|
Attractions in Budapest
The Scéchenyi Baths.
Budapest is famous for its baths, the hot water of which flows from a hundred streams. Scéchenyi are Budapest's most famous outdoor swimming baths. These beautiful baths, in New Baroque style, are open all year round. The bathing chess players you have seen in pictures of
Budapest spend their time here.
Address: Állatkerti körút. 11
Phone: +36 1 363 32 10
The Main Synagogue / Nagy Zsinagóga
The Jewish quarter on the Pest side is one of the largest in Europe, although the Jewish popoulation declined greatly during WW2. This is where the Main Synagogue is located, the largest in the world outside of New York. There is a Jewish museum beside the synagogue.
Address: Dohány u. 2-8
Castle Of Buda
The palace on Buda Hill contains several museums, including the Ludwig Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery and the Budapest Palace Museum. There are also narrow alleys and magnificent churches. The walled Slottskullen (Várhegy) is a UNESCO World Heritage site.
Hungarian State Opera
Budapest, together with Vienna, is an international capital of opera. The beautiful State Opera, completed in 1884, is worth a visit even if you are not interested in listening to opera. If you do like opera, you must book in good time and be prepared for a festive occasion.
Address: Andrássy út 22
Phone: +36 1 331 25 50
Internet: www.opera.hu
Buda Hills
On a clear day you should take the tram or bus to Budabergen, via the cog railway. Here you will find peace and calm high above the city, with a magnificent view from János-hegy. At the same time make sure to visit some of the caves which are open to the public. In the Pálvölgy cave,
among other things, you can see the unique dripstone figures "The Elephant" and "Crocodile". The air in the caves is said to be good for respiratory infections.
Szoborpark (the Statue Park)
Here you will find one of Budapest's most remarkable attractions. When the proletarian dictatorship's enormous monuments and statues were no longer politically correct - after 1989-90 - they were moved from their conspicuous locations in the centre to a suburb of Buda. Here - in this "Communist theme park" - among other things, there is the gigantic statue of Lenin and Cubist statues of Marx and Engels. The bus from the centre takes approx. 45 minutes.
Address: Distrikt XXIII on the corner of Balatoni út and Szabadkai út
|
|
