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Opera House
When it was opened in 1884, the city shared the administrative duties of the Austro-Hungarian Empire with Vienna. Emperor Franz Joseph commissioned its design to the architect Miklós Ybl. The...
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Bridges of Budapest
Budapest is also known as the city of the bridges: the city is crossed by seven bridges that connect Buda to Pest. The Chain Bridge: Budapest’s first permanent crossing over the Danube river was...
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Shoes on the Danube
This monument by Gyula Pauer (2006) is located just under the Parliament along the Danube bank. This is a memorial for the hungarian jews that were shot and thrown in the river by the nazis in 1944....
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Aquincum
This area of the Pannonian region was at first settled by a celtic tribe (Eravasci). Around a.d. 41-54, 600 men of a Roman legion stationed here and gradually the city rises around the military...
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Gellért Hill Cave
Inside the Gellert hill there is a cave network. During a sightseeing tour in Budapest you can visit this beautiful place. In the past, a hermit used to live on the premises and used the therapeutic...
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The Central Market Hall
The Central Market is one of the main tourist attractions of Budapest. It is the the largest and the oldest covered market in the city. The building was erected according to the plans of the Hungarian...
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Széchenyi István square
Dedicate at first in 1947 to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the American President between 1933 and 1945 and then renamed to the man that was the ideator of the plans of the Chain Bridge, Szécheny István....
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Saint Elizabeth Church
This church was built between 1893 and 1901 in gothic style by the architect Imre Steindl who was also the chief architect of the Parliament building. Striking are the two 76 meters high spires that...
View ArticleThe Castle district (Fishermen's Bastion and Matthias Church)
The Castle hill, called also Castle district, is a calcareous 1 km long plateau that rises 170 m above the Danube. This area is separated in two parts: the Royal Palace and the old city. The quickest...
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The Citadella of Budapest and Gellert Hill
Citadella is a must-see part of a journey in Budapest. This spectacle at the top of Gellert hill is a fortress that has never known struggles. It was built by the Habsburgs after the independence war...
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The Royal Palace
The Royal Palace of Budapest was destroyed and rebuilt about 6 times. The Royal Palace, during its long history hosted Kings and Queens, but also invaders like the Turks. It was also a residence for...
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The Parliament
If the Royal Palace is the focal point of the Buda side, the building of the Parliament, on the opposite side of the Danube, is the nerve center of Pest. The parliament is a very popular tourist...
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The Basilica of Saint Stephen
This basilica is the largest and most important building for the christian cult in Budapest. The church is a neoclassical architectural jewel unique in its kind. Its completion took more than half a...
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The Great Synagogue
The biggest building for the jewish cult, the Great Synagogue in Moorish Revival style, is one of the buildings of Budapest with the greatest impact. It was built in 1859 and has a capacity of 3000...
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Memento Park
All decent Budapest guide show this place for the tourists. The park hosts the monuments and the statues of the communist period, and often referred to as the cemetery of the socialist errors or the...
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Andrassy Avenue and Hero's Square
Andrássy Avenue is an elegant 2.5 km long tree-lined avenue that reaches out from Deák Ferenc tér to the City park. During a trip in Budapest we can pleasant things to see what became a UNESCO World...
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Budapest restaurant and café guide
Budapest restaurant and café guide Gundel Restaurant Next to the Budapest Zoo and the City park is located the most well-known restaurant in Hungary: Gundel. Gundel is probably the only restaurant in...
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Andrassy Avenue and Hero's Square
Andrássy Avenue is an elegant 2.5 km long tree-lined avenue that reaches out from Deák Ferenc tér to the City park. During a trip in Budapest we can pleasant things to see what became a UNESCO World...
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