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Attractions

Andrássy Avenue

Aquaworld

Aquincum Museum

Buda Castle

Buda Castle Caves

Budapest Eye

Budapest History Museum

Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden

Cat Museum Budapest

  • Pirate, the museum’s calico cat, lying on a cat tree in front of a turquoise wall at Cat Museum Budapest. Photo: via Tiqets
  • A white long-haired cat and a plush cat on a table in front of the painting wall at Cat Museum Budapest, with a picture of a cat on the Chain Bridge behind. Photo: via GetYourGuide
  • The glass case of porcelain cats upstairs at Cat Museum Budapest, with Zsolnay, Herend and Hollóháza figures on white shelves. Photo: via Tiqets
  • The Egyptian-style selfie wall at Cat Museum Budapest, painted with a gold sun disc and two black cats, with a ring light on a stand in front. Photo: via Tiqets
  • Painting workshop participants at tables of acrylics and canvases, reaching down to four of the resident cats on the floor at Cat Museum Budapest. Photo: via Tiqets

Cinema Mystica

  • Main photo: A visitor standing in a mirrored room at Cinema Mystica in Budapest, surrounded by brightly coloured projected patterns on the walls and floor. Photo: Cinema Mystica, via GetYourGuide
  • Tall human figures in a starfield projected on a wall at Cinema Mystica in Budapest, with glossy black sculpted figures standing in the dark room. Photo: Cinema Mystica, via GetYourGuide
  • A visitor operating a large circular light sculpture at Cinema Mystica in Budapest, its rings lit with white and red LEDs in a dark room. Photo: Cinema Mystica, via GetYourGuide
  • A visitor sitting among tall, angled white forms lit by blue and pink projections in a room at Cinema Mystica in Budapest. Photo: Cinema Mystica, via GetYourGuide
  • A visitor silhouetted against a curtain of hanging light strands glowing blue, pink and green in a dark room at Cinema Mystica in Budapest. Photo: Cinema Mystica, via GetYourGuide
  • Main photo on "How to Get to Cinema Mystica": The Párisi Udvar building on Ferenciek tere in Budapest, its brick and stone facade and twin turrets seen from the square, with exhibition signs at street level. Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • The arched corner doorway of the Párisi Udvar on Ferenciek tere, with a Cinema Mystica sign over the door and Immersive and Exhibition signs in the windows either side. Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped

City Park (Városliget)

City passes

Dohány Street Synagogue

Fisherman's Bastion

Gellért Hill

  • Main photo: The rocky south face of Gellért Hill rising above the Danube embankment in Budapest, with the Liberty Statue and the national flag on the summit. Photo: kallerna, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • A guide and a small group standing on the paved walk in the Citadella's new park, beside the tall mast flying the Hungarian flag. Photo: Buda Castle Walks, via GetYourGuide
  • The reflecting pool in the former round-bastion courtyard of the Citadella, a red sculpture at its centre and the glass hall behind it mirrored in the water between the old stone walls. Photo: Elekes Andor, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • The Liberty Statue on Gellért Hill, the bronze Genius holding a palm leaf on its tall stone pedestal, with a cross set into the pedestal and the two bronze side figures on their plinths. Photo: Christo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • The Danube, Elisabeth Bridge and the Pest waterfront seen from a lookout on Gellért Hill on a cloudy day. Photo: Elekes Andor, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • The Roof Garden 360 on top of the Citadella's Western Round Bastion, a curved paved walkway with railings round a glass lift pavilion, the national flag and the Liberty Statue beyond. Photo: Elekes Andor, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • A stretch of the Citadella's pale stone fortress wall with a patch of stonework torn and pitted by explosive fragments, against a blue sky. Photo: Buda Castle Walks, via GetYourGuide
  • The arched entrance of the Cave Church set into the rock face of Gellért Hill above the embankment road, with a cross on the cliff above it. Photo: Random photos 1989, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • The bronze statue of Bishop Gellért raising a cross, standing in front of its semicircular colonnade on the hillside of Gellért Hill. Photo: Renardo la vulpo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • The artificial waterfall below the St Gellért monument running, water cascading down the rock from under a stone arch between thick greenery, with the bronze eagles on their columns at the bottom. Photo: Yoav Dothan / Wikimedia Commons, public domain
  • The Philosophers' Garden on Gellért Hill, a ring of bronze figures standing round a dark circular pool on a paved terrace, with low shrubs in front and trees behind. Photo: Gothika, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • A group standing at a stone parapet on the Citadella's wall-walk, looking out over the Danube, the Chain Bridge and Pest. Photo: Buda Castle Walks, via GetYourGuide
  • The wooded slopes of Gellért Hill in autumn colour, looking down over the Danube towards the Chain Bridge and Buda Castle. Photo: EvezzVelem, via GetYourGuide
  • The bronze statues of Prince Buda and Princess Pest standing on relief models of the two cities, on a stone base on Gellért Hill. Photo: Trails of Budapest, via GetYourGuide
  • A group on e-bikes riding across the Chain Bridge in Budapest, with one of the bridge's stone towers ahead. Photo: Bike Tour Kft, via GetYourGuide
  • The Búsuló Juhász (Citadella) bus stop at the western entrance to the Gellért Hill park, with a bus on the road and the wooded hillside behind. Photo: Globetrotter19, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • The Gellért Hotel and the bath behind it seen from above on Gellért Hill, with the roofs of Buda beyond. Photo: VillageHero, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • The Szent Gellért steps climbing the rock face of Gellért Hill in winter, with ornate lamp standards along the stone balustrade. Photo: Globetrotter19, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • A narrow paved path crossing the grass and trees of the open parkland on Gellért Hill. Photo: Aktron, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • A photograph from about 1874 of a cave dwelling built into the rock at the foot of Gellért Hill, on the site where the Cave Church was later made. Photo: Fortepan 82112 / Budapest City Archives, public domain
  • Men standing among the broken stone of the Citadella's walls above Budapest during the partial demolition at the end of the 1890s. Photo: Lakner, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • Edwardian visitors standing on the stone steps beside the artificial waterfall below the St Gellért monument, photographed in 1910. Photo: Fortepan 17997 / Schoch Frigyes, public domain
  • The rough stone wall of the Citadella in 1953, with people walking the promenade beside it and the Liberty Statue standing beyond. Photo: Fortepan 51898 / Nagy Gyula, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • Main photo on "Cave Church (Sziklatemplom) on Gellért Hill": The glazed entrance of the Cave Church set into the rock at the foot of Gellért Hill, with a white cross on the cliff above it and the Liberty Statue on the summit behind. Photo: Random photos 1989, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • The outer cave of the Cave Church, with a gift shop counter and display cases, a row of flags hanging from the rock and steps leading up to a door into the church. Photo: Random photos 1989, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • A white statue of Our Lady of Lourdes, hands joined in prayer, standing in a niche in the reddish rock of the outer cave, with a small plaque below. Photo: Random photos 1989, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • A narrow passage of the Cave Church cut through pale rock, with rows of wooden prayer desks leading to a small chapel with a carved wooden altar at the far end. Photo: Random photos 1989, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • The main chapel of the Cave Church, rows of wooden pews facing an altar under a large crucifix, with rough rock walls and ceiling all around. Photo: Random photos 1989, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • Intricately carved wooden panels and an ornate carved wooden altar, behind a low rope barrier on carved wooden posts, in a white-walled hall of the Cave Church. Photo: VillageHero, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • The arched mouth of the Cave Church in the rock face of Gellért Hill, closed by tall wrought-iron gates, with a paved terrace and street lamps in front. Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Gellért Thermal Bath

Great Market Hall

Heroes' Square

Hop-on hop-off buses

  • Passengers with earphones on the open top deck of a Big Bus in Budapest. Photo: Big Bus Tours, via Tiqets
  • A Big Bus double-decker passing the Műcsarnok, the Hall of Art, on Heroes' Square in Budapest. Photo: Big Bus Tours, via Tiqets
  • The Castle Garden Bazaar on the Buda embankment with the Royal Palace of Buda Castle rising behind it. Photo: Dennis G. Jarvis / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
  • The west front of St. Stephen's Basilica seen from Szent István tér, with the steps up to the main entrance. Photo: Linda Gerbec / Unsplash
  • A red City Sightseeing Budapest open-top double-decker waiting at a stop in central Budapest. Photo: Christo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • Passengers boarding a red City Sightseeing double-decker at the Dohány utca stop in Budapest in winter. Photo: Globetrotter19, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
  • A Big Bus Budapest double-decker on Gellért Hill with Buda and the Danube behind. Photo: Big Bus Tours, via Tiqets
  • A Big Bus double-decker at the Castle Garden Bazaar below Buda Castle. Photo: Big Bus Tours, via Tiqets
  • The Dohány Street Synagogue seen from the Károly körút side, with the arcaded museum wing on the left and the two towers behind. Photo: 2jaipm / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • A Big Bus open-top double-decker passing the Millennium Monument on Heroes' Square in Budapest. Photo: Big Bus Tours, via Tiqets
  • Gellért Hill in Budapest seen from below, with the Liberty Statue and the Hungarian flag on the summit. Photo: Paul Colin Hennig / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • A car of the Buda Castle Funicular climbing the brick-walled track towards Szent György tér. Photo: Jakub Hałun / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • The Hungarian Parliament on the far bank of the Danube, seen from the Buda side with the edge of a stone turret on the right. Photo: Mike is Michi / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • The blue Official Budapest Castle Bus electric minibus with passengers at Clark Ádám tér, with the Chain Bridge behind. Photo: Official Budapest Castle Bus, via GetYourGuide
  • The south side of Matthias Church from Szentháromság tér, with the Mary Gate porch, the tiled roof and the Matthias Tower. Photo: HerrAdams / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Soldiers of the Honvéd Palace Guard changing the guard in front of Sándor Palace on Szent György tér, Buda Castle. Photo: Fenykepezo / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

House of Terror Museum

  • The Gulag room on the second floor of the House of Terror Museum, its floor a map of the Soviet Union with black cones hanging above it. Photo: n1207 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
  • The Churches room on the first floor of the House of Terror Museum, a lit cross sunk into the floor of a dark vaulted corridor. Photo: n1207 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
  • The Soviet T-54 tank in the glassed-over atrium of the House of Terror Museum, seen from a gallery above, with the wall of victims' portraits behind it. Photo: Fred Romero / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
  • The House of Terror Museum on a sunny day, with the word TERROR, cut into the black entablature, falling as a shadow on the facade. Photo: Tbachner / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
  • The House of Terror Museum on Andrássy út under its black entablature, the starting point for the tours that include entry. Photo: TransferMe, via Tiqets
  • The row of oval portraits set into the base of the black frame of the House of Terror Museum, the museum's Wall of Heroes, with flowers left beneath. Photo: Fred Romero / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
  • The Iron Curtain sculpture on the pavement of Andrássy út, a wall of rusted chains hung from steel girders, with the facade of the House of Terror Museum behind. Photo: Fred Romero / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
  • The wall of victims' portraits in the atrium of the House of Terror Museum, rising the full height of the building under the words ÁLDOZATOK, VICTIMS. Photo: Fred Romero / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Hungarian National Museum

Hungarian Parliament

Hungarian State Opera House

Lukács Thermal Bath

Madame Tussauds Budapest

  • The Sissi wax figure in a white gown beside her carriage in the Hungarian Spirit zone of Madame Tussauds Budapest, with the King Stephen set behind. Photo: Hungaria Koncert, via Tiqets
  • Two visitors kissing the Madonna wax figure on the cheeks under a neon sign at Madame Tussauds Budapest. Photo: Hungaria Koncert, via Tiqets
  • Two visitors taking tea beside the Queen Elizabeth II wax figure at Madame Tussauds Budapest. Photo: Hungaria Koncert, via Tiqets
  • Two visitors jumping on a set with a floor-to-ceiling LED wall at Madame Tussauds Budapest. Photo: Hungaria Koncert, via Tiqets
  • The columned ticket hall of Madame Tussauds Budapest inside Palazzo Dorottya, with visitors at the desks under the palace ceiling. Photo: Elekes Andor / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Margaret Island

  • Main photo: A broad walk under tall trees on Margaret Island in Budapest, with two people walking in autumn sunshine. Photo: Marcin Monko / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
  • The musical fountain on Margaret Island in full flow, jets playing over the round basin with plane trees behind and people sitting on the stone rim. Photo: Andrzej Otrębski / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • The Margaret Island Water Tower rising above the trees behind the entrance to the island's open-air theatre, on a sunny day. Photo: Schwarzweisz / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
  • The ruins of the Dominican convent on Margaret Island, low stone walls and gravel paths between them, with the canopy over Saint Margaret's grave slab behind. Photo: Schwarzweisz / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
  • Outdoor pools at the Palatinus lido on Margaret Island on a summer day, bathers in the water and the Buda hills behind the trees. Photo: Globetrotter19, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
  • The red tartan running track on Margaret Island with a runner on it, a paved footpath beside it and pine trees behind. Photo: Elekes Andor / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • A fallow deer standing on the grass of its wire-fenced enclosure in the small zoo on Margaret Island, a hooded crow beside it and a second deer resting in the undergrowth behind. Photo: Globetrotter19 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Four riders on EZRaider electric four-wheelers lined up on a gravel path across a lawn on Margaret Island, with flower beds and trees behind. Photo: EZRaider Budapest, via GetYourGuide
  • Two riders in helmets on Segways on a gravel path on Margaret Island, with a wide lawn, flower beds and a line of trees behind them. Photo: GetSegway, via GetYourGuide
  • A blue BKK bus on route 26 to Nyugati pályaudvar, passing the yellow railings of the ramp onto Margaret Island with trees behind. Photo: Albert Lugosi / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
  • The stone west front of Saint Michael's chapel on Margaret Island, with its pointed doorway, bell tower and a bronze relief above the door. Photo: Schwarzweisz / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
  • Main photo on "Palatinus Bath on Margaret Island": The white Bauhaus building of the Palatinus bath on Margaret Island at dusk, with its glass spiral staircase lit from inside. Photo: Hungaria Koncert, via GetYourGuide
  • Aerial view of the outdoor pools at Palatinus, with the long lane pool in the middle, the polygonal pools either side and the trees of Margaret Island around them. Photo: Hungaria Koncert, via GetYourGuide
  • The indoor pool hall at Palatinus, still turquoise water between tall tiled columns, with a brass handrail at the steps. Photo: Hungaria Koncert, via GetYourGuide
  • An indoor plunge pool at Palatinus, a small square pool with brass rails, set in terracotta tiled walls. Photo: Hungaria Koncert, via GetYourGuide
  • The entrance hall at Palatinus, a white hall with a red and white ribbed ceiling, a painted mural above the row of ticket windows and queue barriers in front. Photo: Hungaria Koncert, via GetYourGuide

Matthias Church

Memento Park

Puskás Aréna

Rudas Thermal Bath

  • The octagonal pool of the Turkish bath at Rudas, under a stone dome on pillars, with a bather sitting at the edge. Photo: Rudas Bistro, via GetYourGuide
  • The rooftop panorama pool at Rudas Thermal Bath under a white ribbed canopy, with Elisabeth Bridge and Gellért Hill's cliffs behind. Photo: Rudas Bistro, via GetYourGuide
  • Neck showers pouring into a warm pool in the wellness section at Rudas Thermal Bath. Photo: Christo / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • Wooden benches and lamps in a Finnish sauna in the sauna world at Rudas Thermal Bath. Photo: Christo / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • The arcaded swimming hall at Rudas Thermal Bath, lit at night, with the pool empty. Photo: Christo / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • The terrace of Rudas Bistro at night, with tables, plants and string lights, and Elisabeth Bridge lit up behind. Photo: Rudas Bistro, via GetYourGuide
  • Rudas Thermal Bath seen across the Danube, a long yellow building on the Buda embankment below the cliffs of Gellért Hill. Photo: Elekes Andor / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
  • The arcaded 19th-century swimming hall at Rudas Thermal Bath, lit at night. Photo: Christo / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

St. Stephen's Basilica

  • Main photo: West front of St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest, with its two bell towers and central dome. Photo: Anthony, via Unsplash
  • Looking straight up into the dome of St. Stephen's Basilica, with Károly Lotz's mosaic of God the Father at the centre. Photo: David Xeli / Unsplash
  • The sanctuary and main altar of St. Stephen's Basilica, with the marble statue of King Stephen under its canopy. Photo: ian kelsall / Unsplash
  • The neo-Gothic reliquary holding the Holy Right, the mummified right hand of King Stephen, lit inside its glass case. Photo: Prolete / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
  • View west from the Panorama Terrace of St. Stephen's Basilica, between the two bell towers, over the square and along Zrínyi utca towards the Buda Hills. Photo: via Tiqets
  • Gilded monstrances in a display case in the Treasury of St. Stephen's Basilica. Photo: via Tiqets
  • The gilded case and pipes of the great organ of St. Stephen's Basilica. Photo: Edo / Unsplash
  • The west front of St. Stephen's Basilica seen from Szent István tér, with the steps up to the main entrance. Photo: Linda Gerbec / Unsplash

Széchenyi Chain Bridge

  • Main photo: The Széchenyi Chain Bridge lit up at night over the Danube, with Buda Castle on the hill behind. Photo: venson0105, via Pixabay
  • The Széchenyi Chain Bridge seen from Castle Hill, with pedestrians on both pavements, the two Buda lions in the foreground and the dome of St Stephen's Basilica beyond. Photo: Christo / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
  • The head of one of the Chain Bridge lions seen from below, its jaws open and the tongue visible inside the mouth. Photo: Christo / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
  • The Buda river pier of the Chain Bridge seen head on from Clark Ádám tér, with its arched gateway, the chains running down to the deck and a lion on its plinth at each side. Photo: Christo / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
  • The Széchenyi Chain Bridge lit at dusk, its chains picked out in warm white light, with the Gresham Palace and the dome of St Stephen's Basilica on the Pest bank behind. Photo: Jorge Franganillo / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
  • A blue BKK bus turning onto the Chain Bridge at the Buda end, with taxis on the roadway and cars circling the Clark Ádám tér roundabout. Photo: Christo / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
  • A yellow taxi driving off the Chain Bridge at the Pest end between the two lions, with people walking on the pavements either side and Castle Hill behind the river pier. Photo: Christo / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
  • The Zero Kilometre Stone on Clark Ádám tér, a nought-shaped stone sculpture on a paved circle, with the funicular's track climbing Castle Hill behind it. Photo: Christo / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
  • A Chain Bridge lion on its plinth, with the sculptor's name carved on the plinth edge and a gilded inscription along the side below it. Photo: Christo / Wikimedia Commons, CC0
  • The Chain Bridge in 1945, one river pier still standing with the broken chains hanging into the Danube and the deck gone, Matthias Church and Fisherman's Bastion on Castle Hill behind. Photo: Fortepan 2075 / Wikimedia Commons, public domain
  • A river pier of the restored Chain Bridge lit at dusk, showing the gateway arch, the chains, the lamps and the pavement running round the outside of the stonework. Photo: Pierre Blaché / Wikimedia Commons, CC0

Széchenyi Thermal Bath

  • Main photo: Outdoor pools and yellow Neo-Baroque wings of Széchenyi Thermal Bath in Budapest. Photo: Linda Gerbec, via Unsplash
  • Bathers in the Széchenyi outdoor thermal pools on a sunny day, the yellow Neo-Baroque wings behind. Photo: Linda Gerbec / Unsplash
  • Bathers in the outdoor leisure pool at Széchenyi Thermal Bath, some riding the circular whirling corridor in the middle, with the yellow bath buildings behind. Photo: Aida / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
  • Swimmers in the 50-metre outdoor lap pool at Széchenyi Thermal Bath, with the yellow domed wing behind. Photo: Zairon / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Bathers in an indoor thermal pool at Széchenyi Thermal Bath, under arches on red marble columns. Photo: Zairon / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Sparty at Széchenyi Thermal Bath: a crowd in the outdoor pool under purple and blue lights, with projections across the floodlit bath building. Photo: Sparty, via GetYourGuide
  • Performers in mirrored costumes on the poolside at Sparty, with the crowd in the water behind them. Photo: Sparty, via GetYourGuide

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