Top choice in Budapest
Offering retro chic at its hippest, this one-time residence of the prime minister when parliament sat at No 8 (today's Italian Cultural Centre) has been refurbished but not altered substantially. It features antique furnishings and modern art blending seamlessly in its eight unique guestrooms and three suites dedicated to local and international artists. A minor drawback is the lack of a lift.
The public rooms are light, breezy and enormous, with eclectic decor.
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Castle Hill is a kilometre-long limestone plateau towering 170m above the Danube. It contains some of Budapest鈥檚 most important medieval monuments and鈥
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The largest church in Hungary sits on Castle Hill, and its 72m-high central dome can be seen for many kilometres around. The building of the present鈥
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Budapest's stunning Great Synagogue is the world's largest Jewish house of worship outside New York City. Built in 1859, the synagogue has both Romantic鈥
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Home to more than 40 statues, busts and plaques of Lenin, Marx, B茅la Kun and others whose likenesses have ended up on trash heaps elsewhere, Memento Park,鈥
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Budapest鈥檚 neoclassical cathedral is the most sacred Catholic church in all of Hungary and contains its most revered relic: the mummified right hand of鈥
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The headquarters of the dreaded 脕VH secret police houses the disturbing House of Terror, focusing on the crimes and atrocities of Hungary's fascist and鈥
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The Eclectic-style Parliament, designed by Imre Steindl and completed in 1902, has 691 sumptuously decorated rooms. You鈥檒l get to see several of these and鈥
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The Hungarian National Museum houses the nation鈥檚 most important collection of historical relics in an impressive neoclassical building, purpose built in鈥
1. Hungarian Radio Headquarters
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The renovated headquarters of Hungarian Radio was where shots were first fired on 23 October 1956; a memorial plaque marks the spot.
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The Hungarian National Museum houses the nation鈥檚 most important collection of historical relics in an impressive neoclassical building, purpose built in鈥
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This office block was designed by Imre Makovec (1935鈥2011), who developed his own 'organic' style using unusual materials like tree trunks and turf.
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This private gallery with banker's hours features some striking contemporary photography.
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A pleasant place to take a breather, this flowered-filled garden was built for the K谩roly Palace, which now houses the Pet艖fi Museum of Literature鈥
6. Ervin Szab贸 Central Library
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Southeast of the Hungarian National Museum is the main repository of Budapest鈥檚 public library system, which holds some 2.4 million books and bound鈥
7. Pet艖fi Museum of Literature
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Just north of Egyetem t茅r and housed in the sumptuous neoclassical K谩roly Palace (K谩rolyi Palota), dating from 1840, this museum is devoted to S谩ndor鈥
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Boasting a fountain, abstract sculpture, benches and shade sails, 鈥楿niversity Sq鈥 takes its name from the branch of the prestigious Lor谩nd E枚tv枚s Science鈥