Where love takes your hand.

The Advent Basilica, winner of the Best Christmas Market in Europe award of 2019, 2021 and 2023, is without doubt one of the most beautiful Christmas fairs in Europe. 

Where love takes your hand - with this slogan, the Advent Basilica, Budapest's uniquely beautiful Christmas fair, opens its doors again. This Christmas Market in front of St. Stephen's Basilica in one of the most impressive, beautiful and breathtaking squares of the Hungarian capital.

True to the tradition of this year's 13-year-old Advent Basilica, it promises a unique festive atmosphere around 100 domestic craft exhibitors, real gastronomic adventures with a lot of traditional Hungarian dishes, ice-skate ring, heart-warming musical and charity programs with so much more surprises.

The real, authentic Christmas spirit will move again into the heart of Budapest into the St. Stephen square!

Select the "free cancellation" option and pre-book your stay in Budapest at the best price.

Book your flights, your accommodation in Budapest as well as your tours & activities in Budapest and visit one of the Best Christmas Markets in Europe.

In the fairy-tale huts Square visitors can browse through the remarkable products of almost eighty craftsmen, and will find unique, hand-crafted works of folk and applied art, textile and leather goods, pottery and jewellery along with designer clothes and accessories, or works of photographers and graphic artists. 

You can have a glass of mulled wine with your partner, friends, or colleagues, while tasting the unique culinary selection. Anyone can find nibbles of his or her preference: enthusiasts of the traditional style can taste hand-made chocolate, honey cake or chimney cake, while gourmands may choose from a wide range of unique and surprising versions of street food classics such as hot dogs, sandwiches and burgers. Waste will be collected for recycling, and only special biodegradable cups, plates and cutlery will be used.

Each day of the Feast we will decor the facade of the Basilica with majestic video mapping worthy of Advent after dawn. Every 30 minutes a visual experience: a new, monumental 3-dimensional video mapping will charm the admirers of the festive Christmas atmosphere.