Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Vajdahunyad Castle
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1146 Budapest, Vajdahunyad vára
Built in 1896, Vajdahunyad is a perfect example of the Hungarian fusion of architectural styles (Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque), and is partly inspired by Honedoara castle in Romania.… Read the rest here →
Name: Western Railway Station
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1062 Budapest, Nyugati pályaudvar
This station, a masterful blend of glass and steel which is perfectly integrated into the brick structure, was built between 1874 and 1877 by the Eiffel company, which was also responsible for Paris’s most famous landmark.… Read the rest here →
Name: Szabó Ervin Library
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1088 Budapest, Szabó Ervin tér 11.
The Szabó Ervin library is housed in a complex made up of three integrated buildings. The main building is the Neo-Baroque Wenckheim palace, whose exterior is adorned with marvellous wrought-iron railings.… Read the rest here →
Name: New Theatre
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1061 Budapest, Paulay Ede utca 35.
The New Theatre is a splendid 1990 reconstruction of the highly personal original by Béla Latja (1909). On the façade parapet, nine gilded ceramic angels carry tablets spelling out the name of the theatre.… Read the rest here →
Name: New York Coffee House
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1073 Budapest, Erzébet krt 9-11.
The New York palace was built between 1891 and 1895 for an American insurance company. In the early 20C, the café was a favourite meeting point for many journalists, writers and poets, such as those working on the literary review Nyugat (“West”).… Read the rest here →