Hungary for adventure
Budapest's Must Visit
Hungarian National Museum
After your visit, food crawl your way through the 8th district. In recent years, inspiration has been just as prominent as grit, birthing an arty, animated hub dominated by colorful food and drink lairs.
Széchenyi Thermal Bath
In a city founded by the Romans for its healing waters, several baths vie for the top spot: Gellért, with its orientalist décor and outdoor wave machine; Széchenyi, for its belle époque grandeur; and Rudas, which feels like the Turks never left.
Omorovicza Boutique & Spa
In a country famed for its skin care, Omorovicza—a luxe spa on Andrássy Boulevard owned by a family with historic ties to Buda’s bathing culture—sets a high bar, with products filled with minerals from the thermal waters.
High Note Sky Bar
One of the best spots for taking in the picturesque panorama of Budapest.
Central Market Hall
The Great Market Hall in central Budapest is Budapest’s most famous marketplace. Why eat a huge disk of fried dough slathered with garlic and sour cream? Because you can. The truly adventurous can follow it up with a link of blood sausage.
Dohány Street Synagogue
The Dohány Street Synagogue, also known as the Great Synagogue or Tabakgasse Synagogue, is a historical building 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.
Andrássy út
This is the Champs Elyseé of Budapest. Constructed in the late 19th century this spacious tree lined avenue connects the inner city with with Heros Square. You will find luxurious shops and breathtaking architecture as you stroll towards the Hungarian State Opera, which was modeled after the famous Vienna Opera House.
Memento Park
This unique and well-landscaped outdoor park is now home to the exhibition of gigantic monuments from the age of Communist dictatorship. Here you can find dozens of excellent examples of Socialist realist outsize statuary, thankfully saved from vengeful wreckers after the change of system in 1989. Strip away the ideology, and there is real artistry in some of the bronzes, and a few have palpable passion, power and dynamism.
Fisherman's Bastion
The Fisherman's Bastion was built at the site of an old rampart that, during the Middle Ages, was defended by the guild of fishermen, who lived nearby in Vízívaros (watertown), at the foot of the hill. Thus the name of the bastion. An old fish market also sat at this location during medieval times.The bastion is made up of seven towers - each one symbolizing one of the seven Magyar tribes that, in 896, settled in the area now known as Hungary.
St. Stephen's Basilica
Fifty years in the making, the Basilica of St Stephen is Budapest's largest church. It is dedicated to St. Stephen, the first Christian king of Hungary. His right hand, the country's most important relic, is enshrined in one of the church's chapels.The mummified hand is kept in a shrine and paraded around the streets each year on August 20, the anniversary of St. Stephen's death.
Hungarian Parliament Building
Striking an imposing and impressive figure on the edge of the River Danube in the heart of Budapest, Hungary's Parliament building is one of the finest examples of Gothic Revival and Renaissance Revival architecture in the world today.