Budapest
Budapest
+ Buda
Sights
* Bécsi Kapu (Vienna Gate)
* Budai Labirintus (Castle Labyrinth)
* Budapesti Történeti Mùzeum (Budapest History Museum)
* Citadella (Citadel)
* Erzsébet Királyné Szobor (Statue of Queen Elizabeth)
* Gellért Emlékmű (Gellért Monument)
* Hilton Hotel
* Hotel Gellért és Gellért Gyógyfürdő (Gellért Hotel and Gellért Thermal Baths)
* Kereskedelmi és Vendéglátóipari Mùzeum (Museum of Commerce and Catering)
* Király Gyógyfürdő (Király Thermal Baths)
* Kortárs Művészeti Mùzeum (Contemporary Art Museum - Ludwig Collection)
* Magyar Nemzeti Galéria (hungarian National Gallery)
* Mária Magdolna-Torony (Mary Magdalene Tower)
* Mátyás-Kùt (Matthias Well)
* Öntödei Mùzeum (Foundry Museum)
* Országház Utca 18, 20, 22
* Országos Széchenyi Könyvtár (National Széchenyi Library)
* Régi Budai Városháza (Old Town Hall)
* Savoyai Jenő Szobor (Statue of Eugene of Savoy)
* Sikló (Funicular)
* Szabadság Híd (Freedom Bridge)
* Szabadság Szobor (Liberation Monument)
* Szarvas-Ház (Deer House)
* Széchenyi lánchíd (Széchenyi Chain Bridge)
* Szentháromság Szobor (Holy Trinity Column)
* Úri Utca 31 (Gentlemanly Street 31)
* Várszínház (Castle Theatre)
Pest
+ Pest
Excursions
+ Excursions
Walk/Drive
Food&Drink
In The Know
Did You Know?
( Highly Recommended )
A symbol of Budapest and the first bridge over the Danube, the crossing was built between 1839 and 1849 on the initiative of Count István Széchenyi. It was designed by an Englishman, William Tierney Clark, and built by his namesake Adam Clark.
During the country's War of Independence, the first carriage to cross the bridge (at a time when it was still under construction) carried the Hungarian crown from Buda, which was then under siege, to Debrecen. Later, the Austrian troops decided to blow the bridge up - but the ever-resourceful Adam Clark frustrated their attempt by flooding the explosive-packed chain chambers with water. However, the Széchenyi Chain Bridge was eventually blown up during World War II. It re-opened again on 20 November 1949, exactly 100 years after its original inauguration.
Address: Clark Ádám tér, Budapest 1 to Roosevelt tér, Budapest V
Restaurant: La Fontaine (Moderately priced)
Bus: Bus: red 4, 16; tram: 2, 19
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