Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: The University Church
Category: Religious buildings
Location: 1053 Budapest, Papnövelde utca 7.
It is undoubtedly the best appreciated Baroque Church in the city. Originally it formed part of a convent of nuns from the order of Saint Paul, the only religious order founded in Hungary in the 13th Century and abolished in 1782.… Read the rest here →
Name: Children’s Train
Category: Industrial tourism and theme park
Location: 1014 Budapest, Széchenyi-hegy
To get to the children’s miniature train station (near the television tower), take the train from in front of the Budapest Hotel. This unique attraction is driven by an adult, but all other functions are performed by children aged 10-14, dressed in uniform, who salute sharply as passengers board and alight the train.… Read the rest here →
Name: Liszt Ferenc Emlékmúzeum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1064 Budapest, Vörösmarty utca 35.
Internet: http://www.lisztmuseum.hu
Everything here is about Liszt. The building on the corner of Vörösmarty Street and Andrássy Avenue accomodates the Liszt Ferenc Research Centre (Liszt Ferenc Kutatóközpont) and Research Library of Musical History on its ground floor, the Memorial Museum on its first floor and the deservedly famous concert hall one floor above.… Read the rest here →
Name: Budapest History Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1014 Budapest, Szent György tér 2.
Internet: www.btm.hu
If you’re interested in what the Castle looked like in the time of King Matthias or the House of Anjou, get on the Buda Castle Funicular and time travel to the Budapest History Museum (Budapesti Történeti Múzeum).… Read the rest here →
Name: Ráth György Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1068 Budapest, Városligeti fasor 12.
A villa in the eclectic style houses this museum entirely dedicated to Indian art and art from the Far East: sculptures, statuettes, jewellery, tapestries. In the part devoted to Japanese art (room 6 and 1st floor), you can admire some beautiful collections of combs made of ivory and golden lacquer ware, pipes and pipe cases as well as a reconstruction of the tea ceremony with all the utensils that are used.… Read the rest here →