Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Tabán
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1016 Budapest, Kőmuves lépcső
This quarter spreads out from the foot of mount Gellért to the foot of the hillside of the castle. The name tabán is a name of Turkish origin that means a tannery.… Read the rest here →
Name: Elisabeth Bridge
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1013 Budapest, Erzsébet híd
This modern suspension bridge bears the name of Elisabeth of Wittelsbach, wife of François-Joseph, the Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, in a word, Sissi.… Read the rest here →
Name: Parish Church of Tabán
Category: Religious buildings
Location: 1016 Budapest, Attila utca 11.
The Parish Church for the quarter of Tabán is the only sign of the age of the Serbian tanners which has survived the demolition by the bulldozers in the 1930s.… Read the rest here →
Name: Medical History Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1013 Budapest, Apród utca 1-3.
This museum is installed in the house where Ignác Fülöp Semmelweis was born (1818-1865), a gynaecologist in his state, a specialist in infectious diseases. He is buried in the garden.… Read the rest here →
Name: Ybl Miklós tér
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1013 Budapest, Ybl Miklós tér.
In this square there is a monument to the architect Miklós Ybl (1814-1891) and a fine pavilion (it should best be seen in the evening under the spotlights).… Read the rest here →