Margaret Island
Margitsziget
A car-free park island, about 5 km round by bike
- Hours
- Park open around the clock
- Tickets
- Free entry
- Address
- The island between Margit and Árpád bridges; enter on foot from either bridge
The whole 2.5-km island in the middle of the Danube is a park. Only buses are allowed in, so walkers and cyclists own the paths. A musical fountain at the southern end sprays in time to recorded songs, and further in you pass a rose garden, a Japanese garden, a ruined medieval convent and a dumpy water tower. Hire a bike or a pedal buggy near the entrance and the loop takes about an hour. On a sunny weekend half of Budapest seems to be here.