Most bookedBuda Castle Walk with St Stephen's Hall
An hour on the palace terraces, then inside the rebuilt St Stephen's Hall, with headsets and a timed slot handled for you.
Gets you into: St Stephen's Hall
Twelve ways to see Castle Hill, sorted by what you actually do: walk it with a guide, go under it, ride or listen, or see it from the river. Each one has its own page with what it takes you into and what guests say.
The ridge from the palace to the bastion, with someone who knows the stories.
Most bookedAn hour on the palace terraces, then inside the rebuilt St Stephen's Hall, with headsets and a timed slot handled for you.
Gets you into: St Stephen's Hall
Expert guide2.5 hours with a historian guide: Matthias Church inside, the bastion, the old streets and the palace.
Gets you into: Matthias Church
Church insideA licensed guide, a skip-the-line guided visit inside Matthias Church, then the bastion and palace.
Gets you into: Matthias Church, guided
With Dobos cake2 km of castle stories in a group of 15 or fewer, with a slice of six-layer Dobos torte.
Gets you into: No interiors, plus a cake
Lowest priceThe cheapest guided loop of the hill: church, bastion and palace courtyards, two hours, entry tickets extra.
Gets you into: No interiors, streets only
Pay what you likeA $3 booking fee, then two hours with a local guide you tip at the end. Walks up from Batthyány tér.
Gets you into: No interiors, streets only
Caves, wartime shelters and the castle's darker legends.
UndergroundThe national park's guided walk through caverns and cellars under the hill, at 12 C. Tickets are online only.
Gets you into: The Buda Castle Cave
WWII historyThe 1944-45 siege from survivors' diaries, on the hill and in an original bomb shelter below it. Ages 14 and up.
Gets you into: A cellar and WWII bomb shelter
After darkA costumed storyteller, Dracula and Báthory, and Castle Hill at night. Streets only, no interiors.
Gets you into: No interiors, streets at night
Go in on your own, ride up, or hear a concert.
Ticket onlyMatthias Church plus a timed slot up its 197-step tower, at your own pace, with no guide.
Gets you into: Matthias Church and its tower
Evening concertPachelbel, Vivaldi, Bach and Mozart by a string orchestra in Matthias Church, about 70 minutes.
Gets you into: Matthias Church, by evening
The castle floodlit from the Danube.
The view backFifty minutes on the Danube at night past the floodlit palace and Parliament, with a welcome drink.
Gets you into: No castle entry: river views