1.Fisherman’s Bastion

The climb to Fisherman’s Bastion can be as easy or as difficult as you want it to be. A  train system runs to the top regularly, the alternative option is by foot and prepare to face a lot of steps! The view however is very much rewarding.

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2. The Parliament Building

Budapest’s parliament building overlooks the Danube river and makes for a majestic Gothic landmark both during the day and when lit up by night. Fisherman’s Bastion is one of the best viewpoints to appreciate its presence as one of the main touristic points in Budapest.

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3. Budapest offers a vast range of restaurants and bars, catering for everyone’s taste. However amongst tourists, Budapest’s “ruin bars” have become particularly popular. These bars were originally created in isolated buildings such as old mills, but today many feature two to three floors, many playing different music on each level. Bikes, fairy lights, plants and mirrors feature in these bars,creating a funky, aesthetic setting of which an equivalent can be hard to find in any other city.

Szimpla Kert is Budapest’s largest and most well known ruin bar.

4. Shoes on the Danube

This memorial pays tribute to the many Jews who were killed by the Arrow Cross militia (a fascist group) in Budapest during World War 2. The militia ordered the Jews to remove their shoes before shooting them in to the River Danube. Hence the memorial represents the shoes left behind. There are often many people bustling around this memorial, for a quieter time to appreciate the history behind this monument try visiting in the morning.

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5. St.Stephen’s Basilica

There is a great variety of religious buildings in Budapest, many of which are Roman Catholic including St.Stephen’s Basilica as well as Matthias Church. Due to the presence of  Budapest’s Jewish quarter the city also features many beautiful synagogues such as Dohány Street Synagogue.

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