Budapest, Hungary
Things to do in Budapest
Everything in the Atlas for Budapest: places to see and things to do, in one list.
Széchenyi Baths
Eighteen pools fed from a well 1,246 m down. The outdoor pools stay at 38°C, which is why the photographs of people playing chess in the steam are all taken in winter.
Fisherman's Bastion
Seven neo-Romanesque turrets for the seven Magyar tribes, built in 1902 purely as a viewing terrace. The upper levels charge; the lower ones are free and nearly as good.
Great Market Hall
Three floors under a Zsolnay tiled roof: paprika and salami on the ground, cooked food and a great deal of embroidery above.
House of Terror
The headquarters of first the Arrow Cross and then the state security police, kept as a museum of both occupations. The basement cells are as they were found.
An outdoor thermal bath in winter
38°C water, snow on the stone, and old men playing chess on floating boards. Go early; go on a weekday.
A ruin bar, before it fills
Derelict courtyard buildings filled with salvaged furniture; Szimpla was the first and is still worth an early evening.
This page exists because Budapest has at least 3 of them in the Atlas. Destinations with fewer do not have a page for this, on purpose — a facet with one or two entries is a heading with a list under it that you could have read in full on the page you came from. Back to Budapest.