Castle District
This odd place, filled with communist memorabilia and kitsch, is a joke that's now almost three decades old. Top marx (sorry) for the Gulag, Snow White and the Seven Proletariats, Red October and other uniquely named pizzas (which are not half bad).
It also serves not-often-seen lepények (pies stuffed with meat or cheese; 890Ft to 1490Ft).
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Castle Hill is a kilometre-long limestone plateau towering 170m above the Danube. It contains some of Budapest’s most important medieval monuments and…
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The largest church in Hungary sits on Castle Hill, and its 72m-high central dome can be seen for many kilometres around. The building of the present…
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Budapest's stunning Great Synagogue is the world's largest Jewish house of worship outside New York City. Built in 1859, the synagogue has both Romantic…
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Home to more than 40 statues, busts and plaques of Lenin, Marx, Béla Kun and others whose likenesses have ended up on trash heaps elsewhere, Memento Park,…
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Budapest’s neoclassical cathedral is the most sacred Catholic church in all of Hungary and contains its most revered relic: the mummified right hand of…
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The headquarters of the dreaded ÁVH secret police houses the disturbing House of Terror, focusing on the crimes and atrocities of Hungary's fascist and…
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The Eclectic-style Parliament, designed by Imre Steindl and completed in 1902, has 691 sumptuously decorated rooms. You’ll get to see several of these and…
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The Hungarian National Museum houses the nation’s most important collection of historical relics in an impressive neoclassical building, purpose built in…
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Millennium Park is an attractive landscaped complex comprising fountains, ponds, little bridges, a theatre, a playground and a gallery containing the…
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This is a very unique interactive hour-long 'tour' of different settings (for instance, crossing the road, taking a bus) in total darkness, led by a blind…
3. Ábrahám Ganz Foundry Museum
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This museum – a lot more interesting than it sounds – is housed in the Ganz Machine Works foundry, which was in use until the 1960s manufacturing the …
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Love it or hate it, this 1933 church is an excellent example of Bauhaus architecture, and its concrete tower is certainly eye-catching.
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This renovated tomb contains the mortal remains of one Gül Baba, an Ottoman dervish who took part in the capture of Buda in 1541 and is known in Hungary…
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This medieval entrance to the Old Town was rebuilt in 1936 to mark the 250th anniversary of the castle being taken back from the Turks. The gate is not…
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Loaded with swords and pistols and cannon, this museum also does a good job with uniforms, medals, flags and battle-themed fine art, with excellent text…
8. Medieval Jewish Prayer House
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With sections dating from the late 14th century, this tiny house of worship contains documents and items linked to the Jewish community of Buda, as well…