Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Fő utca
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1027 Budapest, Fő utca
The main street in the quarter of Víziváros stretches out in parallel to the Danube. At No. 7, the French Institute opened in 1992. On the other side of the street, a small Baroque house holds a French restaurant, the “Jardin de Paris”.… Read the rest here →
Name: Telephone Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1014 Budapest, Országház utca 30.
In the age of the cellular telephone, this Museum allows us to take a small leap back in time for those who are interested in this means of communication which has changed our lives.… Read the rest here →
Name: Batthyány Square
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1011 Budapest, Batthyány tér.
A revolving plaque for urban transportation, highly practical for the tourists and which bears the name of Count Lajos Batthyány, head of the first Hungarian government in 1848.… Read the rest here →
Name: Kapisztrán tér
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Kapisztrán tér.
This square owes its name and dedicates a monument to the monk János Kapisztrán (1386-1456) who fought the Turks with János Hunyadi. Do not miss the remains of the Saint Madeleine Church and the visit to the Military History Museum.… Read the rest here →
Name: Saint Florian Chapel
Category: Religious buildings
Location: 1027 Budapest, Fő utca 88.
This chapel is a charming small Baroque building built between 1759 and 1760 by the architect Mátyás Nepauer. The statues of Saint Nicolas and of Saint Blaise decorate the façade.… Read the rest here →