Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #7 in Budapest, Hungary
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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 BudapestSight 1: Erkel Theatre
The Erkel Theatre is a theatre in Budapest, Hungary. Being the largest public building in the city for decades, it was made part of the Hungarian State Opera House in 1951.
Sight 2: Baross Gábor
Noble Gábor Baross de Bellus was a Hungarian statesman in Hungarian parliament, was born at Barossháza now Pružina near Trencsén. He was for a time one of the professors there under Cardinal Kolos Vaszary. After acquiring considerable local reputation as chief notary of his county, he entered parliament in 1875, where he apparently gained a nickname "Slovak blackman", due to his darker tanned complexity. He at once attached himself to Kálmán Tisza and remained faithful to his chief even after the Bosnian occupation had alienated so many of the supporters of the prime minister.
Sight 3: Istenszülő Oltalma templom
The Church of the Protection of the Mother of God, colloquially known as the Greek Catholic Church of Rózsa Square – to be distinguished from the large Roman Catholic church in its immediate vicinity – is a former Roman Catholic, today Greek Catholic church and parish located in the VII. district of Budapest.
Wikipedia: Istenszülő oltalma templom (Rózsák tere) (HU), Url Miserend
Sight 4: Andrássy Avenue and the Underground
Budapest World Heritage sites are the view of the Danube bank, the Buda Castle District and Andrássy Avenue.
Sight 5: Fészek Artists’ Club
The Fészek Art Club is a club of the Budapest art world founded in 1901, today it is a non-profit, nationwide association where literary, musical, theatre, film and fine arts events are held that can be visited by anyone. For informal social life, a restaurant and a restaurant-wine bar are also at guests' disposal.
Sight 6: Kéthly Anna tér
Kethly Anna Square is a new square in Budapest VII. district, Erzsébetváros. It got its name in 2001. The square was designed by Katalin Baraczka.
Sight 7: Klauzál tér
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.
Sight 8: Sász-Chevra Zsinagóga
Kazinczy Street Synagogue is an Art Nouveau orthodox synagogue built between 1912 and 1913 Budapest VII. district, 29-31 Kazinczy Street number. It is one of the most characteristic works of Hungarian synagogue architecture before the First World War.
Sight 9: Hősök zsinagógája
The Temple of Heroes or Synagogue of Heroes is a Jewish religious building located in the courtyard of the Dohany Street Synagogue. Today it is an inseparable part of the building complex.
Sight 10: Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives
The Hungarian Jewish Museum is a thematic museum located in the museum wing next to the Dohany Street Synagogue building, which presents artifacts of Hungarian Jewish culture and history. It is owned and managed by MAZSIHISZ, one of Central Europe's outstanding Judaica collections.
Sight 11: Dohány Street Synagogue
The Dohány Street Synagogue, also known as the Great Synagogue or Tabakgasse Synagogue, is a historical building on Dohány Street in Erzsébetváros, the 7th district of Budapest, Hungary. It is the largest synagogue in Europe, seating 3,000 people and is a centre of Neolog Judaism.
Sight 12: Belvárosi Színház
It is one of the Budapest inclusive theatres of the Downtown Theatre, located on Károly boulevard, which opened its doors in 2004. Apart from his name, he has no connection with Artúr Bárdos's company operating under this name between 1917 and 1951.
Sight 13: Madách-házak
Madách Imre Square in Budapest's Erzsébetváros is more than a hundred years old. It is named after writer Imre Madách.
Sight 14: IV. Károly király
Charles I was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and King of Croatia, King of Bohemia, and the last of the monarchs belonging to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine to rule over Austria-Hungary. The son of Archduke Otto of Austria and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Charles became heir presumptive of Emperor Franz Joseph when his uncle Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in 1914. In 1911, he married Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma. He is venerated in the Catholic Church, was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 3 October 2004, and is known to the Catholic Church as Blessed Karl of Austria.
Sight 15: Underground Railway Museum
The Underground Railway Museum, also known as the Millennium Underground Museum, is a museum located under Deák Ferenc square in the centre of the Hungarian capital city of Budapest. It is accessible from the pedestrian subway system that links the square to Deák Ferenc tér metro station and is housed in a tunnel that once carried the tracks of line M1 of the Budapest Metro.
Wikipedia: Underground Railway Museum (Budapest) (EN), Website, Facebook
Sight 16: Deák téri evangélikus templom
The Lutheran Church on Deák Square is Budapest oldest and best-known Lutheran church, a classicist-style hall church without a tower on Deák Ferenc Square in Budapest. The largest Protestant church in Budapest. Many other Lutheran institutions operate in the block formed together with the adjoining buildings, which is why the area is often called Insula Lutherana.
Sight 17: Erzsébet Square
In the V. district of Erzsébet Square Budapest. It is bordered by Vienna Street, József Attila Street, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Street and Thirty ad Street. This is the largest green space in downtown Pest.
Sight 18: Pesti Színház
The Pest Theatre is the chamber theatre of the Vígtheatre in Budapest, the venue located in district V has a capacity of 538 spectators.
Sight 19: Belvárosi Szent Anna-plébániatemplom
The St. Anne's Church in the City Centre, also known as Servita Church, is located in Budapest, in the city center, on Szervita Square. Until the end of World War II, it operated under the administration of the Servite order, today it belongs to the Downtown Assumption Parish. The church is a category I monument under Act LIV of 1997 under trunk number 15394.
Wikipedia: Belvárosi Szent Anna-plébániatemplom (HU), Url Miserend
Sight 20: Belvárosi Ferences templom
The St. Peter Church of Alcantra in Budapest, often just a downtown Franciscan church, is a church of the Franciscans in downtown Pest, on Ferenciek Square. Roman Catholic, protected as a monument Franciscan church. Its patron saint is St. Peter of Alcantara. Parish church, next to it stands a Franciscan monastery.
Wikipedia: Alcantarai Szent Péter-templom (Budapest) (HU), Url Miserend
Sight 21: Nereidák kútja
The Fountain of the Nereids or the Fountain of the Nayads is a group of statues depicting two female figures with dolphins and shells on their pedestals in Ferenciek Square in District V of Budapest.
Sight 22: Katona József Színház Kamra
The Katona József Theatre has been operating as a theatre with its own company in Petőfi Sándor Street since the autumn of 1982. In a short time, it became Budapest decisive, artistic theater. Even after three decades, he continues to entertain his audience with demanding, internationally renowned productions. The company performed abroad for the first time in 1985, and since then it has visited forty countries in five parts of the world.
Sight 23: Károlyi kert
The Károlyi Garden public park in Budapest V. district. It is the oldest preserved garden in this function of the city centre and the best documented among the few palace gardens in Hungary. The garden is bordered by Ferenczy István Street to the north, Magyar Street to the east, Henszlmann Imre Street to the south and Károlyi Palace to the west. Its area has remained unchanged since the end of the 17th century at 7625 m².
Sight 24: Ady Endre Emlékmúzeum
The Ady Endre Memorial Museum in Budapest was an exhibition space (Ady Memorial Apartment) established in 1977 to commemorate the centenary of the poet's birth.
Wikipedia: Ady Endre Emlékmúzeum (Budapest) (HU), Facebook, Website
Sight 25: The Main Parish Church of the Assumption in the centre of Budapest
Budapest's Inner City Parish Church, officially the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is the main parish church of Budapest. It is often referred to as the City Parish Church, or Downtown Parish Church.
Wikipedia: Inner City Parish Church in Pest (EN), Website, Url Miserend, Facebook
Sight 26: Contra-Aquincum
Contra-Aquincum is a Roman fortress, an important station of the Pannonian limes. It was built at the beginning of the 2nd century and rebuilt from its foundations at the end of the 3rd century. Its significance was given by its unusually thick walls, control of the eraviscus "capital", as well as the supervision of an ancient trade crossing. The ancient name of Contra-Aquincum is probably Pession (Πέσσιον). Its remains can be found in Budapest V. district, on March 15th Square, not far from Elisabeth Bridge.
Sight 27: Istenszülő elhunyta Nagyboldogasszony-székesegyház
The Assumption Cathedral of the Blessed Mother of God is a Russian Orthodox cathedral in Budapest, district V. It is part of the World Heritage View along the Danube.
Wikipedia: Istenszülő elhunyta Nagyboldogasszony-székesegyház (Budapest) (HU), Website
Sight 28: Tabáni Alexandriai Szent Katalin plébániatemplom
The St. Catherine of Alexandria Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Tabán quarter of Budapest, Hungary. It is the parish church of the Tabán Parish which also comprises parts of Gellért Hill and Naphegy. The church is a listed monument that was built in Central European Baroque style between 1728 and 1777. It was reconstructed several times in the 19th–20th centuries.
Wikipedia: St. Catherine of Alexandria Church, Budapest (EN), Url Miserend
Sight 29: Esperanto Park
The Esperanto Park (Budapest) does not officially exist, yet many people call it Esperanto Park!
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