Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Vasarely Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1033 Budapest, Szentlélek tér 6.
Victor Vasarely donated to his country of origin several hundred of his works exhibited in this part of the Zichy castle which looks out over Szentlélek tér.… Read the rest here →
Name: Museum of Commerce and Hostelry
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1014 Budapest, Korona tér 1.
It will make you relive the period of the development of trade in Hungary and tourism in Budapest. Already for the exhibition of the Thousandth Anniversary in 1896 the city had achieved some feats in the field of catering and hostelry.… Read the rest here →
Name: House of Hungarian Photography
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1065 Budapest, Nagymező utca 20.
The house where the distinguished Hungarian photographer Mai Manó once lived now houses a photography museum in the heart of the theatre district. Temporary photography exhibitions – both Hungarian and foreign – are organised in this beautiful late-19C building, which features a magnificent stairwell with a wrought-iron banister, frescoes, stuccowork, Miksa Róth stained-glass windows and a glass-roofed studio.… Read the rest here →
Name: Országház Street
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Országház utca
The main artery for the quarter of the castle in the Middle Ages, this “street of the Parliament” has borne its current name since 1790.… Read the rest here →
Name: János Hill
Category: Nature and gardens
Location: 1013 Budapest, János hegy
Janos Hill is the highest in Buda (526m). A chairlift takes you to the summit. Once there, turn right towards a Neo-Romanesque observation tower, from which the panoramic view is splendid.… Read the rest here →