Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Ludwig Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1014 Budapest, Komor Marcell utca 1.
Internet: http://www.ludwigmuseum.hu
This museum is a real must if you are a lover of contemporary art! Among the best known names illustrating the important trends in contemporary art throughout the world, you will see works by Roy Liechstenstein, Jean Tinguely, Frank Stella, Joseph Beuys, Robert Rauschenberg or Claus Oldenburg.… Read the rest here →
Name: The castle district
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Szent György tér
After strolling around the castle walls and enjoying the views or visiting a museum, why not enjoy the delights of wandering through the old part, where you can stop here and there to look at a shop window, a façade, a monument, to capture it on your video or in a photo.… Read the rest here →
Name: Mathias Church
Category: Religious buildings
Location: 1014 Budapest, Szentháromság tér
The church that can be seen today is the work of Frigyes Schulek. From the outside, you can see the Mathias tower which rises up towards the sky, the Romanesque Béla tower, the main portal with a tympanum showing the Virgin Mary with child and Mary’s door, which dates back to Louis I, the Great.… 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 →