Start with breakfast at a local café near Váci Street, then spend the morning at the Hungarian Parliament Building's guided tour and grounds. Lunch at a traditional rác restaurant in a 17th-century courtyard. Afternoon: explore the Museum of Fine Arts or wander Franziskaners Church and hidden Renaissance passages. Evening: sunset walk along the Danube promenade, dinner in Lipótváros.

Start at Dohány Street Synagogue (arrive by 10am) to explore the building and Jewish Museum before midday heat. Lunch at a local kosher or Jewish-Hungarian spot on Kazinczy Street. Afternoon: walk Rumour Street and Wesselényi Street noting Art Nouveau details, then visit the Shoes on the Danube Bank memorial at sunset. Evening: dinner at a traditional Budapest restaurant, then drinks in a ruin bar hidden in a Jewish Quarter courtyard.

Morning coffee at Espresso Embassy, then explore the Hungarian Jewish Museum and nearby Dohány Street Synagogue complex. Lunch in a local courtyard café, afternoon wandering Kazinczy and Rumbach streets' Art Nouveau facades, evening meal at Karavan street food market or a neighbourhood bistro.

Start with sunrise at Fisherman's Bastion before crowds arrive, then explore Buda Castle's palace museum and gardens. Mid-morning: enter Matthias Church for its neo-Gothic interior and climb the tower. Lunch at a local cave restaurant in the hillside, then spend afternoon in smaller museums like the Hungarian Music Museum or wandering Tárnok utca's galleries and hidden courtyards.

Start at the Palace of Arts (Müpa) with its modern architecture, then walk into the Jewish Quarter to explore the Raoul Wallenberg Memorial Park and Evangelical Lutheran Church. Lunch at a neighbourhood pálinka bar, afternoon in the Jewish Museum, evening drinks in a ruin bar on Kazinczy or Madách Square watching locals reclaim their spaces.

Morning on Pozsonyi ut, Lehel Market for the best produce in Budapest, lunch at Puder or a local bistro, afternoon walk along the Danube.