Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Zoo
Category: Industrial tourism and theme park
Location: 1146 Budapest, Állatkerti krt 6-12.
Internet: http://www.zoobudapest.com/en
This zoo which opened up in 1866 is considered to be one of the oldest zoos in the world! It houses over 500 mammals, 700 birds and 1,500 reptiles and fish.… Read the rest here →
Name: Eastern Railway Station
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1087 Budapest, Kerepesi út 2-6.
The largest station in the capital (international traffic) has a façade in the eclectic style. There you can see the statues of James Watt, inventor of the steam engine and George Stephenson, inventor of the steam locomotive.… Read the rest here →
Name: Kerepesi temető
Category: Religious buildings
Location: 1087 Budapest, Fiumei út 16.
Budapest like all capital cities has its own cemetery, its national pantheon, where celebrities are buried. In this vast landscaped space, the most impressive monument or rather the mausoleum is undoubtedly that of Lajos Kossuth which dominates the whole cemetery.… Read the rest here →
Name: Vértanúk tere
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1054 Budapest, Vértanúk tere
In this small square you will see the statue of Imre Nagy standing on a bridge, his look turned towards the Parliament. Called to lead the government after the events of October 1956, Imre Nagy pushed through some radical reforms to liberalise the regime and escape from the Soviet yoke.… Read the rest here →
Name: Great Boulevard
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1091 Budapest, Klauzál tér
Between the Petőfi and Marguerite bridges a sort of circular boulevard stretches out, made up in fact by five boulevards : Ferenc, József , Erzsébet , Teréz and Szt.… Read the rest here →