10 Historic Things to Do in Budapest
Explore Budapest’s Historical Landmarks
Elaborate architecture from the city’s imperial heyday defines a Budapest holiday. Book a Budapest hotel and sip heady Tokaj wine in Art Nouveau splendour or wander the melancholy Jewish quarter. Use this guide to the top 10 historic things to do in Budapest.
1. Take the Chain Bridge over the Danube
Καλό για: Ιστορία
The neo-classical arched buttresses of the Széchenyi chain bridge rise out of the Danube like giant stepping stones to link Buda and Pest. The first permanent link between the two parts of the city runs towards the sprawling Buda Castle with its turquoise dome towering over the Buda bank. The colourful Hungarian parliament building straddles the Danube a few hundred metres upstream in Pest.
Τοποθεσία: Széchenyi Lánchíd, 1051 Budapest, Hungary
Take the Chain Bridge over the Danube
2. Paying your respects in Heroes Square
Καλό για: Ιστορία
Statues of the seven Magyar horsemen who conquered Hungary in AD896 look set to race off down the suave boulevard of Andrássy út. Other heroic figures from later Hungarian history up to the millennium celebrations of 1896 look on.
Τοποθεσία: Hősök tere, 1146 Budapest, Hungary
Paying your respects in Heroes Square
3. Soaking up history at Széchenyi thermal baths
Καλό για: Ζευγάρια, Οικογένειες
Taking the waters at this grandiose thermal bathing complex will make any visitor feel new again. Lounging in the semi-circular pool as you catch sight of the bath’s neo-Classical structure through the steam takes you far back in time.
Τοποθεσία: Állatkerti krt. 9-11, 1146 Budapest, Hungary
Τηλέφωνο: +36 1 363 3210
Soaking up history at Széchenyi thermal baths
4. A night at the opera
Καλό για: Ιστορία, Νυχτερινή ζωή
The best way to sample the lavish neo-classical interior of Budapest’s opera house without paying for an expensive tour is to watch a performance. The royal boxes can be great value. Very steep cheap seats are a bit further from the action on the stage but closer to the 19th-century angel frescoes.
Τοποθεσία: Hungarian State Opera, Andrássy út 22, 1061 Budapest, Hungary
Τηλέφωνο: +36 1 814 7100
A night at the opera
5. Shop in a yesteryear atmosphere at the Great Market Hall
Καλό για: Καταναλωτές
Painstakingly restored to its colourful, early-20th-century best, this three-floored covered market is a bustling place the size of a hangar. Pick up paprika, goose liver and embroidery.
Τοποθεσία: Vámház krt. 1-3, 1093 Budapest, Hungary
Shop in a yesteryear atmosphere at the Great Market Hall
6. Off the beaten track on Castle Hill
Καλό για: Ιστορία, Φωτογραφία
Away from imposing Buda Castle, neo-Gothic Fisherman’s Bastion and St. Matthias Church are less-frequented streets of interest. The narrow lanes start with Tanscics Mihály utca and end at Tóth Árpád sétány. They reveal Gothic, Jewish and Turkish traces among rows of beautiful baroque buildings. Round off the walk with a coffee and a cake in the tiny Ruszwurm Cukrászda.
Τοποθεσία: Szentháromság utca 7, Budapest, Hungary
Off the beaten track on Castle Hill
7. Traverse the Buda Hills on the Children’s Railway
Καλό για: Ιστορία
Formerly run by young socialist ‘pioneers’, these little red trains wind 11km through the forested Buda Hills. The trains are still manned by children in uniform who take their job very seriously but thankfully are not doing the driving.
Traverse the Buda Hills on the Children’s Railway
8. Face to face with socialist statues in Memento Park
Καλό για: Οικογένειες, Ιστορία
The sprinting, stone superman of a communist worker and other politically charged statues dotting the park on the edge of town are solid reminders of Budapest’s turbulent past.
Τοποθεσία: Balatoni út - Szabadkai utca sarok, 1223 Budapest, Hungary
Face to face with socialist statues in Memento Park
9. Fine wine and Art Nouveau at the Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace
Καλό για: Ιστορία, Πολυτέλεια
Sip a glass of Tokaji Aszú, Hungary’s legendary sweet wine, in the Gresham’s lobby and luxuriate in the Art Nouveau curves, ceramics and glasswork. It’s second best only to staying here, Budapest’s most luxurious hotel.
Τοποθεσία: Széchenyi István tér 5, 1051 Budapest, Hungary
Τηλέφωνο: +36 1 268 6000
Fine wine and Art Nouveau at the Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace
10. Into the heart of the Jewish district
Καλό για: Ιστορία
Gozsdu udvar, the series of tunnel-like courtyards linking Dob and Király utcas, are a vein to the heart of the Jewish district. This might be the last chance to see it at its best before property developers transform it.
Τοποθεσία: Entrance from Dob utca 16 or Király utca 13
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