Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #4 in Budapest, Hungary

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Number of sights 10 sights
Distance 2.3 km
Ascend 68 m
Descend 89 m

Experience Budapest in Hungary in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in BudapestIndividual Sights in Budapest

Sight 1: Statue of Independence War

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The Honvéd statue is a memorial place erected in honor of the freedom fighters who occupied Buda Castle in 1849.

Wikipedia: Honvéd-szobor (HU)

181 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: Golden Eagle Pharmacy Museum

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The Golden Eagle Pharmacy was the first pharmacy in Buda, after the expulsion of the Turks, it was founded in 1687 in today's house No. 1-2 Ornamental Square by Ferenc Ignác Bösinger. Between 1687 and 1696 the pharmacy moved to 6 Ornamental Square. Bösinger also opened a branch pharmacy in Watertown, which later became known as the Black Bear Pharmacy.

Wikipedia: Arany Sas Patikamúzeum (HU), Website, Facebook

258 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Fisherman's Bastion

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Fisherman's Bastion Brian Adamson / CC BY 2.0

The Halászbástya or Fisherman's Bastion is one of the best known monuments in Budapest, located near the Buda Castle, in the 1st district of Budapest. It is one of the most important tourist attractions due to the unique panorama of Budapest from the Neo-Romanesque lookout terraces. The Fishermen's Bastion's main façade, parallel to the Danube, is approximately 140 meters long, of which the southern aisle is about 40 meters long, the north is 65 meters long, and the ornate central parapet is 35 meters long. Its seven high-pitched stone towers symbolize the seven chieftains of the Hungarians who founded Hungary in 895.

Wikipedia: Fisherman's Bastion (EN), Website

91 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 4: Matthias Church

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The Church of the Assumption of the Buda Castle, more commonly known as the Matthias Church, more rarely the Coronation Church of Buda, is a Catholic church located in the Holy Trinity Square, Budapest, Hungary, in front of the Fisherman's Bastion at the heart of Buda's Castle District. According to church tradition, it was originally built in Romanesque style in 1015, although few references exist. The current building was constructed in the florid late Gothic style in the second half of the 14th century and was extensively restored in the late 19th century. It was the second largest church of medieval Buda and the seventh largest church of the medieval Hungarian Kingdom.

Wikipedia: Matthias Church (EN), Website, Url Miserend

118 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 5: Holy Trinity Statue

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The Holy Trinity statue of Buda Castle stands in the Budapest I. district on Trinity Square, in front of the Matthias Church.

Wikipedia: Szentháromság-szobor (Budai Várnegyed) (HU)

138 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 6: Monument of András Hadik von Fudak

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Monument of András Hadik von Fudak

Count András Hadik de Futak was a Hungarian nobleman and Field Marshal of the Imperial Army. He was Governor of Galicia and Lodomeria from January 1774 to June 1774, and is the father of Karl Joseph Hadik von Futak. He is famous for capturing the Prussian capital Berlin during the Seven Years' War.

Wikipedia: András Hadik (EN), Website

219 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: Hospital in the Rock

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Hospital in the Rock unknown, "Riado" civil defence news / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker Museum is the name given to a hospital created in the caverns under Buda Castle in Budapest in the 1930s, in preparation for the Second World War.

Wikipedia: Hospital in the Rock (EN), Website

199 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Szent Lázár templom romjai

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Settlements existed on the territory of today's Budapest already in ancient times, the territory of which, after their disappearance, from the Árpád era onwards, was shared not only by the three cities, Óbuda, Buda and Pest, but also by villages, sometimes quite close to the city walls. Their inhabitants are serfs, royal officials and other court people. All of these settlements were either merged into larger, later villages, which later became Budapest districts in the 1950 spatial planning, or were abandoned early, during the Tatar invasion or later during the Turkish occupation.

Wikipedia: Elpusztult települések Budapest területén (HU)

219 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 9: Vérmező

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Vérmező is a public park in Budapest I. district, Krisztinaváros. It was here that the beheading of Ignatius Martinovics and his associates took place on May 20, 1795.

Wikipedia: Vérmező (HU)

909 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 10: Hegyvidéki Turul

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Hegyvidéki TurulPeter Brown from Dublin, Ireland / CC BY 2.0

The Turul is a mythological bird of prey, mostly depicted as a falcon, in Hungarian tradition and Turkic tradition, and a national symbol of Hungarians.

Wikipedia: Turul (EN), Website, Url

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