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a crevice onto the upper level, there to enter “Fairyland” and finally “Paradise”, overlooking
the hellish “Radium Hall” 50m below.
Szemlőhegyi Cave
Szemlőhegyi barlang • III, Pusztaszeri út 35 • 40min tours hourly on the hour daily except Tues 10am-4pm •
1000Ft • 1 325 6001,
szemlohegyi.atw.hu
Quite different from the Pálvölgyi Stalactite Cave is the
Szemlőhegyi Cave
, with less con-
voluted and claustrophobic passages and no stalactites. Instead, the walls are encrusted with
cauliflower- or popcorn-textured precipitates. Discovered in 1930, the cave has exceptionally
clean air, and its lowest level is used as a respiratory sanatorium. After the tour you can view
a museum of cave finds and plans from all over Hungary.
For refreshment after the caves you should schedule in a stop at the
Daubner
patisserie at
Szépvölgyiút29(nearKolosytératthebottomofthehill),whichdoessomeofthemostdeli-
cious cakes in the city and attracts huge queues at weekends. Alternatively, you can combine
a visit to the Szemlőhegyi Cave with the
Bartók Memorial House
or the Kiscelli Museum.
The Kiscelli Museum
Kiscelli Múzeum • III, Kiscelli utca 108 • Tues-Sun: April-Oct 10am-6pm; Nov-March 10am-4pm • 1000Ft •
1 250 0304,
kiscellimuzeum.hu
• Bus #165 from Kolosy tér or bus #160 from Batthyány tér
OnahillsideaboveÓbuda,fifteenminutes'walknorthoftheSzemlőhegyi Cave,the
Kiscelli
Museum
occupies a former Trinitarian monastery in a beautiful wooded setting. The mu-
seum's wide-ranging collection includes Baroque sculptures, craftsmen's tools, antique print-
ing presses and the 1830 Biedermeier furnishings of the Golden Lion pharmacy, which used
to stand on Kálvin tér. The blackened shell of the monastery's Gothic church makes a dra-
matic backdrop for exhibitions of contemporary art, classical
concerts
, animated film shows
and other events.
