Useful Budapest travel resources
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: Fishermen’s Bastion
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Hunyadi János út.
This set of ramparts and turrets (finished in 1906) calls to mind a castle right out of a fairytale. The seven turrets symbolise the seven Magyar tribes and each tribal leader is represented by a statue.… Read the rest here →
Name: Vienna Gate
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Bécsi kapu tér
Once the second entrance gate to the city, it was rebuilt in 1936 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the liberation of Buda. A plaque placed on the inside of the door honours the soldiers of different nationalities who gave their lives to free the city from the yoke of the Ottoman Empire.… Read the rest here →