Useful Budapest travel resources
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 →
Name: Western Railway Station
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1062 Budapest, Nyugati pályaudvar
This station, a masterful blend of glass and steel which is perfectly integrated into the brick structure, was built between 1874 and 1877 by the Eiffel company, which was also responsible for Paris’s most famous landmark.… Read the rest here →
Name: Szabó Ervin Library
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1088 Budapest, Szabó Ervin tér 11.
The Szabó Ervin library is housed in a complex made up of three integrated buildings. The main building is the Neo-Baroque Wenckheim palace, whose exterior is adorned with marvellous wrought-iron railings.… Read the rest here →
Name: New Theatre
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1061 Budapest, Paulay Ede utca 35.
The New Theatre is a splendid 1990 reconstruction of the highly personal original by Béla Latja (1909). On the façade parapet, nine gilded ceramic angels carry tablets spelling out the name of the theatre.… Read the rest here →