Caves in Budapest

The longest cave of Budapest is the Palvolgyi Cave. The other major cave systems in Budapest are Matyas-hegyi cave, Ferenc-hegyi cave, Jozsef-hegyi cave and Szemlo-hegyi cave.

St. Stephen's Basilica

St. Stephen's Basilica (Szent István-bazilika) is a Roman Catholic basilica named in honour of Stephen, the first King of Hungary (c 975–1038). It was the sixth largest church building in Hungary before 1920. Today, it is the third largest church building in present-day Hungary. It has a width of 55 metres, and length of 87.4 metres. It was completed in 1905 after 54 years of construction.

The architectural style is Neo-Classical. The facade is anchored by two large bell towers. In the southern tower is Hungary's biggest bell, weighing over 9 tonnes.  Visitors may access the dome by elevators or by climbing 364 stairs for a 360° view overlooking Budapest.

Organ concerts in the Basilica take place Thursday evenings about a 20.00 and last a little over an hour.

1051, Budapest Szent István tér 1  

Lake near the Vajdahunyad castle

Lake near the Vajdahunyad castle - City Park has the largest artificial ice surface in Europe, opened in 1870. It is turned into a boating lake in the summer.

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.

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

Heroes' Square Budapest

The most spectacular square in the capital, Heroes' Square is located at the entrance to City Park. The central site of the Hero's square, as well as a landmark of Budapest, is the Millennium Monument. The construction of the Monument started when the one thousand-th anniversary was celebrated (in 1896), but it was finished only in 1900, and the square got its name then.


When the Monument was originally constructed, Hungary was a part of the Austrian Empire and thus the last five spaces for statues on the left of the colonnade were reserved for members of the ruling Habsburg dynasty. From left to right these were: Ferdinand I (relief: Defense of the Castle at Eger); Leopold I (relief: Eugene of Savoy defeats the Turks at Zenta), Charles III, Maria Theresa (relief: The Hungarian Diet votes support "vitam et sanguinem") and Franz Joseph (relief: Franz Joseph crowned by Gyula Andrássy) The monument was damaged in World War II and when it was rebuilt the Habsburgs were replaced by the current figures.

Margaret Island Budapest

Margaret Island is 2,5 Km long and at its broadest part there is a huge park 500 m wide. The island is one of Budapest's most popular places for walking, bathing, amusement and sports. 

It is likely the once the Romans occupies the island, for remains of villas and watchtowers dating back to Roman times have been found here. During the Middle Ages the Templars of St. John built the castle-monastery in the southern part of the island. The Dominican order was also established here, in which King Bela IV's daughter, (St.) Margaret lived and died. It was from her that the Margaret Island at one time called Rabbit Island, received its present name. The medieval buildings were destroyed during the Turkish occupation and only since the end of the 18th century has the island become a well-cared-for park. The owner of the island at that time Palatine Joseph planted here flowers, trees and plants and had summer homes built here. 

At the end of the 19th century deep-drilling operations brought medicinal thermal water to the surface and Margaret Island subsequently developed into an internationally-known bathing (SPA) and recreational area. 

Arpad Bridge spans the Danube river at the northern tip of the Margaret Island and there is a road leading from it to the island. The length of the Arpad Bridge is almost 2 kilometers and its length over the water is 928 meters. It was completed in 1950 but has since been enlarged. Private cars can be driven onto the island only across the Arpad Bridge and only as far as the car park next to the Grand Hotel Margitsziget and the Danubius Thermal Hotel Margitsziget. However any part of the island can be reached by means of bus, taxi (cab) or mini bus service.

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The Danubius Thermal Hotel was built on the northern part of the island near the road leading to the Arpad Bridge next to the charming Japanese Garden. The Grand Hotel Margaret Island is situated nearby. The Open-air Theatre of the State Opera House where opera and ballet performances and concerts are held every summer is situated in the center of the island. The stage which is surrounded by ancient trees has an area of 1,400 square meter. The Water Tower overlooking the theatre was built in 1911.

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