Orthodox Synagogue is looking like a fort from outside, but inside you can admire the beautiful colours and floral motifs of the Hungarian Art Nouveau. The community building complex includes the synagogue, a house of worship, headquarters, a kindergarten, a Talmud school, a butcher, and a bath (mikveh).
View MoreSzimpla Garden Ruin Bar is the hottest place for Budapest nightlife and undoubtedly the best know ruin pub among the locals and the tourists as well. The bar’s central courtyard also hosts flea markets. Their best known activity is the Szimpla Sunday Market with GMO-free, fresh fruits and vegetables, homemade bread, cheese from the farms etc.
View MoreGellért Hill is a 235 m (771 ft) high hill overlooking the Danube and is topped by the fortress of Citadella and Budapest’s Statue of Liberty which is one of the two communist monuments still standing in the city.
View MoreCastle Garden Bazaar is a restored neo-Renaissance complex on the side of Castle Hill and was built at the end of the 19th century to make the Royal Palace accessible from the riverbank. Today it houses a cultural space with exhibition areas, a pretty flower garden, and of course it provides you with a pleasant way […]
View MoreSzéchenyi Thermal Baths is one of the largest bath complexes in Europe with its 15 indoor and 3 grand outdoor pools. Its water is supplied by thermal springs, their temperature is 76 degrees Celsius (169 degrees Fahrenheit), and you can enjoy the pools all year round, even the outdoor ones.
View MoreVajdahunyad Castle is a romantic castle located in the City Park by a little boating lake which turns into an ice skating rink in the winter. The castle was built for the millennial celebrations of 1896, today you can find the Museum of Hungarian Agriculture and a beautiful little Catholic chapel in it.
View MoreChain Bridge is one of the most beautiful gems of the Hungarian capital. It is the oldest and probably the nicest bridge in Budapest, located in the heart of the city, connecting the downtown on the Pest side with the old town in Buda.
View MoreRoyal Palace is the grand building sitting on top of Castle Hill. It once represented the power of the Hungarian kings, today it houses large museums where you can see gorgeous paintings of masters of Hungarian fine art.
View MoreFisherman’s Bastion is a panoramic viewing terrace with fairy tale towers behind Matthias Church. Without a doubt, you can have the best view of the Pest side from here.
View MoreMatthias Church with its colourful tiled roof and delicate tower is one of the most unique churches in Europe and the best known landmark on Castle Hill. It is named after the beloved medieval Hungarian king Matthias, whose heraldic animal, a raven is sitting on a little tower of the church.
View MoreVértanúk Square is a beautiful little square between the parliament building and the Liberty square with a monument dedicated to the martyrs of the communist Red Terror in 1919.
View MoreBedő House is a stunning art nouveau apartment building in downtown Budapest. It is not only a lovely example of this ornamental style but you can also find a museum and a cafe in it full of art nouveau furniture and articles.
View MoreGreat Market Hall is covered with stunning Zsolnay tiles is the most beautiful and largest of all Budapest market halls. Many of the stalls have beautiful Hungarian delicacies, like the famous Hungarian paprika powder, goulash paste, goose liver pate, Hungarian spirits, langosh – all are available at this place.
View MoreGozsdu Courtyard is the centre of the party district in the city. It is a passageway located in the Jewish district which consists of seven buildings and six interconnecting courtyards with many restaurants and bars and you will also find a flea market here at weekends.
View MoreRumbach Street Synagogue was built in Moorish style for the Status Quo Ante community in the 19th century. It is a gorgeous newly renovated building in the middle of Budapest’s Jewish quarter that has not been used for religious purposes since 1959.
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Great Synagogue is the world’s second biggest synagogue, dating back to the 19th century, when Budapest was called Judapest, since 1/4 of Budapest’s population was Jewish. It’s often called the biggest Catholic synagogue, designed by a Christian architect.
View MoreCastle District is the city’s historic quarter, the old town of Buda where you will find beautiful cobbled stone streets and houses from the middle ages along with the Matthias Church and the Fishermen’s Bastion.
View MoreSt. Stephen’s Basilica is the largest Catholic church of the city, dedicated to the first king of Hungary whose mummified hand, the miraculous Holy Right Hand, is in the church today. From the dome of the building you can have a wonderful view of almost the whole city.
View MoreHungarian State Opera House is a fascinating neo-Renaissance building located on Andrássy Avenue. The Opera House has a repertoire of more than 50 operas a year, and it has the 3rd best acoustics in Europe after the Scala in Milan and the Opera Garnier in Paris.
View MoreCity Park is the city’s most popular public park, the green lung of Budapest where you can relax and enjoy the sun. It is a perfect place for free time activities, and you can also find the Budapest Zoo, the Széchenyi Thermal Bathhouse, and the Vajdahunyad Castle here.
View MoreHeroes’ Square is at the end of Andrássy Avenue and is the largest and most symbolic square in Budapest. The Millenary Monument dominates it, and you can see statues of the most important historical figures from the first 1000 years of Hungarian history here.
View MoreLiberty Square is one of the city’s hidden treasures, a beautiful green area in the downtown of Budapest, the statue of Ronald Reagan and one of the two remained Soviet monuments of the city are standing in it.
View MoreShoes on the Danube is a very moving memorial remembering a tragic episode of IIWW. 60 pairs of true to life metal shoes, true to life and size in detail are dedicated to the memory of those who were shot into the Danube by the Hungarian Nazis.
View MoreParliament Building is the largest and most iconic building of the Hungarian capital city, standing on the edge of the river Danube. It is so beautiful that Freddie Mercury wanted to buy it. Today Hungary’s parliament building is the third largest national assembly building in the world.
View MoreAndrássy Avenue is the elegant boulevard in the city center, Budapest’s own Champs-Élysées. The road is a UNESCO World Heritage listed site, there are many high-end boutiques and beautiful old villas on it.
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