Budapest
Neighborhoods
Each district has its own personality
Budapest Neighborhoods
Find the right area for your travel style
Belváros (District V - Inner City)
The civic and commercial heart of Pest: the Parliament on the embankment, St Stephen's Basilica with its dome viewpoint, the Chain Bridge crossing to Buda, the grand cafés (Gerbeaud, Centrál), and the pedestrian shopping street Váci utca that's touristy but unavoidable.
Castle District (District I - Várnegyed)
The medieval hilltop on the Buda bank: the rebuilt Royal Palace housing the National Gallery, Matthias Church's tiled roof, Fisherman's Bastion's storybook white turrets with the best Pest panorama, cobblestone backstreets where (almost) nobody lives.
Jewish Quarter (District VII - Erzsébetváros)
The historic Jewish Quarter: the Great Synagogue (Europe's largest), kosher delis, the world's most photographed ruin bar (Szimpla Kert), street-food stalls at Karaván, and the city's densest concentration of bars and late-night eating. Quiet and somber by day, packed and loud by night.
City Park (District XIV - Városliget)
The 100-hectare city park at the end of Andrássy Avenue: Heroes' Square with its bronze chieftains, the Vajdahunyad Castle on its lake, the Széchenyi thermal baths' yellow neo-Baroque palace, the renovated Museum of Fine Arts, and the new House of Music. Half a day minimum; a full day if you bath.