FlashKart Gokart

Right in the centre of Budapest, near Blaha Lujza square, FlashKart lays out two hundred and ten metres of covered track, set on level -5 of a shopping centre car park. The venue runs sixteen-horsepower electric karts, with ten adjustable speed levels, quiet and emission-free, well suited to driving in the city. The sheltered layout can be driven whatever the weather, which makes it an easy outing all year at the heart of the capital.

Karting stays open to all, with no licence or experience: a briefing, a helmet, and you head off to find your best lap. Thanks to adjustable seats and pedals, children are welcome from the age of six, from one metre twenty-five, which makes it an outing open to the whole family. Up to eight drivers can be on track at once, enough for real races among friends. People happily come back to beat their time, session after session.

Blaha Lujza square, where FlashKart sits, is one of the busy crossroads of the Grand Boulevard of Pest, at the heart of Budapest life. The capital's must-sees are minutes away on foot or by metro: St Stephen's Basilica, Andrássy Avenue and the Opera, the great Dohány Street synagogue and the famous Széchenyi baths. Budapest, crossed by the Danube and UNESCO-listed for its riverbanks, is one of the finest capitals in Europe, to explore once the race is over.