Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Former Synagogue of Óbuda
Category: Religious buildings
Location: 1036 Budapest, Lajos utca 163.
This building is characterised by a Neo-classical doorway with six columns and it is located away from the street (Lajos Street), close to the Aquincum hotel and a block of high-rise type flats.… Read the rest here →
Name: Villa of Hercules
Category: Archaeological and historical sites
Location: 1031 Budapest, Szentendrei út 139.
Somewhat swamped in the midst of a group of blocks of buildings, the villa of Hercules, a rich Patrician’s home, owes its name to its pavements made of mosaics depicting the myth of Hercules (3rd Century).… Read the rest here →
Name: Zichy kastély
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1033 Budapest, Fő tér 1.
This castle was built for Count Miklós Zichy and his wife, the Lords of Óbuda in the 18th Century In the courtyard (concerts in the Summer), admire its beautiful façade and its stairwell.… Read the rest here →
Name: Kodály körönd
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1062 Budapest, Kodály körönd
An elegant square with four symmetrical buildings in a circle arch. Four impressive statues of people depicted in the struggle against the Turks decorate the lawns.… Read the rest here →
Name: Far East Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1062 Budapest, Andrássy út 103.
Internet: http://www.hoppmuzeum.hu
Ferenc Hopp (1833-1919), an optician and great traveller within his state, donated to the state the objects brought back from many trips to Asia.… Read the rest here →