Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: National Opera House
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1061 Budapest, Andrássy út 22.
Internet: http://www.opera.hu
The neo-Renaissance Opera designed by Miklós Ybl and opened in 1884 is so attractive that those with the slightest desire to sit through a performance will definitely want to experience the allure of the historical stage.… Read the rest here →
Name: Fő tér
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1033 Budapest, Fő tér
You do not expect to find this small paved square in a very “provincial style” at the foot of impersonal tower blocks. Even the small surrounding streets, with coloured houses and with echoes from another era, are worth taking a short walk.… Read the rest here →
Name: Víziváros
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1011 Budapest, Fő utca
This part of Buda, which translates as “the town of water”, has one of the oldest thermal baths in the city, dating from the Turkish occupation in the 16C: the Király Gyógfürdo (Király Baths), situated in Fo Utca, the main street.… Read the rest here →
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 →