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Budapest Travel
This site offers travel information about Budapest; discover the rich historical and cultural heritage of the Hungarian Capital.
This guide provides useful source for you to identify the most interesting historical and cultural sites in Budapest. Explore the most beautiful locations, world heritage sites and the hidden treasures of Hungary.
You will find travel and practical information on attractions, museums, monuments and on sightseeing tours with travel pictures. Discover the diversity of Budapest, and much, much more. |
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Andrássy Avenue provides one of Budapest’s most popular venues for strollers. One of the Avenue’s greatest attractions is the Millennium Underground Railway, this was the second to be built world-wide, and the first on the continent. The Synagogue in Dohány Street is the largest one still functioning in Continental Europe. Parliament House along the banks of the Danube is one of the capital’s most imposing buildings. |
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Eight road bridges and two railway bridges cross the Danube within the precincts of the city. These bridges form an inalienable part of the city-scape. The bridges in the city-centre – the Margaret, Chain, Elizabeth, and the Liberty Bridge– are determining elements of the city’s panorama.Margaret Island in Budapest is a 2,5km long island in the Danube River connected to Buda and Pest by the Margaret Bridge and the Árpád Bridge. During the Middle Ages the island was a popular site for monastic orders. |
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Castle Hill is a 1,5km long hill, overlooking the Danube, located in Budapest’s No1 District. The Old Town occupies the larger part of Castle Hill – it is also referred to as the Buda Castle; the Royal Palace occupies the southern portion. Because of its medieval origins, 17th and 18th centuries monuments, and its historical significance, the Old Town is Budapest’s primary tourist attraction. It has been on UNESCO’S World Heritage List since 1987. The most important sights in the castle are the Matthias Church , the Fishermen’s Bastion and the Royal Palace. The Castle offers wonderful panoramas of the Danube, its bridges, and of the Pest side. Gellért Hill with the Citadel is a very popular beauty spot, the top of which can be accessed via tourist tracks from several sides. |
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Budapest is well known for its numerous medicinal baths, which constitute one of its main tourist attractions. The city was officially declared an International Spa in 1934.
A number of the medicinal baths built along the bank of the Danube by the Turks - the Király, Rudas, Császár and Rác Baths - are still being used today.
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Budapest has a rich Jewish cultural, religious, artistic and architectural heritage. The city has the most populous active Jewish community in Central Europe. There are still many memories of the „Jewish Budapest”. The most significant synagogues – Great Synagogue, Kazinczy Street Synagogue, Rumbach Street Synagogue – are concentrated in the city center. The Synagogue in Dohány Street is the largest one still functioning in Continental Europe. Jewish Budapest
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