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City Park - Budapest
Region: Budapest & Surr.
Sub-region: Budapest
Type of sight: Other sights of interest
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Budapest’s City Park is reputed to have been the world’s first public park open to all. In 1808 the Emperor ordered a Hungarian “National Garden” to be laid out, including the planting of seven thousand trees.
Today’s City Park contains amusement areas, sports grounds, foot and cycle paths, as well as the hundred-year old Széchenyi Thermal Baths (Pest’s first), popular for swimming, relaxation and treatments.
There is also the Transport Museum, containing rare model locomotives, the Petőfi Hall, home to rock concerts, and at weekends one of the city’s most interesting flea markets, where goods on sale range from interesting old books and antique painted plates to valuable old toys.
In summer there is boating on City Park Lake. In winter, it is transformed into Central Europe’s largest artificial skating rink.
On the shore of City Park Lake stands Vajdahunyad Castle. The first version of this was a wooden edifice constructed for the 1896 Millennium celebrations to a mix of designs in order to show characteristic elements of architectural styles from different parts of Hungary. This giant “model” was so successful that after it was taken down it was rebuilt out of stone. It later became home to the Agricultural Museum, which also contains one of the world’s largest trophy collections.
Budapest Zoo is a pleasant day out for all the family. It first opened in 1866 and has in the last decade undergone significant modernisation. Some of its buildings are particularly fine examples of Hungarian art nouveau. Five hundred types of animal and 4,000 different plants live within its 250 acres.
Spectacles and curios were already begin paraded in the City Park in the middle of the nineteenth century, and travelling circuses regularly set up their big top here. Budapest’s own permanent circus settled here in 1891.
The adjacent Fun Fair is a real meeting of antique and state of the art technology. There are gentle rides on the Ferris wheels and, for the brave, there are fast, spinning, hair-raising rides on the roller-coasters. The hundred year-old merry go round, recently awarded the European Nostra Prize, and the two-thirds of a mile-long wooden framed switchback with nine peaks (now a listed monument) have a charming old-world atmosphere to them. There is an exhibition about the history of the Fun Fair in the departure building.
Source: Budapest and Surrounding Area - publication of the Hungarian National Tourism Office |
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Accommodation in this sub-region
Budapest & Surr. - Budapest (8) 
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Budapest
City Hotel Ring
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Family-style hotel in the centre of Budapest, close to the Western Railway Station and Margaret Island, and right in the midst of the hurly-burly of business life and shopping centres.
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Budapest
ACH-Jasmine Apartment
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ACH-Jasmine Apartment is situated in the 7th district, downtown of Budapest off the Grand Boulevard’s 'Erzsebet korut' section. Here you can find plenty of shopping-, banking-, dining and entertainment facilities within a 5 minutes walking distance. |
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Budapest
Hotel Baross
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Baross Hotel is located in the centre of Budapest, on the Pest side of the city, next to Keleti international train station.
The building that gives home to the hotel itself, was built at the turn of the 19th century and has long functioned as an up-scale residential apartment block. |
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Budapest
Hotel Atlas
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Hotel Atlas centrally located, with spacious, well-equipped rooms, and a full range of convenient 3 star services, we make it our business to ensure that your stay is smooth and comfortable. |
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Budapest
Pension Kicike
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Pension Kicike is situated in the 18th district of Budapest. This is in one of the green belts on the Pest side, near to the Ferihegy Airport and at a distance of 20 minutes from the City Center.
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Budapest
Courthouse Apartment
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The Courthouse Apartment is situated in the centre of Budapest (5th district), in the historic former building of the Royal Courthouse, with a quiet internal yard. It is ideal for a family or friends of 4 persons. |
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Budapest
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