Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Great synagogue in Dohány street
Category: Religious buildings
Location: 1077 Budapest, Dohány utca 2.
The largest synagogue in Europe was built between 1854 and 1859 following plans by Ludwig Förster. With Byzantine-Moorish inspiration, it is a beautiful building made of coloured brick, topped with two towers with onion-shaped domes.… Read the rest here →
Name: Aquincum
Category: Archaeological and historical sites
Location: 1031 Budapest, Szentendrei út 139.
Aquincum, founded in the 1C, enjoyed its heyday in the 2C and 3C. The ruins clearly show the plan of the city: roads intersecting at right angles, a sewerage system and a variety of buildings (public baths, large covered market, craft workshops, merchants’ shops and private houses).… Read the rest here →
Name: Applied Arts Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1091 Budapest, Üllő út 33-37.
Inaugurated in 1896, this building is another one that is inescapable. The architect Ödön Lechner with this work wanted to illustrate the Secession style, a Hungarian branch of Art nouveau in which the oriental inspiration is evident.… Read the rest here →
Name: Andrássy út
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1061 Budapest, Andrássy út.
After a trip to Paris in 1858 Count Gyula Andrássy had the idea to cut out a large thoroughfare linking the Small Boulevard to the Bois-de-Ville.… Read the rest here →
Name: National Opera House
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1061 Budapest, Andrássy út 22.
Internet: http://www.opera.hu
The neo-Renaissance Opera designed by Miklós Ybl and opened in 1884 is so attractive that those with the slightest desire to sit through a performance will definitely want to experience the allure of the historical stage.… Read the rest here →