After spending a few days in a big city, it’s always nice to relax a bit in the countryside. I heard of some Hungarians and in travel blogs that one of the best day trip destination out of Budapest was the little town of Szentendre.
The trip there was quite easy, taking a suburban train from Budapest for about 45 minutes. The biggest challenge was to find the entrance of the station in Budapest (see the stairs in the middle of nowhere on the picture!) and to know which ticket to buy at the machine since the suburban pricing system was quite confusing for non-locals.
Szentendre is mainly from the 18th century with many barock houses and churches, and lies on the shore of the Danube river. It is one of the most visited places in Hungary with many souvenir stores, but I was quite lucky to be there on a very quite day and could stroll around almost alone! There are many artist galleries which give to the town a special atmosphere.
It was not the most amazing place I have ever seen, but a nice place to relax a bit and sit on a bench next to the Danube river under the sun.
Free like a bear 