Budapest

Ráth György Museum

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Name: Ráth György Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1068 Budapest, Városligeti fasor 12.

Description

A villa in the eclectic style houses this museum entirely dedicated to Indian art and art from the Far East: sculptures, statuettes, jewellery, tapestries. In the part devoted to Japanese art (room 6 and 1st floor), you can admire some beautiful collections of combs made of ivory and golden lacquer ware, pipes and pipe cases as well as a reconstruction of the tea ceremony with all the utensils that are used.… Read the rest here →

Fishermen’s Bastion

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Name: Fishermen’s Bastion
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Hunyadi János út.

Description

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 →

Vienna Gate

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Name: Vienna Gate
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Bécsi kapu tér

Description

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 →

House of Terror Museum

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Name: Terror Háza
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1062 Budapest, Andrássy út 60.
Phone: + 36 1 374-2600
Internet: http://www.terrorhaza.hu

Description

The legendary 60 Andrássy Ave…

This building is not only a museum, but a vivid reminder of two tragic periods in Hungary’s history.… Read the rest here →

Víziváros

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Name: Víziváros
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1011 Budapest, Fő utca

Description

This part of Buda, which translates as “the town of water”, has one of the oldest thermal baths in the city, dating from the Turkish occupation in the 16C: the Király Gyógfürdo (Király Baths), situated in Fo Utca, the main street.… Read the rest here →