Due to school schedules for the kids we'll be traveling to Europe in July for the first time...instead of the typical shoulder seasons we'd prefer.

We're traveling to several cities on this trip...so I'll do a separate thread for each city. This will be our first time in each location and we've got 2.5 days per city, quick I know. This is making our planning rather important, to see as much as possible in that amount of time.

In Budapest, what are the things that are the big tourist draws that we should plan on buying tickets for in advance and/or making reservations for if possible.

Thanks

There aren't any big tourist draws in Budapest.

There are lots to do in Budapest but very little fills up fully. Maybe the opera if that floats your boat or Parliament building but that only needs a day's notice. The Jewish visit can get packed out in July and of course some of the tours (bikes etc). Some of the more famous restaurants but depending on where you are staying you'll be fine. Are you staying in a hotel or apartment?

We've got an apartment downtown. It's good to hear things generally won't fill up. We're not bit into restaurants, so that's not a problem. Thanks for the feedback.