Things to See and Do in Budapest

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  • Photo of Rudas Baths Budapest

    Rudas Baths Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    126 reviews 3 travel blogs
    Distance: 1.2 miles from city center
    Category: Indoor Sports and Fitness
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    • Apr 15, 2008 ... in the late afternoon and decided to go to the Turkish Rudas baths, originally built in the 16th century. I have never been ...
    • May 28, 2010 ... in the early 1900s, but we decided to visit the less touristy Rudas Baths, which have been in operation since 1550 when they ...
    • Jul 20, 2011 ... to Belgrade that evening before making one last stop at Rudas baths. This was again a very relaxing afternoon - especially ...

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    Danube Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    183 reviews 654 travel blogs 698 photos
    Distance: 8.3 miles from city center
    Category: Beaches, Water Sports, Lakes & Rivers
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    • Feb 29, 2008 ... the acquiantance of a man, Istvan, who was a resident of Budapest who had visited Vancouver once upon a ...
    • Oct 25, 2007 ... going on!!!! A very friendly community, the friendliest people in Budapest to my experience, super nice people...and they're ...
    • Jul 5, 2006 ... of Hungary we headed down to the Danube early and searched for a camp site close to Budapest and on the famous river. ...
    • Jan 14, 2004 ... the hike up. I think the previous inhabitants liked walking Budapest too.  The Romans are believed to have introduced ...

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  • Photo of Szechenyi Baths and Pool Budapest

    Szechenyi Baths and Pool Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    578 reviews 3 travel blogs 5 photos
    Distance: 2.8 miles from city center
    Category: Indoor Sports and Fitness

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  • Photo of Chain Bridge (Szechenyi lanchid) Budapest

    Chain Bridge (Szechenyi lanchid) Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    197 reviews 229 travel blogs 447 photos
    Distance: 0.7 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
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    • May 20, 2010 ... The walking tour included most of the sites in Budapest including the chain bridge and the castle district.  As we ...
    • Jul 16, 2005 ... along the Danube on the Buda side and arrived at Chain Bridge. Now Chain Bridge is famous for the 4 lion statues. 2 at ...
    • Aug 20, 2007 ... decided it wasn't playing, and proceeded to die.  Argh. The chain bridge across the Danube was roped off, so we took ...
    • Apr 13, 2008 ... , two separate cities: Buda and Pest. It wasn't until the chain bridge was built that the two cities began to interact and ...

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  • Photo of Central Market Hall (Nagy Vasarcsarnok) Budapest

    Central Market Hall (Nagy Vasarcsarnok) Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    119 reviews 7 travel blogs 7 photos
    Distance: 1.6 miles from city center
    Category: Shopping
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    • Aug 25, 2008 ... buildings, of course).  We decided to go to Central Market Hall for lunch.  What a great idea, seriously.  ...
    • Aug 26, 2011 ... with the most spectacular view of the city of Budapest, the Central Market Hall, all the way to the Heroes’ Square. ...
    • May 21, 2011 ... .  After we walked along the river and went to the Central Market Hall for lunch, where we got a great Goulash and some ...
    • Jul 10, 2006 ... today.Totally lost.In my travels I stumbled across the central Market Hall, with food and vegies/fruit and meats on the ...

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  • Photo of Hungarian State Opera House (Magyar Allami Operahaz) Budapest

    Hungarian State Opera House (Magyar Allami Operahaz) Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    240 reviews 19 travel blogs 16 photos
    Distance: 1.3 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
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    • Jan 26, 2012 Seen and listened to AIDA. It even has a nice buffest, with snakcs and vine!
    • Jan 14, 2004 ... commercialism are still new to some people here. The Hungarian State Opera House was featuring the ballet Hommage A ...
    • Jul 17, 2010 ... timey. At any rate, this time I exited at the Hungarian State Opera House (Magyar Állami Operaház). There were tours at ...
    • Dec 3, 2007 ... út is Magyar Állami Operaház or the building of the Hungarian State Opera House. Of course, Su Yeon and I stopped to take ...

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  • Photo of Parliament (Orszaghaz) Budapest

    Parliament (Orszaghaz) Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    286 reviews 374 travel blogs 707 photos
    Distance: 1.1 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
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    • Jan 10, 2012 Indeed one of the richest in artwork I have ever seen! I was guided by Attila Gruber, one of the Fidesz deputy's in the Orsz ...
    • Oct 27, 1998 A wonderful building that catches your attention no matter where you're standing
    • Jul 16, 2005 ... St Stephen's so we climbed the tower instead. We walked over to Parliament House and found that you could do a tour. Good ...
    • Aug 20, 2007 ... little planes doing their own tricks, then took in the parliament building, which apparently was built in the image of the ...

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  • Photo of City Segway Tours - Budapest

    City Segway Tours - Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    22 reviews
    Distance: 6 miles from city center
    Category: Tours

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  • Photo of Gellert Hill and Statue (Gellert Hegy) Budapest

    Gellert Hill and Statue (Gellert Hegy) Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    118 reviews 1 travel blog 1 photo
    Distance: 1.2 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites
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    • Jan 1, 2012 I love this hotel, it has a Thermal bath, and all accomodations.

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  • Photo of Children's Railway Budapest

    Children's Railway Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    16 reviews 1 travel blog
    Distance: 6.3 miles from city center
    Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders
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    • Jul 9, 2011 ... 61 tram to the end of the line and hopped onto the Children's Railway.  This is a fully operating train with most of ...

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  • Photo of Budapest Zoo (Budapesti Allakert)

    Budapest Zoo (Budapesti Allakert)

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    89 reviews 59 travel blogs 24 photos
    Distance: 2.6 miles from city center
    Category: Zoo/Aquarium
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    • Jul 27, 2004 ... and are thinking of going back to Bratislava on a future trip. BUDAPEST, HUNGARY We arrived in Budapest at dinner time ...
    • Nov 5, 2008 ... and 18th centuries are mostly now about 50 years old.  Budapest was absolutely decimated during WWII and the town was ...
    • Sep 28, 2009 ... (Vaci Utca). On the way I passed the oldest church in Budapest, the Inner Parish Church. The foundation dates from the 11th ...
    • Nov 28, 2000 ... Em's plans going astray. We also took a day trip from Budapest to a place called Szentendre on a very wet dreary ...

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  • Photo of St. Stephen's Basilica (Szent Istvan Bazilika) Budapest

    St. Stephen's Basilica (Szent Istvan Bazilika) Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    267 reviews 57 travel blogs 123 photos
    Distance: 5.4 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
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    • Jul 6, 2006 ... Kiss showed us two marvelous stop offs at St Stephen's Basilica. Stephen was Hungary's first king and the Basilica was ...
    • Aug 12, 2008 ... beautiful, but the edge just might go to Budapest. The dome of St. Stephen's Basilica towers above the Pest side of the ...
    • Jul 7, 2011 ... Vancouver! After the requisite church steeple climb up St. Stephen's Basilica we immediately headed for the first of many ...
    • Apr 18, 2009 ... we ventured back into the Christian world and went into St. Stephen's Basilica, the major church in Pest. There was a ...

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  • Photo of House of Terror Budapest

    House of Terror Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    295 reviews 93 travel blogs 39 photos
    Distance: 1.7 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
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    • Jan 10, 2012 But Hungarians still live with the mentality that they have to HIDE a car, inside a museum :-) They hide a Soviet car ...
    • Nov 5, 2008 ... section was amazing.  From there we headed over to the House of Terror.  It is housed in the former headquarters of the ...
    • Jun 2, 2006 ... Today, we've been walking around all day. First, the House of Terror in the morning, which is a museum all about the ...
    • Jun 21, 2007 ... to oppose Communism. Along Andressy Avenue is a museum, the House of Terror which is adorned by haunting photos of people ...

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  • Photo of Heroes' Square (Hosok tere) Budapest

    Heroes' Square (Hosok tere) Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    158 reviews 139 travel blogs 235 photos
    Distance: 3.4 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites
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    • Sep 2, 2007 ... the rest of the park, through Heroes Square and then down the famous Andrassy Street...Budapest's version of the Champs de ...
    • Nov 5, 2008 ... the famed Avenue in Paris.  The street ends at the huge Heroes Square-full of statues and monuments paying homage to the ...
    • Jul 7, 2011 ... wandered down historic Andrássy út boulevard to City Park, Heroes Square, and also enjoyed a tour and mini concert in the ...
    • Jun 21, 2007 ... had to update you all on my short but sweet visit to Budapest, Hungary. And, as especially requested by dear Bob, I will ...

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  • Photo of Museum of Ethnography (Neprajzi Muzeum) Budapest

    Museum of Ethnography (Neprajzi Muzeum) Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    10 reviews 2 travel blogs
    Distance: 1.2 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
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    • Jan 22, 2009 ... Parliament to take some photos of that and the Museum of Ethnography opposite, which used to be the Justice building. That ...
    • Mar 6, 2003 ... Day #3 The group went to the Neprajzi Muzeum (Museum of Ethnography) and saw the permanent hungarian culture exhibit. ...

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  • Photo of Matyas Caves Budapest

    Matyas Caves Budapest

    Traveler Rating 5.00
    4 reviews
    Distance: 1.2 miles from city center
    Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders

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  • Photo of Great / Central Synagogue (Nagy Zsinagoga) Budapest

    Great / Central Synagogue (Nagy Zsinagoga) Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    156 reviews 1 travel blog 2 photos
    Distance: 1.4 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
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    • Sep 30, 2011 Besides being the second largest synagogue in the world, the memorial to Jews lost to the Holocaust is very moving and a must ...

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  • Photo of Castle Hill (Varhegy) Budapest

    Castle Hill (Varhegy) Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    217 reviews 174 travel blogs 241 photos
    Distance: 0.6 miles from city center
    Category: Scenery and Natural Wonders
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    • Oct 14, 2005 ... while underground in the labyrinth. Caves and tunnels that are under Castle hill go on for ages. They let you wander ...
    • Aug 24, 2008 ... my third- and probably the last- overnight train to Budapest, Hungary.  I have been looking forward to Budapest for ...
    • Aug 20, 2007 ... their figures either. We tried to get up to the Palace on Castle Hill, but there was some folk festival on with a rather ...
    • Jul 27, 2004 ... and are thinking of going back to Bratislava on a future trip. BUDAPEST, HUNGARY We arrived in Budapest at dinner time ...

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  • Photo of Hungarian National Museum (Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum) Budapest

    Hungarian National Museum (Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum) Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    19 reviews 7 travel blogs 1 photo
    Distance: 1.6 miles from city center
    Category: Museums
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    • Mar 19, 2011 ... a winter beaten park, als checking out the Hungarian National Museum which gave a good overview of Hungarian modern ...
    • Jul 22, 2006 ... ; We spent the early part of the day at the Hungarian National Museum (which was free, yay!) and learned about history of ...
    • Oct 9, 2009 ... the day. The next day Andre went to the Hungarian National Museum while I wandered around. Then we walked over the famous ...
    • Sep 14, 2007 ... Back to the present - we visited the Hungarian National Museum which was absolutely amazing. Unfortunately they didn't ...

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  • Photo of Matthias Church (Matyas Templom) Budapest

    Matthias Church (Matyas Templom) Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    50 reviews 83 travel blogs 121 photos
    Distance: 8.2 miles from city center
    Category: Buildings and Structures
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    • Jun 23, 2011 ... was easy to walk around the Old Castle, Buda Old Town, St Matthias Church, then down to the river and across Margit Bridge ...
    • Jul 7, 2011 ... explored Castle Hill the first full day – Royal Palace, Matthias Church as well as the weird Buda Castle underground ...
    • Aug 11, 2006 ... and worked our way back up to Fishermans Bastian and Matthias Church. The church had the prettiest roof that i have seen ...
    • Jun 7, 2010 ... in Fort Knox until Jimmy Carter returned it. The building of Matthias Church was started in 1246 and every King has enlarged ...

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  • Photo of Szimpla Kert Budapest

    Szimpla Kert Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    20 reviews 6 travel blogs 4 photos
    Distance: 1.5 miles from city center
    Category: Nightlife
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Aug 20, 2010 ... My two favorite things we did while in Budapest were most definitely going to the bar Szimpla Kert.  it is one of the ...
    • Aug 29, 2010 ... old buildings that have an inner courtyard. She took us to "Szimpla Kert," which is this amazing night club/bar located in ...
    • Jan 13, 2012 ... don't think I'll be going to Arkad for a while now.   Szimpla Kert. One of the most famous and beloved bars in ...
    • Oct 4, 2010 ... get our bearings, then ended up at Szimpla Kert for beer and dinner. A unique aspect of Budapest that we hadn't seen ...

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  • Photo of Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum (Liszt Ferenc Emlekmuzeum) Budapest

    Liszt Ferenc Memorial Museum (Liszt Ferenc Emlekmuzeum) Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    5 reviews
    Distance: 1.8 miles from city center
    Category: Museums

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  • Photo of Klassz Budapest

    Klassz Budapest

    Traveler Rating 5.00
    6 reviews 2 travel blogs
    Distance: 1.5 miles from city center
    Category: Nightlife
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    • May 24, 2010 ... Serbian border.   I've just kissed Will goodbye at the Budapest airport, he should just now be boarding a flight back ...
    • Jun 28, 2010 ... ...

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  • Photo of Citadella Budapest

    Citadella Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    19 reviews 24 travel blogs 19 photos
    Distance: 1.3 miles from city center
    Category: Historic sites
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    • Jun 1, 2006 ... scaling his slippery leg and back. Then I went to the Citadella, a mini castle thing with an incredible view. And now, ...
    • Sep 12, 2010 ... of the Castle HiIl quarter, the Buda Palace, climbed up to Citadella and the Victory Monument, back down the fashion streets ...
    • Oct 27, 2008 ... could see the Hungarian National Gallery, the Royal Palace, and the Citadella all lit up.  It was beautiful.  We got some ...
    • Nov 11, 2010 ... a bus across the Danube to Buda and walked up to the Citadella at Gellert Hill.  The views across to Buda and Pest ...

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  • Photo of Historical Museum of Budapest (Budapesti Torteneti Muzeum)

    Historical Museum of Budapest (Budapesti Torteneti Muzeum)

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    3 reviews 1 travel blog
    Distance: 0.6 miles from city center
    Category: Museums

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  • Photo of Margaret Island (Margitsziget) Budapest

    Margaret Island (Margitsziget) Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    83 reviews 54 travel blogs 34 photos
    Distance: 2.8 miles from city center
    Category: Sightseeing
    Reviews & Experiences:
    • Jun 6, 2010 ... of the highlights to date. The boat could not go around Margaret Island because we could not go under the nearby bridge but ...
    • Sep 28, 2008 ... of the trip. In the middle of the river is an island called Margaret Island, named after some queen. It is now also linked ...
    • May 23, 2009 ... ?! hahahaha Afterwards we split up and she went to visit Margaret Island while I went splunking in the caves under the ...
    • Aug 20, 2010 ... in Munich, Tracy, who was going to Bratislava, Slovakia and Budapest, Hungary, which were two of the cities I really wanted ...

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  • Photo of Budvari Siklo (Buda Hill Funicular) Budapest

    Budvari Siklo (Buda Hill Funicular) Budapest

    Traveler Rating 3.50
    32 reviews 3 travel blogs 1 photo
    Distance: 0.6 miles from city center
    Category: Tours

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  • Photo of WestEnd City Center Budapest

    WestEnd City Center Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.50
    7 reviews 1 travel blog 1 photo
    Distance: 1.7 miles from city center
    Category: Shopping
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    • Mar 16, 2009 ... , drop off my bags and head to WestEnd City Center, the biggest shopping mall in Budapest. After some errands Kati and Gabor ...

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  • Photo of Museum of Applied Arts (Iparmuveszeti Muzeum) Budapest

    Museum of Applied Arts (Iparmuveszeti Muzeum) Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    5 reviews 2 photos
    Distance: 6.3 miles from city center
    Category: Museums

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  • Photo of Lukacs Baths Budapest

    Lukacs Baths Budapest

    Traveler Rating 4.00
    12 reviews 1 photo
    Distance: 1.8 miles from city center
    Category: Indoor Sports and Fitness

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