Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Marguerite Bridge
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1033 Budapest, Margit híd
It was built from 1872 to 1876 by a French company using the plans by Ernest Gouin. It is made up by two arms joined together at the height of Marguerite Isle at an angle of 150°.… Read the rest here →
Name: Post Office Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1061 Budapest, Benczúr utca 27.
Two post-boxes with ancient lettering announce this Post Office Museum. Entry may be gained from an iner courtyard which is worth a look at by itself for its decorated galleries .… Read the rest here →
Name: Óbuda
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1033 Budapest, Fő tér
Óbuda has a lot to keep you occupied: Medieval main square and Aquincum, the remnants of the Roman-time settlement bearing the same name for history buffs and Római-part for the lovers of nature.… Read the rest here →
Name: Deák Ferenc tér
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1052 Budapest, Deák Ferenc tér
A strategic point for all those who visit Budapest: all the metro lines stop here, as well as the bus lines and tramways.… Read the rest here →
Name: Museum of the Metro
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1052 Budapest, Deák tér
In Deák ter metro station, take a tour around this small museum. An old station with its ticket-puncher will greet you. Along the platform you can follow, with the aid of some explanatory signs and old photographs, the construction of the first line in Europe inaugurated on 2nd May 1896.… Read the rest here →