Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #18 in Budapest, Hungary

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Number of sights 19 sights
Distance 8.9 km
Ascend 242 m
Descend 252 m

Experience Budapest in Hungary in a whole new way with our 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: Ádám Jenő

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Ádám Jenő

Jenő Ádám was a Hungarian music educator, composer, and conductor.

Wikipedia: Jenő Ádám (EN)

1540 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 2: Citadella

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The Citadella is the fortification located upon the top of Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary. Citadella is the Hungarian word for citadel, a kind of fortress. The word is exclusively used by other languages to refer to the Gellért Hill citadel which occupies a place which held strategic importance in Budapest's military history.

Wikipedia: Citadella (EN), Url

290 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Liberty Statue

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Liberty Statue

The Liberty Statue or Freedom Statue is a monument at the east end of the Citadella on Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary. It commemorates those who sacrificed their lives for the independence, freedom, and prosperity of Hungary.

Wikipedia: Liberty Statue (Budapest) (EN), Website

756 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 4: Gellért Hill Cave

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The Gellért Hill Cave is part of a network of caves within Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary. The cave is also referred to as "Saint Ivan's Cave", regarding a hermit who lived there and is believed to have used the natural thermal water of a muddy lake next to the cave to heal the sick. It is likely that this same water fed the pools of the old Sáros fürdő, now called Gellért Baths.

Wikipedia: Gellért Hill Cave (EN), Website, Url Miserend

151 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Gellért Baths

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The Gellért Thermal Bath, also known as the Gellért Baths, is a bath complex in Budapest in Hungary. It is part of the famous Hotel Gellért in Buda.

Wikipedia: Gellért Baths (EN), Website

718 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 6: Dar Al Salam mecset

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Dar Al Salam mecset

Dar-Alsalam Mosque is a mosque in Budapest located on the ground floor of a residential building at 29 Bartók Béla Street.

Wikipedia: Dar-Alszalam mecset (HU)

723 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 7: Szkéné Színház

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Szkéné Színház

Szkéné Theatre is a theatre and amateur theatre company of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics.

Wikipedia: Szkéné Színház (HU), Website, Facebook

13 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 8: Építészet

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52 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 9: Tűzoltó emlékhely

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BME's firing range fire was a fire that ended in tragedy in Budapest in 2006.

Wikipedia: Műegyetemi lőtértűz (HU), Website

541 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 10: Ínség-szikla

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The Poverty Rock or Destitute Stone, Poverty Reef is a rock cliff in the Danube, at the foot of Gellért Hill, at 1645.4 river kilometers. The lowest point of the capital. And according to vernacular, it is "the lowest mountain peak of Hungary". The height of the cliff is 95.76 meters above sea level. It got its name because it can be seen at low water levels, which can only occur during periods of drought.

Wikipedia: Ínség-szikla (HU), Website

725 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 11: Great Market Hall

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The Great Market Hall or Central Market Hall, Market Hall I is the largest and oldest indoor market in Budapest, Hungary. The idea of building such a large market hall arose from the first mayor of Budapest, Károly Kamermayer, and it was his largest investment. He retired in 1896 and participated in the opening ceremony on February 15, 1897.

Wikipedia: Great Market Hall (EN), Website

382 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 12: Kálvin téri református templom

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The Calvin Square Reformed Church in Budapest is the best-known church of the Reformed Church in Budapest. Budapest largest Reformed church. After the Lutheran church on Deák Square, it is the second largest Protestant church in the capital. In district IX, it is the second largest church after the church on Bakáts Square. The names of Calvin Square and the surrounding streets testify to the presence of the Reformed Church for nearly two centuries. The church building is now a monument.

Wikipedia: Kálvin téri református templom (Budapest) (HU)

358 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Wenckheim-palota

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The Wenckheim Palace is a listed building in Budapest VIII. district, in the inner "palace quarter" of Józsefváros, on Szabó Ervin Square. Today it is the building of the Central Library of the Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library.

Wikipedia: Wenckheim-palota (HU)

599 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 14: Museum of Applied Arts

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Museum of Applied Arts

The Museum of Applied Arts is a museum in Budapest, Hungary. It is the third-oldest applied arts museum in the world.

Wikipedia: Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest) (EN), Website, Facebook

16 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 15: Lechner Ödön

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Lechner Ödön

Ödön Lechner was a Hungarian architect, one of the prime representatives of the Hungarian Szecesszió style, which was related to Art Nouveau in the rest of Europe, including the Vienna Secession. He is famous for decorating his buildings with Zsolnay tile patterns inspired by old Magyar and Turkic folk art, which are combined with modern materials such as iron.

Wikipedia: Ödön Lechner (EN)

472 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 16: Sacred Heart Jesuit Church

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The Church of the Heart of Jesus in Józsefváros is a Hungarian monumental church in Budapest VIII. district.

Wikipedia: Jézus szíve templom (Budapest) (HU), Url, Url Miserend

670 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 17: Szent József templom

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St. Joseph's Parish Church, commonly known as the Józsefváros Parish Church, is the largest church in Budapest VIII. district. Its two-towered building is an outstanding monument of Hungarian classicist late Baroque architecture. Its towers are 70 meters high. [citation needed]

Wikipedia: Szent József-templom (Józsefváros) (HU), Url Miserend

429 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 18: Muzsikus cigányok parkja

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The Gypsy Music Park is located in district VIII of Budapest. It was inaugurated in October 2013. Previously, there was an anonymous public space at the intersection of Baross Street and Szigony Street. Originally, the reliefs of eight famous musicians of gypsy origin were placed in the small square on four limestone columns of isosceles triangular with an edge length of 240 cm and 50 cm edge, by 2017 this was expanded to twelve: Sándor Járóka (1922–1984), Sándor Járóka Jr. (1953–2007), Ernő Bobe Gáspár (1924–1993), László Berki (1941–1997), Jenő Pertis (1903–1971), Sándor Lakatos (1924–1994), Portraits of Gábor József Kozák (1910–1978), György Cziffra (1921–1994), Lajos Kathy-Horváth Sr. (1924–1980), Béla Berki (1948–2013), Lajos Boros (1925–2014) and Sándor Buffó Rigó (1949–2014).

Wikipedia: Muzsikus cigányok parkja (HU)

459 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 19: Mátyás tér

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Mátyás tér Elisabeth Rull / CC BY-SA 3.0

Matthias Square is located in the VIII district of Budapest, in the Magdalene Quarter. From the square you can directly reach Bauer Sándor, Szerdahely, Dankó, Koszorú, Springfield, József and Nagytruckos streets. In the 2010s, the square was surrounded and tidy as a park, playground and pedestrian zone.

Wikipedia: Mátyás tér (HU)

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