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Follow it and get the best of the city. 1-day Budapest City Guide 2 © PromptGuides.com 1-day Budapest City Guide Overview of Day 1 LEAVE HOTEL Tested and recommended hotels in Budapest > Take Metro Line 2 (Red) to Kossuth Lajos tér station 09:00-9:30 Kossuth Square Historic square Page 5 Take a walk to Szabadság Square - 5’ 09:35-10:05 Szabadság Square Grand and spacious Page 5 square Take a walk to St. Stephen’s Basilica - 10’ 10:15-11:25 St. Stephen's Basilica Imposing Page 6 neo-Renaissance Take a walk to Opera House - 10’ church 11:35-11:50 Opera House Architectural Page 6 masterpiece Take a walk along Anrdássy Street 11:50-12:20 Andrássy Avenue UNESCO World Page 7 Heritage Site Take Metro Line 1 (Yellow) to Hősök tere station (Direction: Mexikói út) - 10’ 12:30-13:00 Heroes' Square Truly remarkable Page 7 square design Take Metro Line 1 (Yellow) to Oktogon station (Direction: Vörösmarty tér) Lunch time Take Bus nr 105 from Hősök tere stop or Oktogon stop to Clark Adam tér stop (Direction: Apor Vilmos tér) Take the Budavári Sikló (funicular) to the Castle District Take a walk to Fisherman’s Bastion 15:00-15:30 Fisherman's Bastion Fairytale like viewing Page 8 terrace Take a walk to Matthias Church 15:30-16:00 Matthias Church Famous Budapest Page 8 landmark Take Bus nr 16 from Szentháromság tér stop to Deák Ferenc tér stop (Direction: Deák Ferenc tér) Take a walk to Váci Street - 30’ in all 16:30-17:40 Váci Street Budapest's most Page 9 upscale shopping street Take a walk to Danube Promenade - 10’ 17:50-18:35 Danube Promenade Stunning view over the Page 9 Danube and Buda side END OF DAY 1 of the city © PromptGuides.com 3 1-day Budapest City Guide Overview of Day 1 4 © PromptGuides.com 1-day Budapest City Guide Attraction Details 09:00-9:30 Kossuth Square (Kossuth Lajos tér, Budapest) THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW The bullet holes and the Imre Nagy Kossuth Square is the symbolic center of the memorial are the reminders of these Hungarian state historical events It is surrounded by splendid buildings on all The Museum of Ethnography housed in an sides including the Hungarian Parliament. impressive neo-classic building presents a Other notable buildings are the Ministry of large collection of local costumes, toys, Agricuture and Museuem of Ethnography furnishings, wedding costumes and more The area was developed at the end of the THINGS TO DO THERE 19th century after the unification of Buda Walk around the square and admire the and Pest gave way to large scale enormous Parliament building and the construction projects beyond the old city impressive neo-classical Museum of walls Ethnography The monument in front of the Parliament TIPS & INSIGHTS commemorates the 1848-49 Revolution and Leaving the square in southeast direction Independence War againt Austria. Another you get to the memorial of Imre Nagy, prime monument pays tribute to Ferenc II Rákóczi, minister and leader of the 1956 revolt leader of the 1703-11 independence war against the Soviet Union. The statue is against the Habsburgs placed on a bridge The square was also the starting point of the 1956 revolution against the Soivets when a MORE Info and Photos > pieceful demonstration turned violent 09:35-10:05 Szabadság Square (Szabadság tér, Budapest) THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW Another highlight is the interactive fountain. Szabadság square is a grand and spacious When the hidden vertical fountain nozzles square in central Budapest. It was laid out in are turned on they create an exciting water 1886 at the site of the former Neugebäude wall around the square shaped area (1789-1886), an evil repute fortress-like THINGS TO DO THERE building Walk around the square and admire the Now grandious buildings surround the remarkable buildings: the Us Embass, the square such as the Hungarian National Art-nouveau National Bank and the former Bank and the former building of the building of the Hungarian Television Hungarian State Television Do not miss the Memorial of the Russian The Art-Nouveau building of the National Army Bank was built in 1905 as the Budapest TIPS & INSIGHTS Headquarters of the Austro-Hungarian Bank Relax on a bench or have a coffee in the The impressive building that dominates the café in the center of the square west side of the square first housed the On a hot summer day you should try the stock exchange. From 1955 till 2010 it gave "Interactive Fountain" home to the Hungarian Television Hungary's first prime minister, Lajos MORE Info and Photos > Batthyány, was executed in the Neugebäude on 6 Oct 1949. A memorial commemorates his death at the corner of Bathory utca and Hold utca The memorial in the middle of the square is the Memorial of the Russian Army paying thanks to the Soviet forces for liberating Hungary from the Nazis © PromptGuides.com 5 1-day Budapest City Guide Attraction Details 10:15-11:25 St. Stephen's Basilica (1051 Budapest, Szent István tér 1.) Opening hours: Monday - Friday: 9am - 5pm, Saturdays: 9am - 1pm, Sundays: 1pm - 5pm • Admission: Free THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW Make sure to admire the building from all St.Stephen's Basilica is a neo-Renaissance sides church in central Budapest. It is the second Enter the church and view the works of largest church in Hungary capable of holding famous contemporary artists who decorated 8500 people the interior Its constuction began in 1851; after the fist Do not miss the marvelous frescoes, statues two of its architects died, Jozsef Hild and and mosaics Miklos Ybl, it was Jozsef Kauser who Go to the small chapel left to the Main Altar finished the church in 1905 to see the Holy Right of St Stephen In 1868 the dome collapsed and the church For a splendid panoramic view of Budapest had to be rebuilt almost from scratch take the elevator that takes you up until According to legend, afraid of a repeated halfway. From there you have to climb the collapse of the dome Emperor Francis stairs to the cupola. The admission fee is Joseph was looking upwards during the 500 HUF whole consecration ceremony TIPS & INSIGHTS The Holy Right of St. Stephen, the You are expected not to disturb the service mummified right fist of Hungary's first king, is and be dressed modestly kept here in an ornate glass box in one of Several musical programs are organized in the chapels the church throughout the year. Take a look The great Hungarian soccer hero Ferenc at the entrance at the program schedule and Puskas, goal machine of the Magical buy your tickets there Magyars and Real Madrid, was laid to rest Please note that the dome is only accessible here in 2006 form March to October weather permitting The basilica houses Hungary's largest bell. It is situated in the right tower and weighs 9 MORE Info and Photos > tons The Dome is 96 m (315 ft) high, the exact height of Parliament's dome THINGS TO DO THERE Start your visit with the square in front of the church. It became a beautiful pedestrian area with cafés and benches to sit on 11:35-11:50 Opera House (1061 Budapest, Andrássy út 22.) THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW The auditorium holds 1261 seats The Hungarian State Opera House has the THINGS TO DO THERE 3rd best quality of acoustics in Europe after Admire the the neo-Renaissance exterior of La Scala (Milan) and Palais Garnier (Paris) the building It is considered to be the masterwork of If you like opera try to book your tickets for Miklós Ybl, the leading 19th c. Hungarian an evening performance architect. The Opera opened in 1884 TIPS & INSIGHTS The neo-Renaissance exterior hides an To see the rest of the building, you have to opulent neo-Classical interiour decorated join a guided tour or attend an opera with works of leading Hungarian artists of performance the time such as Gyula Benczúr and English guided tours take place daily at 3pm Bertalan Székely and 4 pm for 2800 HUF In front of the building you find the sculptures of Ferenc Erkel, composer of the MORE Info and Photos > Hungarian national anthem, and Ferenc Liszt, the best known Hungarian composer 6 © PromptGuides.com Attraction Details 1-day Budapest City Guide 11:50-12:20 Andrássy Avenue (Andrássy út, Budapest) THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW The anveue was renamed 3 times Andrássy Avenue is an iconic boulevard in highlighting the rapid political changes of the Budapest that connects the city center and time: first it was renamed Stalin Avenue the city park (Városliget) (1950-56); in the1956 revolution it was It is lined with spectacular Neo-renaissance named Avenue of Hungarian Youth; after mansions; it is also features a number of fine 1956 it became People's Republic Avenue. cafés, restaurants and luxury boutiques The original name was restored in 1990 Andrássy Avenue was built in 1872 to divert THINGS TO DO THERE the heavy traffic of parallel Király street and Take a walk on this long, wide boulevard connect the city center with the city park with fine cafés, restaurants, theatres, and The palaces that line the boulvard were part luxury boutiques of the plan. They were built by the leading TIPS & INSIGHTS contemporary artchitects Take a coffee or a meal in one of the cafés, The palaces were completed by 1884; restaurants on Liszt Ferenc Square aristorcrates, bankers and historical families moved in MORE Info and Photos > The avenue takes its name after a former prime minister, Gyula Andrássy, who was one of the main supporters of the project 12:30-13:00 Heroes' Square (Hősök tere, Budapest) THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW The 4 statues on the top of the colonnades Heroes' Square (Hősök tere)
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