Budapest Hungary Travel

There are several live webcameras in Budapest. One of the oldest webcam is on top of the Gellert Hill at the Citadel Budapest.

The direction of the webcamera is North. On the left side of the webcam you can see the Buda Castle in the middle the Danube river with the Chain Bridge.

http://www.irisz.hu/webcam_hun.html

Webcamera Budapest sight on the Budapest Map

Sightseeing Cruises on the Danube Budapest.

A pleasant daytime sightseeing cruise on the Danube. The one hour long boat tour is sailing from the Margaret Island to the National Theatre Budapest.

Guidance in 11 languages. Welcome drink inclouded in the ticket price.

All cruises depart from Vigado square Ship station.

Fares:

Adult HUF 2500/person
Children 86-15 years old): HUF 1250/person
Children under 6 years of age free!

Departure of ships:

1 of May-1 of October:

10am, 11am, 12am, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm, 6pm, 7pm, 8:30pm, 9:30pm

2 of October-5 of November

11am, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm, 5pm

The Ships on the Danube from the Chain Bridge
Mahart PassNave Passanger Shipping Ltd.

H-1056 Budapest, Belgrad rakpart

Tel: +36 1 484-4013 and +36 1 318-1223 (Vigado square station)

St. Stephen’s Basilica Budapest

The Stephen’s Basilica  is largest church in Budapest. Its 96 meter high dome affords a view of over virtually the entire Budapest.
Building started in 1851 and then in 1867 the work was taken over by Miklos Ybl the greatest architect of the day and finally concluded in 1905 by Jozsef Kauser. The neo-Classical building holds the greatest reliquary of the Hungarian People: the mummified arm, the Holly Right, of King Saint Stephen after whom the Basilica is named. Among the church’s famous works of art and sculptures by Alajos Strobl and a painting by Gyula Benczur: St Stephan dedicating the country to the Virgin Mary.

Weekday guided tours in English: 9:30-11 am, 2-3:30pm (registration: +36 20 527-5329 cell phone)

Guided tours including visits to the tower: adults HUF 1600, students/pensioners: HUF 800.
Admission of the Tower for a 360 panorama of Budapest: adults HUF 500, students/pensioners: HUF 400.

Address: Budapest downtown 5th district Szent Istvan square (ter)
Tel: +36 1 317-2859
Open: daily 9am- 5pm (no visitors from noon on Saturdays due to weddings, and until 1pm on Sundays due to mass) No charge to visit the Basilica Budapest.

Miniature Handcrafted Houses about Budapest buildings
The reproduction in moulds of high precision of single parts carried out in french ceramics workshop Gault, who made possible the birht of mini houses. Each house is painted by hand. To collect or offer the Gault housesis like someone returns with one part of Hungary.
You can buy Gault houses on the performances on the Operetta Ship Budapest.

Phone: +36 26 303-480; +36 30 922-8189

Hungary Card – Magyar Turizmus Kartya
You can buy the Hungary Card at Tourinform officies, the price of the card is HUF 5.520,-

The discount card is valid for 31 of January 2007.

A night photo about the Budapest Castle.

A friend of mine Bela Kozma took this night photo about the Sandor Palace it is part of the Buda Castle. The photo has been taken from Pest side of the Danube somewhere from the Elizabeth Bridge.

Panorama photo from the Budapest Castle Fisherman’s Bastion at night.

I made some photos from the Fisherman’s Bastion and joined them together to see this vista.

A night photo about the most exclusive and luxury hotel in Budapest – the Four Seasons Hotel Grasham Palace.

The Hotel is situated on the Rosevelt square in front of the first bridge of Budapest the famous Chain Bridge on the Pest bank of the Danube River.

Budapest Luxury Hotel: Four Seasons Grasham Palace

The Heroes Square like on every sunny day.

The Heroes Square during the Budapest Parade 2006 in August with full of people.

Duna Plaza is the first mall opened in Budapest in 1996 October. Duna Plaza is situated in the XIII. district of Budapest on the Vaci street 178.

This is the 10th anniversary of the mall big sales apply during 2-14 of October. There are about 200 shops in the Plaza.

Easy to get to the Duna Plaza by public transport just take the subway line 3 (blue one) and stop at Gyongyosi utca station.