Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Úri Street
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Úri utca
The longest street in the quarter of the castle. You must walk along it to admire the façades of most of its Baroque houses. All these beautiful homes which appear one after another grant the street a certain residential look.… Read the rest here →
Name: Lipótváros
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: V. Budapest, Falk Miksa
The Lipótváros district is named after Leopold II, King of Hungary from 1790 to 1792, and is part, along with Belváros, of the historic centre of Pest.… Read the rest here →
Name: Royal Palace
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Szent György tér 2.
It was King Béla IV who decided to build a fortress here in order to protect Buda from the Mongols, however the castle owes its opulence to the Habsburgs.… Read the rest here →
Name: Parliament
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1055 Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 1-3.
One of the first excursions of Hungarian children generally leads to the Parliament, and rightly so. The Hungarian attraction of world-wide renown offers enough sights to keep you occupied for half a day.… Read the rest here →
Name: Belváros
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: V. Budapest, Pesti Alsó Rakpart
Known as the “City”, Belváros is the historic centre of Pest, along with Lipótváros. It is a lively district with banks, administrative buildings, shops, cafés and restaurants, and a number of popular pedestrianised shopping streets.… Read the rest here →