Historic sites
Buda Castle and Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
Budapest
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.
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Buildings
Hungarian Parliament Building, Budapest
Budapest
A vast neo-Gothic building on the bank of the Danube, completed in 1904, with 691 rooms and a great central dome, the symbol of Budapest.
Tours and activities
Széchenyi Thermal Bath, Budapest
Budapest
One of the largest spa complexes in Europe, in a grand neo-baroque building in the City Park, fed by hot springs.
Natural features
Baradla Cave, Aggtelek
Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén
A cave system stretching 25 km under the Hungarian-Slovak border, part of the Caves of Aggtelek Karst and Slovak Karst UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Buildings
Dohány Street Synagogue, Budapest
Erzsébetváros, Budapest
The largest synagogue in Europe, built in the 1850s in a Moorish Revival style, with twin onion-domed towers.
Historic sites
Eger Castle
Eger
A castle famous for its heroic defence in 1552, when a small garrison, with the help of the women of the town, held off a huge Ottoman army.
Natural features
Hortobágy National Park
Hortobágy, Hajdú-Bihar County
The largest natural grassland in Europe, the 'puszta', a UNESCO World Heritage Site in eastern Hungary, where herdsmen still keep grey cattle, racka …
Buildings
Pannonhalma Archabbey
Pannonhalma, Győr-Moson-Sopron County
A Benedictine monastery founded in 996, a year before Hungary became a Christian kingdom, on a hill overlooking the countryside of western Hungary.
Natural features
Tihany and Lake Balaton
Tihany, Veszprém County
Lake Balaton is the largest lake in central Europe, Hungary's summer playground, with warm shallow water on the south shore and vineyards and volcani…