Chain Bridge and other Budapest, Hungary Things to Do Tips

This is really a must see thing to be included in all the trips! I would recommend you to start on the Buda side (eg. after a nice Castle tour descending with the funicular to Clark Ádám square).

Walk across the Chain Bridge on the right hand side, so that you will be able to look back to the Castle. The best time to do the walk is after down, when the lights are already turned up.

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Address: On the Danube :)
Directions: Start from Clark Ádám square on the Buda side or from Roosevelt square on the Pest side of the Bridge.

After a Chain Bridge tour, arriving to the Pest side, walk across Roosevelt square and pop in to the Gresham Palace (4 Seasons hotel).

The building has been finished just now and it was rebuilt in it's original state with beautiful stained glass windows inside, nice tiles on the ground and an amazing chandelier in the main hall.

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Address: Roosevelt square, just in front of the Bridge
Directions: Do not take any bus, or tram....just walk! From Deák square to the Danube and alongside to the square, or through the Chain Bridge.

Start out from the beautiful square in from of the Basilica, then do the tour inside (no need for a guide, just walk arond and watch the details! :), and do_not miss the visit to the cupola!!

If you are facing the entrance, you will find the stairs on the right hand side of the main door. There is also an elevator going up.

The cupola offers a great view of the Pest side (including the Parlament, and the old stock exchange building on Szabadság tér, which is now the main building of the Hungarian National TV). You can also see the Buda side landmarks from a very diferent point of view. It's worth, that's it! :)

Prices:
Whole tour including chuch, treasury, "Saint Right" - the hand of our 1st King St Stephan and the cupola - 1500 Ft, starting tours: 9:30, 11:00, 14:00, 15:30 on weekdays, Saturday: 9:30, Sunday: 15:30, but you can simply enter the chuch or the cupola any time until 18:00 PM (price of the cupola alone is around 400 Ft).

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Phone: +36 1 317-2859
Address: 1051 Budapest, Hercegprímás u.
Directions: Near Deak Ferenc ter (central metro station (M1 M2 M3).

You can just have a nice walk across the Erzsébet tér or, arriving from the end of Andrássy út on Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út.
Website: http://www.basilica.hu

If you visit Budapest, don't be satisfied with seeing just the landmarks! Watch the details as well! :)

A couple of years ago, I myself had to realize that Budapest is full of beautiful architectural details. The old buildings in the city are full of them! Paintings, old sculptures on the walls, old shop or factory names written on the houses...lots of them!

Just turn your head up and watch out for them, and you will know what I'm talking about! :)

ps.: Will be posting some pics about details in the albums section soon!

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Address: Downtown Budapest
Directions: You can ind this sort of details mostly in the 5th, 6th and 7th district. Just go for a short walk and you can't miss them! :)

If you like animals, the Budapest Zoo offers you a wide variety of exotical ones!

Don't miss the beautiful Elephant House (nice building and godd view from it's tower over the whole zoo - see my picture) and the just reopened Palm House.

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Phone: (+36 1) 363-3710
Address: 1146 Budapest, Allatkerti krt. 6-12
Directions: In City Park, near Heroes' Square. Take M1 to Hosok tere station or trolley-bus 72 from Arany J. u. M3 station to Allatkert stop. Also accessible by trolleys 75 79 from Stadionok and Keleti pu. (M2)
Website: http://www.zoobudapest.com

The bridges of Budapest connect the 2 parts of the city: Buda and Pest. They are sort of the main pillars of the traffic of Budapest, closing down one of them means chaos in the city :)

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Address: Above the Danube
Directions: Just follow the Danube! From North to South: Northern Railway Connector, Arpad, Margharet, Szechenyi Chain, Elisabeth, Liberty, Petofi, Lagymanyosi, Southern Railway Connector

I recommend you to simply just skip the railway ones from the tour :)

Mai Mano was a great (and by the way royal...)photographer and photojournalist of his time.
The builidng was built on his order in 1894 and it was used by various families and associations during the decades.

The Hungarian House of Photography, hosted in the Mai Mano House, is in Nagymezo utca, the so called "Budapest Broadway").

The Hungarian Photography Foundation bought out the tennants of the building and so the Mai Mano Gallery opened in 1995 and later the House of Hungarian Photography in 1999. The building houses various photography expositions and also has a library and a bookshop.

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Phone: +36 1 473-2666
Address: 6th distric Nagymezo utca 20.
Directions: Nagymazo utca crosses the Andrassy Avenue between Oktogon and the Opera House. Both M1 underground stations are close to it. The building is just in front of the Moulin Rouge, so you won'T miss it :)
Website: http://www.maimano.hu/index_en.html

Anonymus magister was a historian, who wrote the first book about hungarian history in latin. The book, called "Gesta Hungarorum" is known from a copy made in the 13th century. The artist era, age, name and the reliability of it's writing is still base of debates among historians.

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Phone: (+36) 1 343 31 98
Address: 1146 Budapest, Városliget (City Park)
Directions: In City Park (Varosliget), in the middle of the lake (behind Heroes' Square), access by Millennium Underground Rwy (M1) and buses 4, 4express, 20express, 30: get off at Hosok tere.

The statue is inside the castle's garden.

The eye is no longer working, or at least it is closed since quite some time now.
(it was actually a balloon only and this was removed from the site...)

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The Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music was founded in 1875, the building itself was ready in 1907. It's another good example of secessionist buildings, designed by Floris Korb and Kalman Giergl. The bronze statue of Ferenc Liszt is the work of Alajos Strobl, famous sculptor of his time.

The first president of the institution was Ferenc Liszt itself, who took a great part in the founding as well, teaching the students in his own appartment in teh beginning. The first director of the Academy was Ferenc Erkel, composer of the music of the Hungarian national anthem.

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Phone: (+36 1) 462-4600
Address: 6th district, Liszt Ferenc ter 8.
Directions: Liszt Ferenc ter is off the Andrassy Avenue between Oktogon and the Opera. The Academy building is on the other side of the square where it meets the Kiraly street.

(M1 to Oktogon, Tram 4 or 6 to Kiraly utca or Oktogon)
Website: www.liszt.hu