Buda Castle Labyrinths

Even if the labyrinth could be cheesy, as Eric said, in my opinion it could be one of the most entertaining things to visit in Budapest. I really reccomend people going to this because it isn't really expensive as the most you could pay are 1500ft which is barely 6 euros. I especially like the fact that they have a wine fountain inside the labyrinth.

During the night you can take a walk into the labyrinth using oil lamps, with everything dark. During the day it isn't scary or anything, but still you have to watch you feet on some of the parts of the labyrinth because they're totally dark and you have no oil lamp to show you the way. Luckily for me, I had a lighter and managed to find my way through a little easier.

According to the history of this place, the labyrinth was created as an effect of Hot water springs, later the small caves were connected with each other and served some sort of military porpuse or bomb refugee or whatever they used it for.

Due to closure of the caves of Budapest, we ended up in the Labyrinth of Buda Castle. Exited as we were at the beginning, as disapointed we were at the end. No historical backgrounds or whatsoever listed in the paper guide you receive after donating your money at the cash register. Loud noise which has to make the dungeon sinister. You have to walk around for almost an hour without seeing any historical sights, which Budapest has many of. There isn't even any discription of the origin of the caves and what it's ever has been used for. At the end some modern carvings have to lighten up the dark and dumb first half of your visit to the dungeon. Just a waste of time.

The castle labyrinths on Buda hill are an odd but enjoyable experience. Apparently the entire complex of underground caves was created entirely by thermal springs, and it has alternately served as a pre-historic residence, military bunker, and bom shelter throughout its history. In its current incarnation, it is a somewhat cheesy "museum"/haunted house, and the caves are filled with odd sculptures and imitation cave paintings.

I came and visited the caverns between 6PM-7:30PM, during which time they turn off all of the lights and let you explore the entirety of the caverns using an oil lamp. This certainly added a lot to the experience, and I would highly recommend doing one of these "night" visits. I'm not sure it would be worth visiting during the day time, as I think the whole place would come off as entirely too cheesy.