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Jászai Mari tér
The gateway to both Margaret Island and Újlipótváros, Jászai Mari tér is split in two by the foot of Margaret Bridge. The modern building south of the square, nicknamed the White House , was once the headquarters of the Central Committee of the ruling Hungarian Socialist Workers’ P
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St Michaels Church & Chapel of St James
At the top of the Lővér Hills, is St Michaels Church (Szent Mihály-templom), built between the 13th and 15th centuries and featuring some impressive gargoyles. Behind St Michaels to the south is the little Romanesque-Gothic Chapel of St James (Szent Jakab-kápolna), the oldest struc
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Millennium Park
Millennium Park is an attractive landscaped complex comprising fountains, ponds, little bridges, a theatre, a playground and a gallery containing the Invisible Exhibition , a unique interactive 1½-hour tour of a half-dozen settings (crossing the road, taking a bus) in total darknes
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Déri Museum
Folklore exhibits at the Déri Museum, a short walk west of the Calvinist College, offer excellent insights into life on the plain and the bourgeois citizens of Debrecen up to the 19th century. Mihály Munkácsy’s mythical interpretations of the Hortobágy and his Christ’s Passion tril
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Savoy Mansion
From the HÉV station in Ráckeve, walk south along Kossuth Lajos utca to the Savoy Mansion, now a 30-room hotel facing the Ráckeve-Danube River branch. The domed manse with two wings was finished in 1722 in the baroque style for Prince Eugene of Savoy, who drove out the last of the
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Bori Kisjankó Memorial House
From Hősök tere, a short distance southwest of Szent László tér, enter any of the small streets running southward to find the Hadas district, a completely different world of thatched and whitewashed cottages. Interesting lanes to stroll along are Patkó köz, Kökény köz and Mogyoró k
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Inner Town Parish Church
On the eastern side of Március 15 tér, a Romanesque church was first built in the 12th century within a Roman fortress. You can still see bits and pieces of the fort, Contra Aquincum , protected under Plexiglas on the square. The present church was rebuilt in the 14th century and a
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Calvinist Church
The interior of the Calvinist church, on a small hill just north of Báthory István utca, is refreshingly plain and its long lancet windows, which flood the nave with light, accentuate the church’s masterpiece – the ribbed vaulted ceiling. István Báthory’s remains lie in a marble to
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Firewatch Tower
Firewatch Tower is an architectural hybrid of Gothic, baroque and neoclassical styles. You can climb to the top for excellent views of the rocky hill and the Bakony Hills.
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Holnemvolt Park
A great place for kids to get up close and personal with a whole range of animals, Once Upon a Time Park, an extension of the Budapest Zoo, offers a veritable menagerie that can be petted, fed and ridden on. Added amusement is provided by a set of rather tame (but very child-friend
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Szombathely Cathedral
This attractive Neoclassical cathedral looms above the quiet square. Built in 1797, it once featured stuccowork and frescoes by Franz Anton Maulbertsch and was supported by grand marble columns. Unfortunately allied bombing in the final days of WWII did not spare the cathedral, but
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Smidt Museum
A hospital superintendent by the name of Lajos Smidt was a hoarder by nature and visiting this museum gives us the opportunity to do what most of us secretly enjoy: rooting through someone’s private belongings. His extraordinary collection includes antique Bibles, ornate 19th-centu
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Hollókő Castle
At 365m on Stalk Hill (Szár-hegy), Hollókő Castle commands a striking view of the surrounding hills. The fortress was built at the end of the 13th century and strengthened 200 years later. Captured by the Turks, it was not liberated until 1683 by the Polish king Jan Sobieski (r 167
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Calvinist College & Great Library
The history of the celebrated Calvinist College is told in words and displays at the School History Exhibition (Iskolatörténeti Kiállítás) in an 18th-century physics classroom. The list of the school alumni reads like a who’s who of Hungarian literary and political history, and inc
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Dominican Convent
A ruin is all that remains of the 13th-century convent built by Béla IV, where his daughter, St Margaret (1242–71) lived. According to the story, the king promised to commit his daughter to a life of devotion in a nunnery if the Mongols were driven from the land. They were and she
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Bishop’s Palace
Maulbertsch frescoes in the upstairs Reception Hall at the Baroque Bishop’s Palace, built in 1783, miraculously survived the WWII air raids, but are not usually open to the public. You can, however, admire the murals of Roman ruins and gods painted in 1784 by István Dorffmeister in
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Frankel Leó Út
At Bem József tér, Fő utca, the busy main drag in Víziváros, becomes Frankel Leó út, a quiet, tree-lined street with two spas at its southern end: the very serious Lukács Baths and the newly opened Veli Bej Baths. A short distance north and tucked away in an apartment block is the
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Fő tér
Fő tér, Kezthelys colourful main square, received a facelift in 2012 – the result is a traffic-free, pedestrian-friendly expanse of newly laid white cobblestone surrounded by lovely buildings, including the late-baroque Town Hall on the northern side, the Trinity Column (1770) in t
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Horse Museum
You can learn a whole lot more about the intelligent Lipizzaner horses by visiting the whiffy Horse Museum about 1km northeast of town. Exhibits focus on bloodlines, but the real sight is the breeding mares who live in this five-star stable built in 1860. The stallions at the Lipiz
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Balaton Museum
The Balaton Museum was purpose-built in 1928 and its permanent exhibits focus on the life and history of Lake Balaton. The aquarium of Balaton showcases underwater flora and fauna plus a handful of the lakes fishes (including goldfish, northern pike and several types of bream) and
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