Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Fő tér
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1033 Budapest, Fő tér
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 →
Name: Terror Háza
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1062 Budapest, Andrássy út 60.
Phone: + 36 1 374-2600
Internet: http://www.terrorhaza.hu
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 →
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: Lipótváros
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: V. Budapest, Falk Miksa
The Lipótváros district is named after Leopold II, King of Hungary from 1790 to 1792, and is part, along with Belváros, of the historic centre of Pest.… Read the rest here →
Name: Táncsics Mihály Street
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Táncsics Mihály utca
This street, lined with fine houses with colourful façades in the Baroque or Neo-classical style, bears the name of a journalist. Mihály Táncsics (1799-1884) was a hero of the struggle for national independence and a fierce supporter of the emancipation of the serfs.… Read the rest here →