Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Margaret Island
Category: Nature and gardens
Location: 1138 Budapest, Hajós Alfréd Sétány
There are a number of beautiful places around Budapest where it’s worth to get out to if you’re fed up with the noise of the city and wish for some green.… 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: Terror Háza
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1062 Budapest, Andrássy út 60.
Phone: + 36 1 374-2600
Internet: http://www.terrorhaza.hu
The legendary 60 Andrássy Ave…
This building is not only a museum, but a vivid reminder of two tragic periods in Hungary’s history.… 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 →