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Do Not Miss Anything Important During Your Budapest Sightseeing

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On this page you find the must-see tourist attractions in Budapest, that you shouldn’t miss when you plan your Budapest sightseeing. Many travellers think that the Hungarian capital is just a small city and can be explored without any preparation and planning.

Budapest has a wide range of important sights. To make the most of your Budapest sightseeing it’s best to prepare a list about the major attractions so as not to miss anything important.

Our ever growing list with descriptions will help you.

One reason I love Budapest is that it has just the right size: not too big, not too small. Most of the important sights are situated close to each other and even the farthest attractions in Budapest are easily accessible by public transport.

Even if it rains or you’re too tired to walk, get on tram 2, it runs along the Danube in Pest, passes Gellért Hill, Castle Hill, Parliament and its terminal is near Margaret Island.

“The second most beautiful public transport ride in Europe” according to Time Out Budapest. It’s just perfect for a Budapest sightseeing tour.

Of course a wide variety of Budapest Tours available, including bus tours, Danube cruises or thematical walking tours.

Budapest’s stirring and often tragic history left marks everywhere in the city:

ruins from the Roman era,
Turkish baths form the 150-year Ottoman rule,
examples of extraordinary architecture,
bullet-scarred buildings from the 1956 uprising,
grandiose statues and monuments from the communist era,
magnificent bridges spanning the Danube.

These influences made Budapest a unique city with real character in the heart of Europe.

Luckily modernisation failed to roll down the town and create faceless, squeaky-clean city after the fall of the communist regime.

The UNESCO ealized this and included the most important sights on its World Heritage programme. We dedicated a page to Budapest World Heritage Sites.

We start with the top attractions that we recommend to include in your Budapest sightseeing to get a first impression about this great historic city.

Click on the pictures or follow the links above each picture and you can read more about the sights!

Top Attractions in Budapest


Castle Disitrict	Gellért Hill

Many attractions at one place and beautiful vista of the town	The Citadella and the Statue of Liberty and stunning panorama



Chain Bridge	Budapest Parliament

The oldest and grandest of Budapest's eight bridges	The third largest Parliament in Europe



Heroes' Square	St. Stephen's Basilica

Grandiose Monuments on one of Budapest's most spacious squares.	The largest Roman Catholic church in Budapest



The Opera House	Budapest Great Synagogue

One of the architectural gems in Budapest	The second largest synagogue in the world, great architecture.


Budapest Statue Park	Famous Streets and Avenues

Gigantic monuments from the communist era.	Andrássy Avenue, Váci Street, Danube Promenade
City Park	Margaret Island