Puskás Aréna Tickets and Tours

The stadium’s own tour, run by the museum. Three leave a day, Tuesday to Sunday, at 11:00, 13:30 and 15:00, with no more than 25 people on each, and the route takes in the stands, the UEFA VIP reception area, the home dressing room, the press conference room and pitchside. It takes an hour to an hour and a half.

You buy it at the museum box office on the day, by card, on its own or as the Combined ticket with the museum. It is officially run in Hungarian with a printed English guide, though the guides switch to English for foreign visitors. In summer the next tour with places can be a couple of hours away, so come early.

It is the better pick if the stadium is the reason you came. Take the 11:00 tour and you have the afternoon for City Park, and check the museum’s news page the day before, because the tours stop for every event.

A guided day on Hungarian football, travelled by tram, metro and bus with the tickets included. It starts at Groupama Aréna, Ferencváros’s stadium, with an hour inside the ground and the Fradi Museum, passes the Hidegkuti Nándor Stadium, then spends about an hour and a half inside Puskás Aréna and the Puskás Museum.

From there it heads into town by Heroes’ Square, Oktogon and Margaret Bridge, with the story of the Golden Team and its players along the way, and ends at a statue of Ferenc Puskás, where the guide sings Hungarian folk songs and shows a few dance steps.

It runs Tuesday to Friday only, in English. It is a new tour, and the stadium visits depend on the event calendar, so book well ahead.

Entry to the museum in the Tower, the last piece of the 1953 Népstadion, on a museum-only ticket. A free audioguide in English and Italian plays on your own phone, so bring headphones.

• Adult, reduced (ages 3 to 18 and over-65s) and free under 3
• Guided museum tours at 12:00 and 13:30 are an extra charge on top
• Bags larger than A4, umbrellas and every backpack go in the free cloakroom

Best for football history, and for families with children too young for a stadium walk.

A museum ticket that also lets you out onto the stands after your visit, during museum hours. It is not a full arena tour, and you see only as much of the stadium as you would at a match.

Pick it if you want one photograph of the bowl and no more. For the dressing room and pitchside, you need the Arena Tour or the Combined ticket.

The same museum ticket and look at the stands, with entry to the Museum of Sports added. It is sold at the same desk, in adult and reduced rates, and it does not include the Arena Tour.

The Arena Tour is sold on its own, or with the museum as the Combined ticket, with the tour at 11:00, 13:30 or 15:00. Allow about two and a half hours for the two together. The Combined ticket is the one for a first visit by anyone who follows the game.

• Sold at the museum box office, on the day, in adult and reduced rates
• Gift cards exist for the Combined ticket and for Museum + Arena Insight, valid for the holder to pick a date

The stadium only provides the venue. Every event is sold by its organiser through the organiser’s official partners, in advance, and there is no ticket office at the stadium on the day.

• Hungary’s home games are sold by the Hungarian Football Federation, MLSZ, on its own ticket site, with a printed or mobile ticket that is scanned at the gate. Sales open on an announced date, and the federation’s supporters’ club members get first pick
• Concerts are sold by the promoter of each show
• UEFA finals are sold by UEFA
• Disabled supporters at Hungary’s matches have a separate MLSZ ticket channel; at other events, wheelchair users and a companion need the ticket the organiser designates

Never buy from a resale site. Your ticket is single entry and keeps you in the sector printed on it.

The Arena Tour is about this building: the stands, the dressing room, the press room and pitchside, with the museum next door if you buy the Combined ticket. The Football Lover Tour gives Puskás Aréna an hour and a half inside a five-hour day that also takes in Ferencváros’s ground and museum and a run through the city centre. Pick the day tour only if the rest of the route appeals as well.

The Arena Tour runs Tuesday to Sunday at 11:00, 13:30 and 15:00, never on a Monday, and the 11:00 tour leaves the rest of the day free. The Football Lover Tour runs Tuesday to Friday only, starting at 12:55, so it takes your afternoon. Neither runs inside the stadium around a match or a concert, including the preparation days before one.

Under-14s must be with an adult in the museum. The museum’s reduced rate covers ages 3 to 18 and over-65s, and the Football Lover Tour has a child rate for 17 and under. The Football Lover Tour is listed as not suitable for wheelchair users. For the Arena Tour, if you have limited mobility, email the arena at sales@puskasarena.com before you come, and it arranges your way through the building.