Margaret Island

Name: Margaret Island
Category: Nature and gardens
Location: 1138 Budapest, Hajós Alfréd Sétány

Description

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 →

Fő tér

Name: Fő tér
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1033 Budapest, Fő tér

Description

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 →

House of Terror Museum

Name: Terror Háza
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1062 Budapest, Andrássy út 60.
Phone: + 36 1 374-2600
Internet: http://www.terrorhaza.hu

Description

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 →

Mathias Church (Mátyás templom)

Name: Mathias Church
Category: Religious buildings
Location: 1014 Budapest, Szentháromság tér

Description

The church that can be seen today is the work of Frigyes Schulek. From the outside, you can see the Mathias tower which rises up towards the sky, the Romanesque Béla tower, the main portal with a tympanum showing the Virgin Mary with child and Mary’s door, which dates back to Louis I, the Great.… Read the rest here →