Useful Budapest travel resources
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 →
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 →
Name: Military History Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1014 Budapest, Tóth Árpád Sétány 40.
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A rich collection of weapons from the days before the Turkish wars to the 20th century. Collection of uniforms, flags, maps, ammunition and 28,000 coins.… Read the rest here →