Budapest Guide

Basic Information

• Hungary Guide : Travel Documents
• Hungary Guide : Tipping
• Hungary Guide : Public Holidays
• Hungary Guide : Local Language
• Hungary Guide : Local Currency
• Introduction to Hungary
• Hungary Guide : Foreign Embassies
• Hungary Guide : Emergency Contacts
• Hungary Guide : Electricity
• Hungary Guide : Calling Codes
• Hungary Guide : Bussines Hours
• Business Style and Etiquette in Hungary
• Budapest Guide : Public Transport
• Budapest Guide : Car Rental in Budapest
• Addresses

Entertainment

• TÁNCHÁZ – learning hungarian folk dance!
• FONO Music Club – FONÓ Budai Zene Ház

Museums of Budapest

• Vasarely Muzeum (posted review)
• The National Museum
• The Hungarian Natural History Museum (posted review)
• The House of Hungarian Wines (posted review)
• Museum of Fine Arts
• Museum of Ethnography (posted review)
• Museum of Applied Arts
• Mucsarnok – The Hall of Art. Contemporary Art Center
• Military History Museum
• MEO Museum (posted review)
• House of Terror – Terror Háza
• Gul Baba Turbeje Museum – Gul Babas shrine
• Aquincum Museum, remnants of a Roman Town

Off the Beaten Path

• View from St. Gellert’s statue
• Urania National Movie Theater
• University Church (Egyetemi Templom)
• The Serbian Church (Szerb Templom)
• The Royal Hungarian Vocational School of Mechanics
• The Palace of Arts
• The Orthodoxe Synagoge
• The new National Theater and the Palace of Arts
• The Memorial for the Victims of the Holocaust
• The Church on Pest side near Elisabeth Bridge
• Take a nice walk or sit and enjoy the view
• Statue of Lord Rothermere
• Statue of Imre Nagy
• Statue of Dr Jozsef Antall
• Relax in Gellert Therme Waters!
• Przemysl Monument
• Popular
• Péterffy-Palais (Péterffy Palota)
• Palais Dreschler – opposite of the Opera
• Oszman (Turkish) tumbs near the Castle
• Memorial of the old National Theatre
• Maria Immaculata Statue
• Lovely architecture all over Budapest
• Lions without tongue? No way! :)
• Iron stump – old message wall
• House of Photography (Mai Manó)
• Hole in the flag
• High on Gellert Hill. Visible to all the City
• Headquarters of Magyar Telekom
• Greek orthodox cross in Taban
• Full cycle in Buda Hills
• Exposition in M1 metro line
• End of the year special – raypainting from Xmas
• Elizabeth Observation Tower. Highest point of Budapest
• Eight statues on the corner
• Children Train. Great attraction!
• Chain Bridge’s master living in the Tunnel
• Castle district houses
• Arany János Theatre (Arany János szí­nház)
• Actor giants in the park

Public Transportation

• City Park – Varosliget
• Mathias Church in Castle Quarter
• Yellow trams
• Tram No 2, with the best view!
• Ticket machine
• The Easiest Way – Trolley-buses
• The Easiest Way – Transportation by Boats
• The Easiest Way – Trams
• The Easiest Way – Trains
• The Easiest Way – Suburban Bus
• The Easiest Way – Night Bus
• The Easiest Way – Metro
• The Easiest Way – HÉV, Suburban Railway
• The Easiest Way – Buses
• Old trolley bus – retro public transport
• Nyugati railway station – a real treasure box
• Night transport at it’s best
• M1 – the oldest underground on the continent!
• Great Website for Trains in Hungary
• Explore Budapest by metro
• Cogwheel railway – Up to the Buda hills
• Castle funicular – great view and fast climb
• Budapest’s HÉV suburban railway

Things To Do in Budapest

• Zoo – Budapest Zoological & Botanical Garden (posted review)
• Váci Street (Váci utca): Heart of Budapest!
• Vajdahunyad Castle (Vajdahunyad Vár)
• The Little Princess: Walk the Danube Corso (posted review)
• Szechenyi Bath – tradition and fun!
• Synagogue: The Great Synagogue – The biggest in Europe!
• Statue Park (Szoborpark). Going back behind the Iron Curtain
• St. Stephens Basilica. Dont miss the cupola visit!
• Sightseeing by Boat
• Parliament Building
• Old Market Hall
• Margaret Island
• Labyrinth (Labirintus): Buda Castle Labyrinth
• Heroes Square – Andrassy Avenues culmination
• Get Inside the Opera House!
• Gellert Hill and breathtaking panorama!
• Gellert Baths: Most Beautiful Baths in Budapest
• Funicular (Siklo): Dont walk up the hill, take the Funicular!
• Fisherman Bastion in the Castle Quarter
• Daytrips outside Budapest. Visit Szentendre!
• Cruise on the Danube: Budapest – Visegrad
• Chair Lift up to Janos Hill
• Chain Bridge: Budapest’s Most Famous Bridge
• Cave Chapel: the church in the rock
• Buda Castle Quarter