Central Market

Name: Central Market
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1093 Budapest, Vámház krt. 1-3.
Opening hours: Mondays: 6am – 5pm, Tuesday – Friday: 6am – 6pm, Saturdays: 6am – 3pm, Sundays: Closed

Description

Continuing up Váci Street, we finally reach the everbuzzing Budapest Central Market Hall with its incredible variety of quality foods.… Read the rest here →

Andrássy út (Avenue)

Name: Andrássy út
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1061 Budapest, Andrássy út.

Description

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 →

National Opera House

Name: National Opera House
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1061 Budapest, Andrássy út 22.
Internet: http://www.opera.hu

Description

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 →

Royal Palace

Name: Royal Palace
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Szent György tér 2.

Description

It was King Béla IV who decided to build a fortress here in order to protect Buda from the Mongols, however the castle owes its opulence to the Habsburgs.… Read the rest here →