Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #13 in Budapest, Hungary

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Number of sights 26 sights
Distance 8.2 km
Ascend 294 m
Descend 279 m

Experience Budapest in Hungary in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in BudapestIndividual Sights in Budapest

Sight 1: Andrássy Avenue and the Underground

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Budapest World Heritage sites are the view of the Danube bank, the Buda Castle District and Andrássy Avenue.

Wikipedia: Budapest világörökségi helyszínei (HU)

960 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 2: Church of Saint Theresa of Avila

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The Parish Church of St. Theresa the Great of Avila, also known as the parish church of Terézváros, is located in Budapest in Terézváros, on the same plot as the Conservatory. The property is undivided and jointly owned, owned by the Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest on the ecclesiastical side. According to Act LIV of 1997, the church is classified as a category II monument under trunk number 15,526. It is the largest church in district VI, with a tower height of 65 meters.

Wikipedia: Ávilai Nagy Szent Teréz-plébániatemplom (HU), Url Miserend

466 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 3: Klauzál tér

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The Klauzál tér was the largest square in the former Jewish quarter of Budapest, Hungary. Located in the seventh district, it was the heart of the city's old Jewish quarter. Nowadays, this area is also known as the party district in Hungarian bulinegyed, because of its many pubs nearby.

Wikipedia: Klauzál tér (Budapest) (EN)

533 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: Újszínház

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The New Theatre, named New Theatre since 2012, is one of the Budapest theatres of the New Theatre, located on Paulay Ede Street. From 1961 it operated as a children's and youth theatre, then in 1994 it was renewed both in profile and name under the leadership of Gábor Székely. Stone theatre maintained by the capital.

Wikipedia: Újszínház (HU), Website

532 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: St. Stephen's Basilica

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St. Stephen's Basilica Tom Corser / CC BY-SA 3.0

St. Stephen's Basilica is a Roman Catholic basilica in Budapest, Hungary. It is named in honour of Stephen, the first King of Hungary, whose right hand is housed in the reliquary.

Wikipedia: St. Stephen's Basilica (EN), Website, Url Miserend

818 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 6: Vigadó Galéria

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68 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Pesti Vigadó

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Vigadó is Budapest's second largest concert hall, located on the Eastern bank of the Danube in Budapest, Hungary.

Wikipedia: Vigadó of Pest (EN), Website, Facebook

111 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Little Princess

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The original 50 cm statuette of the Little Princess (Kiskirálylány) Statue sitting on the railings of the Danube promenade in Budapest, Hungary was created by László Marton (1925–2008) Munkácsy- and Kossuth Prize-winning sculptor in 1972.

Wikipedia: Little Princess statue (EN), Url Kozterkep

298 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: Kossuth Lajos Múzeumhajó

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Kossuth Lajos Múzeumhajó FOTO:Fortepan — ID 22176: Adományozó/Donor: Storymap.hu. / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Kossuth, originally known as Ferdinand Ferencz, is a Hungarian paddle-wheel steamship built in 1913, one of the few such vehicles preserved for posterity. Currently, it is moored in Budapest as the Kossuth Museum Ship, as an extremely important artefact and exhibition space of the Museum of Transport, and at the same time a restaurant operates on it.

Wikipedia: Kossuth (hajó) (HU), Website

451 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: Széchenyi István tér

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Széchenyi István Square is located in the V district of Budapest, at the Pest foot of the Chain Bridge, and is part of the World Heritage Site on the banks of the Danube.

Wikipedia: Széchenyi István tér (Budapest) (HU)

145 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 11: Salamon Ferenc

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Salamon Ferenc

Salamon Ferenc (1825-1892) was a historian, translator, and literary critic known for his writings on Ottoman Hungary.

Wikipedia: Salamon Ferenc (EN), Url Kozterkep

378 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Széchenyi Chain Bridge

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Széchenyi Chain Bridge

The Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a chain bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Designed by English engineer William Tierney Clark and built by Scottish engineer Adam Clark, it was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Hungary. It was opened in 1849. It is anchored on the Pest side of the river to Széchenyi Square, adjacent to the Gresham Palace and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and on the Buda side to Adam Clark Square, near the Zero Kilometre Stone and the lower end of the Castle Hill Funicular, leading to Buda Castle.

Wikipedia: Széchenyi Chain Bridge (EN), Url

408 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 13: Zero Kilometre Stone

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The Zero Kilometre Stone is a 3 m high limestone sculpture in Budapest that represents Kilometre Zero in Hungary. It consists of a zero sign, with an inscription on its pedestal reading "KM" for kilometres. It was initially located at the threshold of Buda Royal Palace, but was moved to its present location by Széchenyi Chain Bridge when the crossing was completed in 1849.

Wikipedia: Zero Kilometre Stone (EN), Url Kozterkep, Url Gc

407 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 14: Akseli Gallen-Kallela

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Akseli Gallen-Kallela

Akseli Gallen-Kallela was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. His work is considered a very important aspect of the Finnish national identity. He finnicized his name from Gallén to Gallen-Kallela in 1907.

Wikipedia: Akseli Gallen-Kallela (EN)

524 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 15: Budapest History Museum

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Budapest History Museum

The Budapest History Museum is one of Budapest most important museums, collecting documents and artifacts from the history of the capital. It is a municipal institution, but according to its official classification it is a national museum. Its headquarters are located in Budapest at I., Szent György tér 2.

Wikipedia: Budapesti Történeti Múzeum (HU), Website, Facebook

169 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli

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Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli

Count Luigi Ferdinando Marsili was an Italian scholar and natural scientist, who also served as an emissary and soldier.

Wikipedia: Luigi Ferdinando Marsili (EN)

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Sight 17: Antonio Bonfini

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Antonio Bonfini

Antonio Bonfini (1427‒1502) was an Italian humanist and poet serving as a court historian in Hungary under King Matthias Corvinus during the last years of his career.

Wikipedia: Antonio Bonfini (EN)

69 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 18: Mátyás fountain

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Mátyás fountain

Matthias Fountain is a monumental fountain group in the western forecourt of Buda Castle, Budapest. Alajos Stróbl’s Neo-Baroque masterpiece is one of the most frequently photographed landmark in the Hungarian capital. It is sometimes called the ’Trevi Fountain of Budapest’.

Wikipedia: Matthias Fountain (EN)

104 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 19: Prince Eugene of Savoy

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Prince Eugene of Savoy

The statue of Eugene of Savoy stands on the longitudinal side of the Buda Castle Palace facing Pest, on the Savoy Terrace, in front of the main entrance of the Hungarian National Gallery. The equestrian statue was erected in its present location in 1900.

Wikipedia: Savoyai Jenő-szobor (HU), Url Kozterkep

23 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 20: Hungarian National Gallery

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The Hungarian National Gallery, was established in 1957 as the national art museum. It is located in Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary. Its collections cover Hungarian art in all genres, including the works of many nineteenth- and twentieth-century Hungarian artists who worked in Paris and other locations in the West. The primary museum for international art in Budapest is the Museum of Fine Arts.

Wikipedia: Hungarian National Gallery (EN), Website, Facebook

175 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 21: Turul

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TurulPeter Brown from Dublin, Ireland / CC BY 2.0

The Turul is a mythological bird of prey, mostly depicted as a falcon, in Hungarian tradition and Turkic tradition, and a national symbol of Hungarians.

Wikipedia: Turul (EN)

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Sight 22: The rabbit with checkered ears

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The rabbit with checkered ears

A kockásfülű nyúl is a 26-episode Hungarian animated children's series produced from 26 August 1977 on in the studios of PannóniaFilm. Created by the acclaimed children's literature writer and graphic artist Veronika Marék and animator Zsolt Richly, its protagonist, the rabbit with checkered ears quickly became one of the most prolific mascots of Hungarian animation.

Wikipedia: A kockásfülű nyúl (EN), Url Kozterkep, Facebook, Website

601 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 23: Horváth-kert

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The Horváth Garden Public Park is located in Budapest I. district, Krisztinaváros.

Wikipedia: Horváth-kert (HU)

294 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 24: Krisztinavárosi Havas Boldogasszony plébániatemplom

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The Parish Church of Our Lady of the Snows in Krisztinaváros is a Roman Catholic church in Budapest I. district, on Krisztina Square. It is protected as a monument. Local names are Krisztina Square Church, Krisztina Church or Lower Krisztina.

Wikipedia: Krisztinavárosi Havas Boldogasszony-plébániatemplom (HU), Url Miserend

156 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 25: Országos Színháztörténeti Múzeum és Intézet

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The National Museum and Institute of Theatre History (OSZMI) is a state-founded cultural institution, currently maintained by the Foundation for Theatre and Film Arts. Its building is located in the first district of Budapest, at Krisztina körút 57. As a museum, it performs public collection tasks, and as a scientific institute, its important tasks include supporting the theatre profession and researchers dealing with Hungarian theatre history.

Wikipedia: Országos Színháztörténeti Múzeum és Intézet (HU), Website, Facebook

518 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 26: Vérmező

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Vérmező is a public park in Budapest I. district, Krisztinaváros. It was here that the beheading of Ignatius Martinovics and his associates took place on May 20, 1795.

Wikipedia: Vérmező (HU)

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