Cashier's offices close one hour before the end of the event every day, so you can buy a ticket on the spot, or redeem your pre-purchased ticket until then. Of course, with a valid wristband, you can enter the festival during the entire opening hours unlimited times.

Children under the age of 14 can attend the festival for free.

No tourist access is allowed to the Palace between 11 and 14 September, only for organisers, exhibitors and visitors to the festival. During the opening hours of the festival, access to the area is only possible with a ticket for the event.

Between 11 and 14 September, visitors of the National Széchényi Library who do not have a Wine Festival ticket can enter the main entrance of the library from the Palace Road via the Oroszlános courtyard from 12 noon, in groups every 15 minutes, accompanied by a hostess or security guard. From there, they can leave the event area every 15 minutes with escort.

Purchasing a day ticket, or a four-day pass to the Wine Festival ensures free entry to the History Museum as well. If you would only like to visit the museum but not the festival, please do so by arriving from the direction of Várkert Bazár, avoiding the festival area.

Purchasing a day ticket, or a four-day pass to the Wine Festival ensures free entry to the History Museum as well. The rules of the museum are also compulsory for the guests of the festival, so only empty wine glasses stored in the glass holder are allowed to enter the building. If you are only visiting the museum but not the festival, you can buy a ticket at the Baroque Gate or at the Visitors' Point stand on Palotai Road, which will take you to the museum entrance via the festival site. By entering the festival area, the guests of the Budapest Wine Festival accept the provisions of the House Rules as binding for themselves. Please read and abide by the provisions of the Rules of the House. From noon, you can leave the festival area every quarter of an hour, accompanied by our hostesses. You are of course welcome after purchasing an entrance ticket!

From 11 to 14 September 2025, the 34st Budapest Wine Festival is taking place in some areas of the Buda Castle (Fishing Children's Terrace, Savoy Terrace, Hunyadi Courtyard, Lion's Court, Csikós Courtyard). Those areas are only accessible with a valid wristband of the Wine Festival. It is possible to visit the Hungarian National Gallery during the festival. Outside the event area, there is a visiting point available for museum visitors: on Szent György tér (next to the Buda Castle Funicular). Visitors who purchase tickets to the museums will receive a wristband with their ticket, entitling them to pass through the Wine Festival area. After the museums are closed, it is no longer possible to stay in the festival area with this wristband.

You can buy tickets for the Budapest Wine Festival at the event's box offices. Visitors in wheelchairs can approach the building from the Tabán lifts. More detailed information will be provided at the venue. We look forward to seeing you!

Please arrive either at the entrance of the festival at the Baroque gate or at the Visitors' Point of the Budapest History Museum at the entrance to the Palota Road, no earlier than half an hour before the time indicated on the ticket for the Szent István hall. You can approach the St Stephen’s Hall through the festival area with the ticket you receive here. It is also possible to buy a ticket to the St Stephen’s Hall at the Visitors' Points. The ticket entitles you only to pass through, not to stay at the festival! After visiting the hall, those without a valid wristband will be escorted out of the festival area by a security guard. After buying an entry ticket to the festival, you are free to stay, of course!