Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Heroes’ Square
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1068 Budapest, Hősök tere
Heroes’ Square (Hősök tere) belongs to Budapest’s World Heritage Sites. The square, together with the monument built for the millennium of Hungary’s foundation is a mustsee.… Read the rest here →
Name: Art Gallery
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1146 Budapest, Dózsa György út 37.
The Art Gallery of is a building with the look of a Greek temple. Look out for the mosaics on the façade. It is reserved for temporary exhibitions, mainly for contemporary art.… Read the rest here →
Name: Hungarian Agriculture Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1146 Budapest, Vajdahunyadvár
This museum offers a large exhibition on working the land, breeding, fishing, hunting, sylviculture and viticulture in the past and in the present. The explanatory panels are in English and in Hungarian.… Read the rest here →
Name: Zoo
Category: Industrial tourism and theme park
Location: 1146 Budapest, Állatkerti krt 6-12.
Internet: http://www.zoobudapest.com/en
This zoo which opened up in 1866 is considered to be one of the oldest zoos in the world! It houses over 500 mammals, 700 birds and 1,500 reptiles and fish.… Read the rest here →
Name: Eastern Railway Station
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1087 Budapest, Kerepesi út 2-6.
The largest station in the capital (international traffic) has a façade in the eclectic style. There you can see the statues of James Watt, inventor of the steam engine and George Stephenson, inventor of the steam locomotive.… Read the rest here →