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Buda Castle and Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest

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Buda Castle and Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
Photo: Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

The Castle Hill on the Buda side of the Danube is crowned by the Royal Palace, home of the Hungarian National Gallery and the Budapest History Museum. Nearby, the Fisherman's Bastion is a fairytale terrace of white towers with a superb view across the river to Parliament, beside the Matthias Church with its colourful tiled roof.


Ride the historic funicular up from the Chain Bridge, or walk. The upper terraces of the Bastion charge a small fee by day, but the lower ones are free. Go early in the morning or at sunset.

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