Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Gaiety Theatre
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1065 Budapest, Szent István körút 14 14.
The Gaiety theatre is a neo-baroque building at the front of which you cannot fail to notice two busts: on the left, that of Miklós Zrínyi (1620-1664), a poet of croation origin and fierce partisan for the expulsion of the Turks, and on the right,that of Sándor Petőfi.… Read the rest here →
Name: Marguerite Bridge
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1033 Budapest, Margit híd
It was built from 1872 to 1876 by a French company using the plans by Ernest Gouin. It is made up by two arms joined together at the height of Marguerite Isle at an angle of 150°.… Read the rest here →
Name: Post Office Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1061 Budapest, Benczúr utca 27.
Two post-boxes with ancient lettering announce this Post Office Museum. Entry may be gained from an iner courtyard which is worth a look at by itself for its decorated galleries .… Read the rest here →
Name: Óbuda
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1033 Budapest, Fő tér
Óbuda has a lot to keep you occupied: Medieval main square and Aquincum, the remnants of the Roman-time settlement bearing the same name for history buffs and Római-part for the lovers of nature.… Read the rest here →
Name: Franz Liszt Music Academy
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1061 Budapest, Liszt Ferenc tér 8.
A symbol of Musical Education in Europe, the Budapest Academy of Music was founded in 1875 by Franz Liszt himself and has borne his name since.… Read the rest here →