Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Óbuda
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1033 Budapest, Fő tér
Óbuda has a lot to keep you occupied: Medieval main square and Aquincum, the remnants of the Roman-time settlement bearing the same name for history buffs and Római-part for the lovers of nature.… Read the rest here →
Name: Franz Liszt Music Academy
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1061 Budapest, Liszt Ferenc tér 8.
A symbol of Musical Education in Europe, the Budapest Academy of Music was founded in 1875 by Franz Liszt himself and has borne his name since.… Read the rest here →
Name: Amphitheatre in the military camp
Category: Archaeological and historical sites
Location: 1036 Budapest, Pacsirtamezo utca 6.
At the time of the Romans, a military camp had been installed on the site of the current suburb of Óbuda. The amphitheatre from this camp is today one of the remains from it.… Read the rest here →
Name: Museum of the Metro
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1052 Budapest, Deák tér
In Deák ter metro station, take a tour around this small museum. An old station with its ticket-puncher will greet you. Along the platform you can follow, with the aid of some explanatory signs and old photographs, the construction of the first line in Europe inaugurated on 2nd May 1896.… Read the rest here →
Name: Town Hall
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1052 Budapest, Városház utca 9-11.
You can only stop and stare at the façade of the Town Hall! Once a hospital for Invalids, then a barracks under Joseph II in 1784, the largest Baroque building in the city was built by Martinelli at the start of the 18th Century Above the porch, note the three statues: Atlas between the allegories of war and peace.… Read the rest here →