Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Szabó Ervin Library
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1088 Budapest, Szabó Ervin tér 11.
The Szabó Ervin library is housed in a complex made up of three integrated buildings. The main building is the Neo-Baroque Wenckheim palace, whose exterior is adorned with marvellous wrought-iron railings.… Read the rest here →
Name: New Theatre
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1061 Budapest, Paulay Ede utca 35.
The New Theatre is a splendid 1990 reconstruction of the highly personal original by Béla Latja (1909). On the façade parapet, nine gilded ceramic angels carry tablets spelling out the name of the theatre.… Read the rest here →
Name: New York Coffee House
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1073 Budapest, Erzébet krt 9-11.
The New York palace was built between 1891 and 1895 for an American insurance company. In the early 20C, the café was a favourite meeting point for many journalists, writers and poets, such as those working on the literary review Nyugat (“West”).… 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 →
Name: Fortuna Street
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Fortuna utca
Another characteristic street in the quarter of the castle that is borrowed to admire the façades of houses full of history… You will take advantage of your walk through this street to visit the Museum of Commerce and Hostelry.… Read the rest here →