Location: Óbuda-Békásmegyer
Top Things to do in Óbuda-Békásmegyer
Things to do in Budapest, Central Hungary: The Best Sights & Landmarks
Over 15 million gallons of water bubble daily into Budapest's 118 springs and boreholes. The city of spas offers an astounding array of baths, from the sparkling Gellert Baths to the vast 1913 neo-baroque Szechenyi Spa to Rudas Spa, a dramatic 16th-century Turkish pool with original Ottoman architecture. The "Queen of the Danube" is also steeped in history, culture and natural beauty. Get your camera ready for the Roman ruins of the Aquincum Museum, Heroes' Square and Statue Park, and the 300-foot dome of St. Stephen's Basilica.
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1. Roman Beach
2. Aquincum Museum
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4.0 based on 272 reviews
The remains of a former military garrison of the Roman province of Pannonia include a large amphitheater for 1,600 spectators.
Reviewed By MKPaul
This crowded Roman town was on the north-east border of the empire, facing untamed tribes across the Danube. It is very easy to find and access. Go to Aquincum stations on the Hev suburban railway and on the main railway from Nyugati station to Esztergom. Before entering Aquincum, take advantage of a free visit to the well-excavated amphitheatre adjoining the Hev station. If driving up the west bank of the Danube on Szentendrei utca to Bekasmegyer, there is a big free car park on the right, after the Auchan supermarket traffic lights. Only the excellent new museum building (big, clean toilets) is wheelchair or pushchair friendly. Tread carefully, especially in wet weather. In hot weather, take plenty of water. Hungarian and English text panels explain the different buildings, and a colour booklet is sold at the cash desk. This is one of Hungary's most child-friendly sites. Youngsters can also show their archaeology skills in a sandpit populated with child-friendly skeleton and ceramics. Highlights include a reconstructed Temple of Mithras, on the site of the original. Beware of the irregular steps at the entrance. Two explanatory films are here - move quickly to squeeze onto the audience bench. Also visit the nearby reconstructed House of the Painter. On the east side of the site is a rich collection of finds, with about half idenfied in Hungarian and English captions. At the southern end, by the small amphitheatre - look through fencing to see finds awaiting cataloguing and display. A well-documented display of Roman brickmaking methods and skills is also here. On the south side, a collection of 72 querns and millstones shows off the stonehewer's skill in Roman times. You can see the transition from querns to millstones, and also the many stone fractures occurring before stonehewers adopted the Spanish cross to reduce shock in driven stones.
3. The Obuda Synagogue
4. Obuda
5. Ferenc Puskas Statue
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Reviewed By RashadM_13 - Budapest, Hungary
Although it is outside of the city center, it is still close to downtown in just 10-15 minutes by tram. It worth to visit and take a picture with the Legend from Golden Team.
6. Peter and Paul's Church
7. Memorial of the Katyn Martyrs
8. Waiting statue group
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4.0 based on 7 reviews
Reviewed By stinkwink - Sydney, Australia
Imre Varga, the famous Hungarian sculptor, made this group of girls remembering his years in Paris. There he has seen street girls standing in the rain, and waiting for clients. The same statues, only with two girls were erected in one of the public squares in Los Angeles. These ladies are waiting here desperately from 1986. They're everything just not cheerful. The visitors hook on them for the mood of a selfie, but these girls are sad and vulnerable. During the summer they are standing in a flower bed, but now, at the beginning of January, when I took the photo, the surroundings were suited to their mood. A few blocks from the "Umbrella carriers" - as everyone calls them-, on the 7th of Laktanya Street, Imre Varga's permanent exhibition is open to the public.
9. Szindbad the boatman
10. Reformed church of Obuda
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4.0 based on 1 reviews
