List of sights and historic places in Budapest

Panoramic view points

* Naphegy panoramic view to Gellért Hill, best near view to south side of Buda Castle, historic district Krisztinaváros
* The Fisherman's Bastion panoramic view across the Danube to Pest, in the heart of the Castle District.
* Tabán historic site, near panoramic view to Buda Castle, Danube Promenade, Erzsébet Bridge, park and 1956 Hungarian Revolution Memorial
* Gellért Hill best far view to the Danube Bridges, Danube Promenade and Gellért Baths
* Danube Promenade view to Buda Castle, Gellért Hill
* Sashegy impressive, far view from the top of the Natural Reserve Park to: Gellérthegy, Naphegy, Buda Castle, Danube Promenade. Bus schedule No. 8 [http://www.bkv.hu/english/busz/8.html] to LEJTŐ ÚT and 10 minutes to the end of the Tájék utca.
* Széchenyi-hegy, far view from the end of the bus-line 112 to: Gellérthegy, Naphegy, Sashegy, Buda Castle, Danube Promenade. Bus schedule No. 112 [http://www.bkv.hu/english/busz/112.html] (view point [http://maps.google.de/maps?ie=UTF8&om=1&z=17&ll=47.494429,18.999374&spn=0.004821,0.010042&t=h] : Thomán István utca /Tamási Áron lépcsõ).

Sights and historic places

:"(The below sights are grouped by location.)"

* Andrássy Avenue with its several sights including the Hungarian State Opera House [cite web|title=Beauty of opera in Budapest|publisher="The Times"|url=http://travel.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/travel/holiday_type/music_and_travel/article3209515.ece|accessdate=2008-02-01] , the Pest Broadway and the House of Terror
* Bauhaus in Budapest: walk in Napraforgó Street, row of 22 Bauhaus villas, Pasarét and Újlipótváros
* Buda Castle with the Royal Palace, the Funicular, Hungarian National Gallery [cite web|title=Budapest As a City Of Museums|publisher="The New York Times"|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=940DE3DE143DF931A35753C1A96E948260&scp=1&sq=Budapest+history+Hungary&st=nyt|accessdate=2008-01-30] and National Széchényi Librarycite web|title=Budapest|publisher="Encarta"|url=http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761572648/Budapest.html|accessdate=2008-04-06] , Matthias Church, Holy Trinity Column (a plague column) and Fisherman's Bastion
* City Park with Széchenyi Medicinal Bath, Vajdahunyad Castle, the Timewheel, the Zoo, the Municipal Grand Circus and the Amusement Park
* Danube Promenade or Dunakorzó with Vigadó Concert Hall
* Ferenciek tere with Paris Courtyard and Erzsébet Bridge with Inner City Parish Church nearby
* Franz Liszt Academy of Music
* Gellért Baths, Gellért Hill with Gellért Statue, Cave Church and Citadel with Liberty Statue
* Geological Museum
* Great Market Hall and Liberty Bridge
* Heroes' Square with the Millenary Monument, the Palace of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts
* Margaret Island with the Centennial Memorial, a Japanese garden, a Musical Fountain, several recreation facilities and Franciscan, Dominican and Premonstratensian ruins from the Middle Ages
* Museum of Applied Arts
* National Museum
* Szabadság tér One of the most beautiful squares in downtown Budapest
* Corvin tér Beautifully restored square at the foot of Castle Hill
* Dohány Street Synagogue, the largest synagogue in Europe [cite web|title=Out of Darkness, New Life|publisher="The New York Times"|url=http://travel.nytimes.com/2007/12/30/travel/30dayout.html?scp=1&sq=largest+synagogue+in+Europe&st=nyt|accessdate=2008-03-12] with the Holocaust Memorial (weeping willow statue)
* New York Café
* Óbuda
* Palace of Arts and National Theatre
* Parliament Building with the Holy Crown of Hungary and sceptre, Kossuth Memorial, Ethnographical Museum, Attila József statue, Imre Nagy statue
* Saint Stephen's Basilica
* Sashegy The largest Natural Reserve Park of Budapest
* Shoes on the Danube Promenade Gyula Pauer - Holocaust Memorial
* Statue Park
* Széchenyi Chain Bridge, Academy of Sciences and Gresham Palace
* Tomb of Gül Baba
* Váci Street and Vörösmarty Square
* Western Railway Station
* Erzsébetváros District VII, the former Jewish quarter

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