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Budapest's rich and diverse history makes for some exciting sightseeing opportunities and visitors will enjoy exploring this magnificent city and find locals very hospitable. From monuments to museums and palaces, Budapest has a wide variety of sights to keep any tourist busy.

Stroll through Memento Park, one of the city's strangest attractions, which features giant statues which lined the city's streets during the Communist era, or marvel at the Royal Palace, which dates back to the 13th Century. Visit the Parliament Buildings along the banks of the Danube River and walk along the Chain Bride, Budapest's first bridge over the Danube.

Visitors will do well to purchase the Budapest Tourist Card, which allows them unlimited travel on public transport, free or discounted entry into 60 museums and special sights, reductions on sightseeing tours, discounts on restaurants, spas and car rentals, and is valid for either 48 or 72 hours. The card can be bought from main metro ticket offices, tourist offices, travel agencies, hotels or the airport for HUF 6,300 for 48 hours or HUF 7,500 for 72 hours.

Royal Palace

Located at the top of Castle Hill in the picturesque Castle District of Buda, the Royal Palace was first inhabited by King Béla in the 13th century who, after the Mongol invasion, turned it into a fortified stronghold against further attack. Over the next...  see full details

Fisherman’s Bastion

Built in 1905 on the medieval castle walls, the neo-Romanesque ramparts were so named after the city's fishermen whose duty it was to defend this side of the hill during the Middle Ages, but the existing bastion never actually served a defensive purpose....  see full details

Matthias Church

Situated in the centre of the Castle Quarter, the 700-year-old Church of Our Lady is popularly known as Matthias Church after the nation's famous ruler, King Matthias (1458-90), a patron of learning and the arts who reconstructed the Hungarian state after decades of feudal...  see full details

Gellért Hill

Gellért Hill offers unrivalled panoramic views of the city, taking in both Buda and Pest and the meandering Danube. The hill was named after a bishop who was asked to convert pagan Magyars to Christianity but, according to legend, was killed by being rolled...  see full details

Chain Bridge

The Chain Bridge was the first stone bridge to be built over the Danube and is the most famous with its lion statues. Today nine bridges span the river linking Buda to Pest, but Chain Bridge takes pride of place as the city's...  see full details

The Great Synagogue and Jewish Museum

Situated within Erzsébet Town, the charming old Jewish quarter and former ghetto, the Great or Central Synagogue is the largest in Europe and the second largest in the world, able to seat 3,000 people. Completed in 1859 the style is typically Byzantine-Moorish, with exquisitely...  see full details

Parliament Buildings

On the bank of the Danube stands one of the world's most beautiful parliament buildings, an imposing sight and a prominent feature of the city's panorama. With its red dome, white stone lace ornamentation and spires, it is the city's most decorative structure. Stone...  see full details

Memento Park

One of the city's popular but more bizarre attractions is Memento Park, containing the giant figures of the Communist era that once filled the streets of Budapest. After the change in the political system the monuments glorifying Communism were banished into the exile of...  see full details