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: Promenade of the Ramparts
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Tóth Árpád sétány.
The promenade of the Ramparts (Tóth Árpád sétány) spreads from the bastion of Esztergom to the North up to Dísz tér, the square of the Parades, in the South of the quarter of the castle.… Read the rest here →
Name: Central Market
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1093 Budapest, Vámház krt. 1-3.
Opening hours: Mondays: 6am – 5pm, Tuesday – Friday: 6am – 6pm, Saturdays: 6am – 3pm, Sundays: Closed
Continuing up Váci Street, we finally reach the everbuzzing Budapest Central Market Hall with its incredible variety of quality foods.… Read the rest here →
Name: Andrássy út
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1061 Budapest, Andrássy út.
After a trip to Paris in 1858 Count Gyula Andrássy had the idea to cut out a large thoroughfare linking the Small Boulevard to the Bois-de-Ville.… Read the rest here →