| Destination: HUNGARY | |||||||||||||||||||
| Sights*
Budai Vár
* Budavári Labirintus * Gellért-hegy * Halászbástya * Hősök tere * Magyar Állami Operaház * Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum * Mátyás-templom * Országház * Szent István-bazilika * Szépművészeti Múzeum * Városliget |
Budavári Labirintus
A maze of catacombs extends for 16 miles under Várhegy (Castle Hill), made up of caverns linked by passageways originally
built for use by the Turkish military. Only a tenth of the Budavári Labirintus (Buda Castle Labyrinth) complex can be visited,
but even this gives a vivid impression of a strange, enclosed, underground world. Waxworks illustrate the history of Hungary
from the misty past to the golden Renaissance age of King Matthias. During the siege of Budapest in World War II, thousands
of people took shelter down here while their city was destroyed.
Address:
Uri utca 9
Phone: 1 375 6858 Open: Daily 9:30-9:30, mid-Jun. to Aug. 31; 9:30-7:30, rest of year Bus: 16, Várbusz (Castle Bus) Admission: 2-4 |
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