Szentendre
The excellent Ámos-Anna Museum displays the surrealist and expressionist paintings of husband-and-wife team Margit Anna and Imre Ámos. Imre Ámos' dark…
Must-see attractions in Hungary
Pécs
Wedged between two modern buildings, this 16th-century mosque comes complete with a minaret and is still used for services. Inside there's a wonderful…
Eger
To the right of the main steps up to Eger Basilica is the entrance to the former archbishop’s cellars. A guided history-oriented tour on the hour leads…
Northern Hungary
This award-winning museum contains the usual three rooms of a Hungarian peasant house, stuffed with local folk pottery, painted furniture and embroidered…
Great Plain
Housed in a thatched cottage by the main entrance of the Máta Stud Farm, this small exhibition presents a dozen traditional carriages and coaches that…
Danube Bend & Western Transdanubia
There are some easy walks and hikes in the immediate vicinity of the Citadel – to the 377m-high Nagy-Villám Lookout Tower, for example. On a good day you…
Pécs
The 200m-tall TV tower sits atop the 535m summit of Misini hill. On a clear day, from the viewing platform you can see Pécs and its historic buildings,…
Eger
This 40m-high minaret, topped incongruously with a cross, is one of the few reminders of the Ottoman occupation of Eger. Nonclaustrophobes can brave the…
Debrecen
East of the city centre, the Tímárház is a folk-craft centre and workshop run by the Debrecen Cultural Centre, where potters, cheesemakers, weavers and…
Northern Hungary
One of Hungary’s last examples of a working, horse-driven, 19th-century dry mill can be seen in the village of Tarpa. It's not necessary to enter as you…
Salgótarján St Jewish Cemetery
Budapest
To the southeast of Kerepes Cemetery is this five-hectare cemetery established for the city's Jews in 1874. It was full by the turn of the 20th century.
Szeged
This gate was erected in 1936 in honour of Miklós Horthy’s White Guards, who were responsible for ‘cleansing’ the nation of ‘reds’ after the ill-fated…
Debrecen
Debrecen had a Jewish population of 12,000 people up to the end of WWII. This Conservative synagogue, just south of Bajcsy-Zsilinszky utca, dates from…
Szentendre
Castle Hill, reached via Váralja lépcső, the narrow steps between Fõ tér 8 and 9, was the site of a fortress in the Middle Ages. From here you get…
Szentendre
The National Wine Museum, in the cellar beneath Labirintus restaurant, traces the development of winemaking in Hungary and offers wine tastings of between…
Eger
This unusual gallery exhibits the work of Hungarian-born American artist and designer György Kepes, who is celebrated for – among other things – his light…
Budapest
This cream-coloured villa designed by Emil Vidor (1867–1952) in 1902 is among the purest – and most extravagant – examples of art nouveau architecture in…
Open-air Ethnographic Collection
Northern Hungary
This open-air collection, including an 18th-century Palóc-style house, stable and tiny replica chapel, stands in the garden behind the Palóc Museum in…
Budapest
The WWII-vintage bunker used by the regent, Miklós Horthy, can be visited on guided tour at the Gödöllő Royal Palace.
Kecskemét
This space in the art nouveau Ornamental Palace holds exhibitions on ethnography, history and archaeology.
Szeged
On the west side of the Széchenyi tér is the neobaroque town hall, built in 1883, with its bizarre, top-heavy tower and colourful tiled roof.
Budapest
You can visit the splendid Baroque Theatre at Gödöllő Royal Palace on weekends via a guided tour.
Kecskemét
Now a music school, the Calvinist New College was built in 1912 in the late Hungarian Romantic style and looks like a Transylvanian castle.
Szanto Memorial Home & Synagogue
Szentendre
The relics inside Europe's tiniest synagogue are a loving tribute to Szentendre's 250-strong Jewish community, devastated by the Holocaust.
Eger
The Ecclesiastical Collection, in the Eger Archbishop’s Palace, consists of priceless vestments, church plate and liturgical objects.
Budapest
The renovated headquarters of Hungarian Radio was where shots were first fired on 23 October 1956; a memorial plaque marks the spot.
Northern Hungary
This museum of traditional clothing takes a detailed look at the step-by-step process of preparing such fabrics as wool and linen.
Sopron
Behind St Michael's Church is the Romanesque-Gothic Chapel of St James, the oldest structure in Sopron and originally an ossuary.
Budapest
This lovely residence with phenomenal stained glass and grillwork was designed by Zoltán Bálint and Lajos Jámbor in 1902.
Northern Hungary
The Tákos Provincial House, opposite the Calvinist church, sells works by local craftspeople and local (mostly plum) jam.
Eger
The wrought-iron balcony and window grilles of this rococo building were the work of master craftsman Henrik Fazola.
Eger
This collection of fine art that once hung in Eger Castle contains works by Canaletto and Ceruti, among others.
Eger
The erstwhile neoclassical synagogue dating from 1845 is now partly renovated and functions as a theatre.
Northern Hungary
This museum exhibits more than 200 porcelain dolls in traditional costumes from all across Hungary.
Berzenczey utca Apartment Block
Budapest
This beautiful building was designed by Secessionist master architect Ödön Lechner in 1895.
Great Plain
The Round Theatre has a small exhibit on Hortobágy traditional crafts and a gift shop.
Budapest
St Stephen's Park is home to a Raoul Wallenberg memorial portraying a warrior doing battle with a snake (evil). Erected in 1999 and titled Kígyóölő …
Budapest
Covered in vines, the turreted Gatehouse Tower, part of the Vajdahunyad Castle, greets visitors as they cross the footbridge to the small island in the…
Budapest
A ruin is all that remains of the 13th-century convent built by Béla IV where his daughter St Margaret (1242–71) took the veil. According to the story,…
