Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Fishermen’s Bastion
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Hunyadi János út.
This set of ramparts and turrets (finished in 1906) calls to mind a castle right out of a fairytale. The seven turrets symbolise the seven Magyar tribes and each tribal leader is represented by a statue.… Read the rest here →
Name: Vienna Gate
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Bécsi kapu tér
Once the second entrance gate to the city, it was rebuilt in 1936 to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the liberation of Buda. A plaque placed on the inside of the door honours the soldiers of different nationalities who gave their lives to free the city from the yoke of the Ottoman Empire.… Read the rest here →
Name: Military History Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1014 Budapest, Tóth Árpád Sétány 40.
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A rich collection of weapons from the days before the Turkish wars to the 20th century. Collection of uniforms, flags, maps, ammunition and 28,000 coins.… Read the rest here →
Name: Rumbach Synagogue
Category: Religious buildings
Location: 1074 Budapest, Rumbach Sebestyén utca 11-13.
The pretty synagogue on Rumbach Street, which closed at the end of World War II, reopened to visitors in 2006. Built between 1869 and 1872, it was one of the earliest works of Viennese architect Otto Wagner.… Read the rest here →
Name: Aquincum
Category: Archaeological and historical sites
Location: 1031 Budapest, Szentendrei út 139.
Aquincum, founded in the 1C, enjoyed its heyday in the 2C and 3C. The ruins clearly show the plan of the city: roads intersecting at right angles, a sewerage system and a variety of buildings (public baths, large covered market, craft workshops, merchants’ shops and private houses).… Read the rest here →