Asia Center Budapest

Asia Center Budapest
Address: H-1152 Budapest, Szentmihályi út 167-169.
GPS: N 47° 32’ 53” E 19° 08’ 52”

AsiaCenter currently promotes 500 operating showrooms, these represent numerous Asian and Middle East nations (including China, Vietnam, India, Mongolia etc.).

Working time: Mo-Su  between  10:00-19:00



From Keleti railway station you can use 173, 173E bus lines till  Nyírpalota úti end station, and from there walk 150 m.

Tropicarium Budapest

Tropicarium do not only present a part of the deep sea world but also a tiny bit of a tropical rainforest, where the sky thunders every quarter of an hour, rain starts to fall and lightning zigzags over the lazily lying Mississippi alligators. Besides, the Tropicarium can boast with the largest sea aquarium in all Central Europe, the shark aquarium containing 1.4 million litres of salt water, housing 8 two-meter-long sharks and hundreds of colourful fish of other species, swimming around in peaceful harmony. In addition to the enormous fish-tank, there are 50 other ‘smaller' aquariums and terrariums (meaning 5-40.000 litres each!) on site.

Working time is  - Every day of the year between 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. - The ticket office closes at 7 p.m.


Address: 1222 Budapest, District XXII, Nagytétényi út 37-43. (South Buda area)

Accessibility:By car directly from motorways M0, M1 and M7, via highway 6 or from Nagytétényi út. (Free parking facility of 1800 places for cars and buses).

By bus from Móricz Zs. körtér by bus 3, from Kosztolányi D. tér by bus 14 and 114. Bus 233 connects with the city centre (Astoria, Ferenciek tere).
Visitors have to take off all three buses at the bus stop in Lépcsős utca.

By train: Through the train station named Budatétény next to the Campona.

Szentendre Skanzen

Trips from Budapest

These are places which are within easy travel distance of Budapest by train or bus, for a day out. If you have enough time, while you are in Budapest, you can easily visit Esztergom, Visegrad or Szentendre.

Esztergom - Each year this more than 1000- year-old settlement (founded 973) the first capital of the country, site for the baptism into the Christian Church of St. Stephen king, where the pagan rebel Koppany was cruelly executed, seat of kings and achbishops for centuries - attracts around 1 million visitors. Hungary’s largest church, the Basilica, stands atop Castle Hill. There is a statue of St. Stephen not far away, and the recently rebuild Maria Valearia Bridge alsto contributes to the delightful view of the surroundings.

Visegrad - is a synthesis of the past, present and future. At one time, the border of the Roman Empire, the limes, ran past the settlement, you can still see the ruins of Roman watchtowers along the Danube. The first king of Hungary, St. Stephen established a stewardship here and raised the archdeacon’s church, the foundations of which still stand on Castle.

Szentendre - This neat town with a decidedly Mediterranean feel has preserved its 18-19th century compact and unified layout. Its picturesque stting on the Danube, its achitecture and historical monuments all contributed to the formation over the years of colonies of painters, sculptors and artists who lived and still live today in Szentedre. Thre is a particularly strong Serbian culture all around, brought here by Serb communities fleeing in a Turkish onslaught in the late 17th century. Most of the houses which once belonged to wealthy merchants are now museums, in fact, the galleries, workshops, exhibition centres and museums just come one after the other. Sentendre is home to the first (and still the largest) skanzen or open air museum in Hungary.

If you use a "Budapest Card" you have to pay the equivalent of about US$ 2 extra for the section beyond the city limits. Another pleasant way to go is by river boat. Be prepared for a lot of walking - both the HEV station and the boat dock are about 1km from the town, in which all the streets are for pedestrians only.

Godollo - is a town about 35km (22 miles) north-east of Budapest.  Built in the 18th. century, for many years the palace was the summer residence of the Austrian Hapsburg Emperor Franz Josef. Part of the fortification surrounding it still remains. The palace was badly damaged during the 50 year occupation by Soviet troops, but the main building has recently been beautifully restored, as seen in this view from the park in the rear. The extensive park has reverted to its wild state as a result of half a century of neglect. But you can hike there or rent horses.

Esztergom and Visegrad are easily accessible by Volanbusz departing from the Ujpest-Varoskapu station on metro line 3. A suburban railway service (HEV) to Szentendre departs from the Batthyany tere station, and to Godollo from Ors Vezer tere station at the end of Metro line M2. If you have a Budapest card,  when you are buying tickets for suburban railway service (HEV) you have to pay extra for the section beyond the city limits.

Museums and Galleries

Aquincum Museum and Ruins
Szentendrei ut 135-139. Site: Aquincum Museum and Ruins
One of the largest archeological parks in Hungary. Visitors can see Roman period objects from the territory of Budapest in the permanent and temporary exhibitions. Permanent exhibition Rome in Aquincum.
Suburban railway from Batthyany Square towards Szentendre
Bus - 34,134,106

Budapest History Museum Castle Museum
Szent Gyorgy ter 2. Collection of archaeological finds in Budapest. Budapest in the Middle Ages
Bus - 5,16,178
Tram - 18


Museum and Institute of Military History
Toth Arpad setany 40. Site: Museum and Institute of Military History
A rich collection of weapons from the day before the Turkish wars to the 20th century.
Bus - 16A


Ferenc Hopp Huseum of Eastern Asiatic Art
Andrassy ut 103. The collection based on 19th century art collector Ferenc Hopp's collection.
Metro line 1 till Bajza utca
Trolleybus - 70,78

Holocaust Memorial Centre
Pava u. 39. Site: Holocaust Memorial Centre
Tram - 4,6,21
Metro line 3 till Ferenc Korut

Museum of Applied Art
Ulloi ut 33-37.  Site: Museum of Applied Art
The most precious items in the museum's collection can be seen in the permanent exhibition.

Tram - 4,6

Kassak Lajos Memorial Museum
Fo ter 1. Exhibition in the former Zichy Mansion on the art of Lajos Kassak, leading artist of Hungarian avant-garde, poetry, painting and literary editor.
Bus - 206, 86
Tram - 1

Kiscell Museum
Kiscelli utca 108. Its exhibitions embrace two major areas of collections from the Budapest History Museum: modern urban history, and the fine art collection of the Municipal Gallery.
Bus - 260, 165
Tram - 17

Transport Museum
Varosligeti korut 11.  Site: Transport Museum
One of Europe's oldest transport history collections include 100 years and today, 100 years of Hungarian motoring, a century of Hungarian state shipping, History of Motoring, History of Steam Locomotion, History of urban transport.
Bus - 7,173E
Metro line 1 till Szechenyi bath

Hungarian Natural History Museum
Ludovika ter 2-6. Site:  Natural History Museum
Large mineral and rock collection. Permanent exhibitions are: Man and nature in Hungary, Treasures from the mineral collection, Time track-rock park in front of the museum.
Metro line 3 till Nagyvarad ter
Tram - 24

Art Gallery
Dozsa Gyorgy ut 37 (Heroes' Square). Site: Art Gallery
The largest exhibition gallery in the country. It does not have its own collection, but its regular temporary exhibitions feature mainly the contemporary arts, and the works of artistic groups.
Metro line 1 till Heroes' Square
Bus - 20,30,105
Trolleybus - 75,79

Museum of Fine Arts
Dozsa Gyorgy ut 41 (Heroes' Square). Site: Museum of Fine Arts
The museum has a broad collection of foreign art from Antiquity to the present day. In addition to the Egyptian, Greek, and Roman collections, the italian collection, which give a comprehensive overview of italian schools of painting from 13th to 18th century.....
Metro line 1 till Heroes' Square
Bus - 20,30,105
Trolleybus - 75,79

Stamp Museum
Harsfa utca 47. Site: Stamp Museum
Tram - 4,6
Trolleybus - 74

Underground Railway Museum
Deak Square-pedestrian underpass.
Metro lines 1,2,3 Deak Square

Baths in Budapest

Today's Budapest has been a habitation site noted for its baths for nearly two thousand years; From the earliest traces of various tribal settlements to the former bathing buildings and the barracks of the 2nd Roman legion in Acquincum of the province of Pannonia. The earliest known remains from after the establishment of the nation, date from 1178, and mention a settlement under the name of Felhévíz (Upper Hot Spring) in the present area of Óbuda-Újlak (thermal baths Lukács and Császár).

Turkish baths: Rudas,Király
Historical baths: Gellért, Lukács, Széchenyi
Baths: Dagály, Dandár

Budapest Spas and Hot Springs