Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
SIGHTS
MUSEUM
UNDERGROUND RAILWAY MUSEUM
child 350/280Ft; 10am-5pm Tue-Sun; M1/2/3 Deák Ferenc tér)
In the pedestrian subway beneath V Deák Ferenc tér, next to the main ticket window, the
small Underground Railway Museum traces the development of the capital's underground
lines. Much emphasis is put on the little yellow metro (M1), Continental Europe's first un-
derground railway, which opened for the millenary celebrations in 1896. The museum is at-
mospherically housed in a stretch of tunnel and station, and houses wonderfully restored
carriages.
NOTABLE BUILDING
PESTI VIGADÓ
hibitions 2500Ft; 10am-7.30pm; M1 Vörösmarty tér, 2)
Pesti Vigadó, the Romantic-style concert hall built in 1864 but badly damaged during
WWII, faces the river to the west of Vörösmarty tér. Reopened in 2014 after a 10-year clos-
ure and reconstruction, the building has been fully restored to its former grandeur. Addition-
al space has been set aside for temporary exhibitions and there's now a fantastic terrace af-
fording expansive views over the Danube. It's a fantastic place to catch a classical concert in
glamorous surrounds.
Start your visit in the ground-floor gallery space, before ascending the magnificent stone
staircase for a peek into the 2nd-floor concert hall. A lift will whisk you to the 5th- and 6th-
floor exhibition rooms and from the 6th you can step out onto the
panorámaterasz
(terrace)
to take in the views.
CHURCH
INNER TOWN PARISH CHURCH
9am-7pm; 2)
On the eastern side of Március 15 tér, a Romanesque church was first built in the 12th cen-
tury within a Roman fortress. You can still see bits and pieces of the fort,
Contra Aquinc-
um
, protected under Plexiglas on the square. The present church was rebuilt in the 14th cen-
tury and again in the 18th century, and you can easily spot Gothic, Renaissance, baroque
and even Turkish - eg the
mihrab
(prayer niche) in the eastern wall - elements.