Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Hess András tér
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Hess András tér.
This square is named after the first printer to set up here in 1483. He published Buda’s chronicals, the first book to be written in Hungarian.… Read the rest here →
Name: Hilton Hotel
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Hess András tér 1-3.
This modern establishment which is out of place in an area with a preservation order, was built on the site of a former convent.… Read the rest here →
Name: Music History Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1014 Budapest, Táncsics Mihály utca 7.
This museum exhibits different musical instruments and workshops for old instruments makers. The section devoted to Béla Bartók holds some original scores as well as the medals, statuettes, drawings, photos produced in homage to the great composer.… Read the rest here →
Name: Museum in the former Medieval Synagogue
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1014 Budapest, Sopron, Új utca 22-24.
This museum is located in the former main street for the Jewish Quarter in Buda where the remains of a synagogue have been discovered, witnessing the presence of a Jewish community.… Read the rest here →
Name: Monument of the Thousandth Anniversary
Category: Archaeological and historical sites
Location: 1068 Budapest, Hősök tere
As its name says, this monument commemorates one thousand years since the Magyar conquest and it was inaugurated in 1896. This column that is 36 m high and topped by the Archangel Gabriel carrying the Hungarian crown and the apostolic cross and launching himself triumphantly towards heaven, attracts all the looks on Hero’s square.… Read the rest here →