These Budapest caves are a bit expensive for me but they are definitely worth a visit. Too many families with little kids come here, so if you're not a fan of loud children and their parents sometimes giving zero F, think twice before coming. Otherwise, great tour with interesting guidence. I'd recommend it.

If you are traveling in summer and you need a good AC, visiting the cave is a great option, i recommend you to choose the hottest day to spend inside so you don't have to suffer outside in the city. You don't need previous reservation, the combinated ticket for 2 caves was around 3600 huf, both caves are suitable for any age and easy to follow, there is not much tourist so you can have there a local experience, they have a souvenir shop with really good prices and at the same time buying there you will support the conservation of this nature reserve. The guide will talk in Hungarian because usually the group is mainly Hungarian and 4 or 5 tourist, the tourist will have an audio guide be careful with the bell which make sound every time the voice finish to explain because is really loud, if you have a sensitive ears like me, be careful.

There are almost 200 caves under Buda hill. Out of which these two: Szemlő Mountain Cave and Palvolgyi Cave can be visited under the same ticket. Both the caves can only be visited with tour and guide. The cave gets very cold inside like about 10deg C. And the tour is about 45minute to an hour. There is a portion of the tour where you have to getup a tight ladder that was fun.

Breath taking and beautiful! Was not planning to follow the tour guide but they shared such interesting fun facts , vikkie made my experience better. I was amazed how deep the cave runs and how clean the air was. It’s is cold all year round, bring a coat you aren’t worried about getting a little moist. This is recommended for those who have interests in caves or have never been before.

The cave walking tour was probably my favorite activity while in Budapest! I’m not sure why it wasn’t more popular considering it is only at 15 cab ride from the city. It was super well laid out and with a great guide. The caves were amazing and well lit so you can take great pictures. We even saw a few bats sleeping. Cost was 7000 Ft per person for 3 hours of tour of two caves. It was well worth it. My 71 year old mom loved it and she is usually not impressed with anything. Be aware that the walking tour still does involve climbs of around 200 steps and a few very steep ladders. Some at even slippery conditions. To book we went to caving.hu and emailed them for the English tour. I had to pay through PayPal.

We booked an English speaking version through Airbnb called "Walk Beneath the City: Easy Cave Tour" and had a great time. Normal groups booked through the normal website average around 60 people. This English speaking group was around 15. The tour lasts 2.5 to 3 hours and was a perfect way to beat the heat on a hot summer day. Super friendly and knowledgeable tour guides who were able to point out unique features and share stories about the caves' history. Would definitely recommend.

(Translated by Google) Super recreation with kids almost 2 and almost 3 years old. Uncle Laci is the guide to provide exciting guided tours not only for adults but also for children. The whole family was maximally satisfied with everything. (Original) Majdnem 2 és majdnem 3 éves gyerekekkel szuper kikapcsolódás. Laci bácsi az idegenvezető nem csak a felnőtteknek, de a gyerekeknek is izgalmas idegenvezetést nyújt. Maximálisan megvolt az egész család elégedve mindennel.

Beautiful cave with interesting geological history. Their uniquely helpful staff, including the friendly cashier and the enthusiastic, knowledgable and professional tour guide created a wonderful atmosphere for visitors. Our family, including kids and adults all enjoyed our visit very much!

Nice place for family travel. The travel must under the guide of visiting group. The temperature in the cave is 12, so a coat will be necessary. We forgot about it, and customer service lends us some blankets.

Wonderful experience for taking a tour of one of the caves in Budapest. The guide only speaks in Hungarian language so The audio guide is required for English and other languages. The tour begins every hour from 10 AM to 4 PM and the price is approximately 7.5 € per person. It would be interesting if the tour was expanded further as the caves have a lot of potential.

Cave is children friendly. Staff are super helpful and they are very pro! Also the air is crystal clear. We'll be back for sure. Thanks

I had a combi-ticket for this cave and the Pál-völgyi Cave. I first saw the other cave, where I also left a review. The guide there told us at which number we were. We had a much bigger group of people in the other cave. Here we had a small group, which was not in our benefit. The woman who guided the tour talked fast and did not tell us at which number we were. Actually, she did not say a word to us. So, when we entered the cave and she started talking, we were already at number 2... The tour therefore was not the best and very fast. We needed to skip some numbers, and by the time we finished our fourth number, the group was out of sight. Exactly at that point where there was a split. The duration for us in the cave was only 25 minutes. I would have liked it better if we could have finished all the audio guidances. Then we could also have enjoyed the sight of the cave more (and then the duration in the cave would also be longer).

The guy who was selling the tickets was so nice. It was my first stop in my trip to Hungary and I can say this left me the best first impression. The caves are also very nice. Very beautiful. The guide only talked in Hungarian, but she was also nice. If you don't speak Hungarian, they will offer you an very informative audio guide.

(Translated by Google) Very pleasant Saturday program. Group tours start every hour and last 40 minutes. The leader compares the leadership and presentation to the child / adult ratio. In addition to the cave, above it there is a smaller playground, a "Stone Park" showing the rocks of the country, a lookout point and a study trail. On-site therapeutic treatment is supported by TB. (Original) Nagyon kellemes szombati program. Óránként indulnak a csoportos túrák,amik 40 percesek. A vezető a gyerek/felnőtt arányhoz viszonyítja a vezetést,bemutatást. A barlangon kívül,felette még található itt egy kisebb játszótér, egy "Kőpark" amely az ország kőzeteit mutatja be, egy kilátó pont, illetve egy tanösvény. A helyszínen igénybe vehető terápiás kezelést pedig támogatja a TB.

(Translated by Google) Very nice and well built cave. It is usually 12-13 ° C in the tunnel. I recommend to everyone. (Original) Nagyon szép és jól kiépített barlang. Általában 12-13 C° van az alagútban. Ajánlom mindenkinek.

Very interesting local attraction. Our tour guide was fantastic and provided some great information. Perfect thing to do on a rainy day.

Amazing sights and really interesting geologically. The tour guides are super friendly, and if they know you are international, they will try to explain everything in English as well, although they also have audio-guides. The tour takes about 40 minutes and the cave is quite unique. As a local, I definitely recommend.

Amazing visit in a special place in Budapest, really interesting fact about thermal water and speleogy stories, very nice guide, and audio guide in severals languages, very good place to visit !

Really cool place to visit. As we don't speak Hungarian we were given devices that we could play audio tracks translating the tour guide. It is a really interesting place where you can learn a lot about the history of the unique caves Budapest has to offer

Nice cave, kids-friendly and a great guide (he made a very good effort to explain everything in German, in addition to Hungarian). Recommended. Ah, and I learned that Budapest has 170 caves, crazy!

(Translated by Google) The caves are my childhood loves, so I’m biased too. It’s always a great experience for me, if only as a street-dressed visitor, but I can go to a cave. The cave is dripping wet and there are 10-12 degrees inside, expect everyone who goes in. And of course it is exciting, easy to walk on and beautiful. (Original) A barlangok nálam gyerekkori szerelmek, ezért elfogult is vagyok. Nekem mindig nagy élmény, ha éppen csak utcai ruhás látogatóként is, de barlangba mehetek. A barlang csöpögő vizes, és 10-12 fok van bent, erre számítson mindenki, aki bemegy. És persze izgalmas, könnyen járható és szép.

Really nice cave experience. Audio guides was useful too. Would have preferred to spend more time inside. Tour seemed short.

(Translated by Google) Super (Original) Szuper

(Translated by Google) I really liked the cave. He kept it neat and clean. The guided tour was especially enjoyable, I would give a special star for it if I could! Thank You! (Original) Nagyon tetszett a barlang. Szépen, tisztán rendben tartott. A tárlatvezetés kimondottan élvezetes volt, külön csillagot adnék érte ha lehetne! Köszönjük!

(Translated by Google) Beautiful cave. (Original) Gyönyörű barlang.

It's really beautiful, I love visiting caves.

Nice cave tour! English audio guide was available. The caves were wonderfully cool.

This is the blooming underground stone garden of Budapest. Punctually at every clockturn guided tours are leading into the cave along the paved path. The round trip takes approximately 40 minutes and 500 meters in length, while you can learn about Budapest the capital of caves and admire the rock formations included in Budapest's main sights!

(Translated by Google) Parking is very problematic !! The treasurer is grim! However, the cave is amazing and the senior tour guide is very skillful. (Original) A parkolás nagyon problémás!! A pénztáros mogorva! Azonban a barlang csodálatos és az idősebb idegenvezető úr nagyon ügyes.

Absolutely great, the cave needs better PR, the official site does not give it enough justice, it is really unique. Parking is free and the ticket includes a guided tour, and also an exhibition.

Brilliant cave of vast geological importance. Vastly different to your usual cave with stalactites and stalagmites, this cave features popcorn formations created by thermal water bubbling up from below rather than meltwater dripping down into the rock. Well worth taking the guided tour in English rather than using the audio guide as the gentleman is exceptionally engaging and you can go into some areas otherwise closed to the public.

Good luck if you have school kids in front of you. Often you'll be standing in the same spot for 10+ minutes waiting for the tour guide to finish speaking in Hungarian despite your own playback device finishing the tour segment in English in less than half the time. It's painful to do this tour for tourists. For locals, it's probably worth visiting. For anyone else interested, put this on the last of your list of places to visit, that's if you think you'll have the patience to endure the tour.

Really cool and educative experience. The caves are safe, however claustrophobic people should be aware that the spaces are tight at some points. They have a guide who showed us around and told us all the important stuff about the cave system. Visitors can enter in groups at specified times, so in case you arrive early you will have to wait for the previous group to exit. They have a waiting area and also a museum, so you can pass time there. Don't forget to bring a jacket. All in all really cool experience, a biy far from the touristy central area, but worth it.

Wonderful place with friendly and professional guide. Good program with kids. Be prepared for the 12 celsius degree temperature.

Cool tour. I can recommend the visit.

Nice and intessting place for hot days, also for small kids.

We did both Palvolgyi and Szemlö caves with their combo ticket. Both definitely worthwhile though we throughly enjoyed Szemlö more. We were extremely lucky to have no one else on our tour and had a one-on-one with tour guide who had an answer to every question we threw at him. Also, remarkable to be able to offer such great detail in a second language. Loved the tour - thanks very much.

45 min easy walk tour to these wonderful caves is a must do in budapest. Wear a light jacket as the temperature is 12 degrees Celsius year round. Easily doable with some slight inclines and a few stairs. Well paved path

Beautiful unique cave under Budapest. Laci bácsi the tourist guide was professional amd funny. We enjoyed it a lot. I highly recommend it also with small kids.

It was great to be invited along with my kid to this cave. A good adventure for my son along with his classmates as part of a Birthday party. Friendly staff and English guide. Highly recommended.

you can walk in in your street clothes. i'm not really into these kind of caves tho plus we had to wait a long time until we could go in

Interesting place not only for kids, but also for grownups. Absolutely amazing and extremely helpful staff. We joined the Hungarian speaking tour (we don't speak Hungarian) but we have received the audio guide devices which allowed us to follow the guide real time. Thanks!

(Translated by Google) Great program for even a small child. Over the age of five, it can also be combined with the Pálvölgyi Cave! (Original) Remek program akár egész kicsi gyerekkel is. Öt éves kor fölött pedig kombinálható a Pálvölgyi barlanggal is!

(Translated by Google) Very kind and comprehensive exhibition guide, for only about 1500 HUF. After a 40-minute hike, the mountain trail and playground is a relaxing Saturday afternoon program. (Original) Nagyon kedves és minden részletre kiterjedő tárlatvezetés, mindössze 1500 forint körüli összegért. 40 perces túra után a hegyen lévő tanösvény és játszótér pihentető szombat délutáni program.

(Translated by Google) It was very good, I would recommend it to anyone, especially families. 🙂🙂 (Original) Nagyon jó volt, bárkinek szívesen ajánlom, főleg családoknak. 🙂🙂

(Translated by Google) It is a fresh spot in the city for both children and adults. With an interesting and patient guide, which I thank especially for the bustling little ones. In addition to the known sights, it is worth visiting the polar bear family in the cave 😉 I heartily recommend the belonging garden for the view. (Original) Üde színfolt a városban mind gyerekeknek, mind felnőtteknek. Érdekes és türelmes idegenvezetéssel, amit a nyüzsgő kicsik miatt külön köszönök. A tudott látványosságokon felül pedig érdemes megkeresni a jegesmedve családot a barlangban 😉 a hozzátartozó kertet a kilátás miatt szívből javaslom.

(Translated by Google) Excellent program for children with rain es (Original) Kiváló program gyerekekkel eső ☔ esetén

(Translated by Google) This thermal cave was very interesting. (Original) Nagyon érdekes volt ez a termál barlang.

(Translated by Google) It was a great experience and weird to think that there are such big cavities under the city. Who goes for its few key words: limestone, 170, banya, bear, thermal water. (Original) Szuper élmény volt és furcsa belegondolni hogy ilyen nagy üregek vannak a város alatt. Aki megy annak pár kulcs szó: mészkő, 170, banya, medve, thermál víz.

(Translated by Google) The cave is beautiful, roads are built. (Original) Szép a barlang, kiépített utak.

(Translated by Google) I liked it, the tour guide was also very good. :) (Original) Tetszett, a túravezető is nagyon jó volt. :)

(Translated by Google) I go to cave therapy in this not only beautiful but healing cave ... (Original) Barlangterápiára járok ebbe a nemcsak szép de gyógyhatású barlangba...

(Translated by Google) Wonderful air, nice place (Original) Csodálatos levegő, szép hely

(Translated by Google) It was interesting and especially refreshing to visit this cave. We saw a lot of beautiful, good air. It was barely an hour to explore the cave with a tour guide who was very willing, kind and fit. Thank you Soma! :-) (Original) Érdekes és kifejezetten frissítő volt ebbe a barlangba kirándulni. Sok szépet láttunk, jó levegőn. Alig egy órás volt a barlangbejárás túravezetővel, aki nagyon készséges, kedves és rátermett volt. Köszönjük Soma! :-)

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(Translated by Google) Jenő's cave (Original) Jenő barlangja

Jim

Great tour. Guide (unfortunately I don't remember her name) was speaking English. Thanks for amazing tour.

cool program with kids, the tour is only half an hour so the little ones can enjoy it too. you can find a little playground above the cave, and the wiev is amaizing.

Great thermal cave, easy to explore even with a baby carriage. The guide told us great stories. He spoke english as well. Be sure to take a coat with you, since the temperature is quite low.

(Translated by Google) In the upper left corner of the stone park above the cave there is also a memorial garden for the deceased sportsmates. (Original) A barlang fölötti kőpark bal fölső sarkában elhunyt sporttársak emlékkertje is van.

(Translated by Google) Super (Original) Szuper

(Translated by Google) It was a good, interesting half-morning program with a good little kid. (Original) Jó volt, érdekes, fél délelőttös programnak pont jó kisgyerekkel is.

I have expected more from the caves, for the tour to be longer, but nevertheless it was pleasant 1h long. You get 20% off with the budafest card. Entry fee was slightly below 2000 HUF at the time. The tour itself was very nice, but not challenging. Cave was enlarged to for tourists convince, even a tall person can without a problem walk through the tunnels straight. Children, even small ones shouldn't have a problem. I highly recommend it.

(Translated by Google) A showroom with a very good exhibition. Recommended for all ages! (Original) Nagyon jó kiállítással rendelkező bemutató hely. Minden korosztálynak ajánlott!

(Translated by Google) Cave tour with a guide, spectacular, interesting. (Original) Barlang túra idegenvezetővel, látványos, érdekes.

(Translated by Google) The driving was very good and the cave was nice too. Even with a smaller child (Original) Nagyon jó volt a vezetés és szép a barlang is. Akár kisebb gyerekkel is

(Translated by Google) It's worth visiting this place. The great thing is that they have audio recordings in Polish. You can take photos (Original) Warto odwiedzić to miejsce. Super sprawą jest to że mają audio nagrania w języku polskim. Można robić zdjęcia

very interesting, beautiful cave

(Translated by Google) Informative, concise. (Original) Informatív, lényegre törő.

(Translated by Google) It offers an unparalleled experience, the park is also beautiful with a stone store and a panoramic view of the city. (Original) Páratlan élményt nyújt, szép a park is a kőtárral és a városra néző panorámával.

(Translated by Google) Super a place! I recommend to everyone! (Original) Szuper egy hely! Ajánlom mindenkinek!

(Translated by Google) Very well built cave, professional and kind tour guide! (Original) Nagyon jól kiépített barlang, szakavatott és kedves túravezetés!

(Translated by Google) Once worth a look (Original) Egyszer érdemes megnézni

Beautiful park

(Translated by Google) To be honest, it is a very exciting sight, but the territory is small. There were still visible passages and steps up and down, but we were not taken there. One mine, which does not allow to move independently only in a bunch, and because of this it is difficult to make good photos. In general, the principle is worth going. (Original) Честно говоря очень захватывающее зрелище, но маловатая территория. Там ещё виднелись хода и ступеньки вверх вниз, но туда нас не водили. Один мину, что не дают самостоятельно передвигаться только кучкой и из за этого трудно сделать хорошие фото. Вообщем впринципе сходить стоит.

(Translated by Google) Nice cave in a nice place. Fresh air. Worth getting dressed, it's cool. I come about once a year. Good relaxation. (Original) Szép helyen szép barlang. Jó levegő. Érdemes felöltözni, hűvös van. kb évente 1x eljövök. Jó kikapcsolódás.