A a popular day-trip destination 19km north of Budapest, pretty little Szentendre (sen-ten-dreh) has narrow, winding streets and is a favourite with souvenir shoppers. The charming old centre around Fő tér (Main Square; GOOGLE MAP ) has plentiful cafes and galleries, and there are a handful of noteworthy Serbian Orthodox churches dating from the time when Christian worshippers fled here to escape the Turkish invaders.
TheTourinform ( GOOGLE MAP ; www.szentendreprogram.hu) office hands out maps and info about the town and region.
Just 5km to the northwest is the enormous Hungarian Open-Air Ethnographical Museum (Magyar Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum;www.skanzen.hu;). Walking through reassembled cottages, farms and workshops from around the country will show you what life was – and sometimes still is – like in rural Hungary. Reach it on bus 230 from bay/stop 7 at the bus station next to the train station.
The most convenient way to get to Szentendre is to take the HÉV suburban train from Buda’s Batthyány tér metro station (660Ft, 40 minutes, every 10 to 20 minutes). There are efficient ferry services to Szentendre from Budapest.
TheTourinform ( GOOGLE MAP ; www.szentendreprogram.hu) office hands out maps and info about the town and region.
Just 5km to the northwest is the enormous Hungarian Open-Air Ethnographical Museum (Magyar Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum;www.skanzen.hu;). Walking through reassembled cottages, farms and workshops from around the country will show you what life was – and sometimes still is – like in rural Hungary. Reach it on bus 230 from bay/stop 7 at the bus station next to the train station.
The most convenient way to get to Szentendre is to take the HÉV suburban train from Buda’s Batthyány tér metro station (660Ft, 40 minutes, every 10 to 20 minutes). There are efficient ferry services to Szentendre from Budapest.
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