• Budapest Guide

  • Introduction to Budapest
  • Things Not to Miss
  • Arrival
  • Getting around

• Explore Budapest

  • The Belváros
  • Lipótváros and Újlipótváros
  • Terézváros and Erzsébetváros
  • The Városliget and the stadium district
  • Józsefváros and Ferencváros
  • Várhegy and central Buda
  • Gellért-hegy and the Tabán
  • Óbuda and Margit-sziget
  • The Buda Hills
  • The city limits

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  • Drinking
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Budapest Guide

Gellért-hegy and the Tabán

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Gellért-hegy, a craggy dolomite hill rearing 130m above the embankment, is one area you'd be foolish to miss: it offers a fabulous view of the city and is as much a feature of Budapest's waterfront panorama as Várhegy and the Parliament building. At its foot, the Gellért hotel is famous for its Art Nouveau thermal baths and summer terrace. North of Gellért-hegy, the Tabán, once Buda's artisan quarter, now has more roads than buildings and makes an incongruous setting for one of Budapest's most historic and magical Turkish baths, the Rudas.

Transport to the district is plentiful: bus #7 and trams # 47 and #49 go from Pest to Gellért tér and Móricz Zsigmond körtér, while tram #18 from Moszkva tér and tram #19 from Batthyány tér via the Tabán serve the same points.