Tourist attractions Visegrád

Dunakanyar is the word Hungarians use to label the magnificent Danube bend between Esztergom and the Slovak border, where it “turns” southwards towards Budapest. Skirting the right bank out of Budapest, the road crosses Obuda then passes the Roman ru..

Visegrád’s extraordinary appeal lies in the views from its citadel overlooking the river 350m below. The river, running from neighbouring Slovakia, flows in a meander between the mountains of Börzsöny and Pilis, before heading towards the Hungarian..

Founded in 1967, this open-air museum exhibits reconstructions of rural houses and workshops which illustrate daily life in the 18C and 19C in different parts of Hungary, with a useful map of each region and helpful explanations in English. The regio..

Classified as a historic monument, Szentendre's main square is cobbled and triangular in shape, with several streets leading off it - some going down to the Danube, others up the hill. In the centre stands a Plague Cross, erected in 1763 by Serbian m..

This museum displays interesting 14C and 15C works of art. In Room I, admire a 1427 triptych by the Hungarian Kolozsvári, and the Garamszentbenedek sepulchre. Room II has a remarkable wooden sculpture depicting God and the musical angels (1510) and..

The restoration of this palace, built during the reign of Béla III , has revealed some interesting architectural features, among which is a 12C vaulted room, considered to be the oldest dwelling place in Hungary. Also worth looking out for are the ..

A key figure in Hungarian 20C painting, the ambition of Vajda Lajos was to become an icon painter on Mount Athos in order to “create an eternal work, to try to render the invisible visible”. His time in Paris from 1930 to 1934 inspired him deeply: or..

At Szentendre, the Ferenczy family has earned its place in the pantheon of Hungarian art. In the late 19C, Károli Ferenczy developed open-air painting, drawing on the teachings of Impressionism. The museum exhibits the paintings of the father, the sc..

This old 18C merchant’s house is where the works of the ceramist Margit Kovács (1902-77) are displayed. This talented artist, a prizewinner at the Universal Exhibitions in Paris (1937) and Brussels (1958), used a variety of media (varnished clay, ter..

The Danube Museum explains in a clear manner the presence of water in the natural world, highlighting various inventions developed over the centuries to harness it intelligently, such as the use of hydraulic power, irrigation and transport. This muse..

The silhouette of this immense basilica, completed in 1869, is an intrinsic feature of the skyline of Esztergom. Its vast proportions (118m long, 47m wide and a façade 97m high) together with its dominant position over the Danube make it impossible t..

The museum exhibits interesting collections on two floors. Among the works exhibited are the 19C iconostasis from the Serbian Orthodox church in Buda, an 18C carved-wood Entombment by Teodor Phelonin Grunkoviae, and Serbian and Russian icons.

Hungary's 20 wine-producing regions are represented in a beautiful vaulted wine cellar managed by the neighbouring restaurant. 5 000 bottles of 170 types of wine are stored here.

The tiny square is home to a 14C Catholic church dedicated to St John the Baptist. The dedoration in the interior is Baroque, apart from the frescoes, which are modern, painted by members of the Szentendre artists' colony. A museum dedicated to the p..

The painter Béla Czóbel (1883-1976) was a member of the Paris School and divided his time between Budapest and the French capital. Several paintings in the museum are of views of Paris or the Seine. A talented portraitist using brilliant colours, C..

The Serbian Episcopal Cathedral took the name of Beograda (Belgrade) because it was built by Serbian refugees from that town. It is a fine red building, with a soaring steeple and a Rococo doorway. The iconostasis in the superb interior is resplenden..

The painter János Kmetty (1889-1975), influenced by Cézanne and a member of Lajos Kassák's activist group, lived in Szentendre for many years. The museum in a former merchant's home is entirely devoted to his works. You will see self-portraits and ..

From the outside, you would not think that this 18C church by András Mayerhoffer (a Hungarian architect of Austrian origin) was a Serbian Orthodox Church. You have to go inside, through the doorway on the small street called Görög utca, to realise th..

Marzipan, the sweet almond-paste delicacy, is used here by master confectioners, who with great patience have created a series of compositions. You can see monuments like the Budapest Parliament, and people, such as Sissy, Snow White and Michael Jack..