Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Gresham Palace
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1051 Budapest, Roosevelt tér 5-6.
An example of the Art nouveau style in Budapest. Dating back to 1907, it has aged badly but it is still one of the largest buildings in the city.… Read the rest here →
Name: Redoubt in Pest
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1051 Budapest, Vigadó tér 2.
It is considered to be a remarkable example of Hungarian romanticism. This palace was built between 1859 and 1864 following the plans of Frigyes Feszl and designed to house brilliants ceremonies, concerts, balls, performances.… Read the rest here →
Name: Vörösmarty tér
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1064 Budapest, Vörösmarty tér.
Located right in the heart of the pedestrian quarter, it is the square where all the tourists pass through at least once. In the centre, a monument to Mihály Vörösmarty, around which, in the Summer, musicians, painters, portrait artists and charicaturists all group together.… Read the rest here →
Name: Andrássy út
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1061 Budapest, Andrássy út.
After a trip to Paris in 1858 Count Gyula Andrássy had the idea to cut out a large thoroughfare linking the Small Boulevard to the Bois-de-Ville.… Read the rest here →
Name: National Opera House
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1061 Budapest, Andrássy út 22.
Internet: http://www.opera.hu
The neo-Renaissance Opera designed by Miklós Ybl and opened in 1884 is so attractive that those with the slightest desire to sit through a performance will definitely want to experience the allure of the historical stage.… Read the rest here →