Museum of Fine Arts

Name: Museum of Fine Arts
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1146 Budapest, Dózsa Gy út 41.
Phone: + 36 1 469-7100
Internet: http://www.szepmuveszeti.hu/main

Description

This Museum is closed for a renovation until spring, 2018.

The Museum of Fine Arts (Szépművészeti Múzeum) has been presenting the world-famous elite of visual arts for years, so one could see the works of, for instance, Lucien Hervé, Fernando Botero and William Kentridge.… Read the rest here →

Táncsics Mihály Street

Name: Táncsics Mihály Street
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Táncsics Mihály utca

Description

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 →

Belváros

Name: Belváros
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: V. Budapest, Pesti Alsó Rakpart

Description

Known as the “City”, Belváros is the historic centre of Pest, along with Lipótváros. It is a lively district with banks, administrative buildings, shops, cafés and restaurants, and a number of popular pedestrianised shopping streets.… Read the rest here →

Fortuna Street

Name: Fortuna Street
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Fortuna utca

Description

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 →

Gellért Hill

Name: Gellért Hill
Category: Nature and gardens
Location: 1118 Budapest, Kelenhegyi út

Description

Located between Elizabeth Bridge and Liberty Bridge (Várbalang), Gellért Hill (235m) is one of the most characteristic features of the right bank of the Danube. In the 19C, the hill’s slopes were covered in vines, later wiped out by phylloxera.… Read the rest here →