Szentendre walking tour & city guide

The town

Main Square has a memorial cross and colorful merchants' houses. Serbian refugees settled here in the 17th century and built several churches, including the Belgrade Cathedral. The Margit Kovács Ceramic Museum is a highlight.

Around

The Hungarian Open Air Museum, just outside town, shows traditional village life. Boats and suburban trains connect Szentendre with Budapest.

A day in Szentendre

Wander the cobbled lanes and colorful houses of this artists' town on the Danube. Visit the Serbian Orthodox churches and the Margit Kovács ceramics museum.

The Skanzen open-air museum shows traditional village life.

Good to know

Szentendre is easy to reach from Budapest by suburban train or by boat in summer.

There is a marzipan museum.

Why it is worth the trip

Szentendre was settled by Serbian refugees in the 17th and 18th centuries, which explains its many Orthodox churches with onion-like spires and its Balkan-style houses. In the 20th century it became an artists' colony, and today it has dozens of galleries and small museums. The town is pretty and lively, especially on weekends.

A walk up to the Catholic church on Templom Square gives a view over the rooftops to the Danube. Combine your visit with a boat ride back to Budapest in summer for a relaxing end to the day.