CEA CAPA offers a variety of local immersion activities to match your interests. Whether you enjoy concerts, clubs, sports, cooking classes, language exchanges, or something entirely different, our resident staff helps you get involved in the local culture.
Natural Hot Springs
Budapest is world-renown for its natural hot springs and thermal baths, which have been prized since the ancient Romans took over the area to enjoy them. If you’re in the “City of Baths,” you’ll want to take the opportunity to
experience this unique cultural feature.
For the ultimate thermal bath outing, participate in the Night of Baths. This one-night special event happens every year in the spring, some time between February and April. Go on a bath crawl through Budapest that can last late into the night, experiencing
many of the city’s thermal baths. The night attracts plenty of locals and tourists alike and features entertainment such as concerts, DJs, and fire juggling.
Folkdance house
Hungary has a long history of folkloric dance and music, and dance houses help keep these traditions alive. A folkdance house is a venue open to the public where dance lessons are complemented with singing lessons, arts and crafts, and ethnographic presentations.
Folk dance experts sometimes perform at dance houses dressed in traditional Hungarian folk costume. The dance houses welcome everyone, regardless of level of exposure to the dance style, and visiting is one fun way of learning more about Hungarian
traditions alongside locals of all ages.
Jewish Heritage
With the biggest Jewish population in Central and Eastern Europe today, Budapest contains several important sites of Jewish history and community, including the largest synagogue in Europe. Dohany Street Synagogue, located in the city’s Jewish Quarter,
is home to Budapest’s Jewish Museum, the Heroes’ Temple, and the Jewish cemetery. Wander the quarter to enjoy Jewish food and sweets at neighborhood restaurants and confectioneries and to see where local Jews have long lived in Budapest.
Beyond the Jewish Quarter, you can stop at the city’s Holocaust Memorial Center to learn more about the Nazi occupation of the country.
Hungaricum Tour – Inventions
& Scientific Discoveries
This special tour of Budapest focuses on exploring the city through Hungarian inventions and food. Start off at the Zwack Unicum Museum & Shop to learn more about unicum, a Hungarian herbal liqueur aged in oak casks considered one of the country’s
national drinks. Next, you’ll stop at the Central Market Hall where you can sample traditional Hungarian food like lángos, goulash, and strudel; you can also purchase special souvenirs to take home like tins of goose liver, embroidered
tablecloths, traditional Hungarian dolls, leather goods, etc. After the Market Hall, follow the tour to the Herend Porcelain Brand Shop and Ajka Crystal Shop, then see Szamos Gourmet Palace, where marzipan roses were created. You’ll visit the
patisserie of Emil Gerbeaud, inventor of the Konyakos meggy sweet, a dark chocolate covered sour cherry soaked in cognac. Your final stop is the Hungarian National Museum, permanent exhibition of Hungarian Scholars Who Created the 20th Century
that features Hungarian inventors and their most important products: the ball-point pen, the hologram, the automatic gear box, vitamin C, and others.
Sweet Days – Chocolate and Candy
Festival
Chocolate is the main attraction at this three-day annual festival in September, where multinational sweets companies and local Hungarian chocolatiers showcase their best products. Besides chocolate, guests can also enjoy honey, coffee, vanilla, wine,
macarons, and other delicious treats at a number of food stalls. Take a chocolate tasting tour and learn fun facts about chocolate-making and wrapping. The festival features evening entertainment in the form of swing, jazz, and funk concerts. Admission
is free.
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