Bona Ventura

Margit-sziget (District XIII) · Budapest

Margaret Island

Margit-sziget

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A 2.5 km island park in the Danube between Margaret and Árpád bridges. It has the ruins of a medieval Dominican convent, a Japanese garden, a 1911 water tower and the largest musical fountain in Hungary.

Address
Margitsziget, 1138 Budapest
Hours
Open 24 hours (public park)
Best time to go
Afternoon, Morning · About 2 h
Price
Free
Price level
Ft

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Good to know

  • The musical fountain plays every hour from 11:00, early May to the end of October (Lonely Planet).
  • There is a jogging track around the island, and you can explore it by bike or bike carriage (budapestinfo.hu).
  • Enter on foot from the middle of Margaret Bridge.

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