This tourist map of Budapest marks 11 top sights, 34 hidden gems and a 6.8 km walking route from the Central Market Hall to Fisherman's Bastion, across the Chain Bridge. It is free to view, print and download.
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Each sight is described in full on tourist attractions in Budapest.
The numbers below match the pins on the map, the PDF and the video. The first 8 sights sit on the walking route, from the Pest bank across the Chain Bridge to Castle Hill; the last 3 are a metro ride away, Memento Park with a bus at the end.
Marked in orange on the map: 34 smaller sights worth a detour. The 20 below are the ones in or near the centre; the PDF lists all 34 with their addresses.
The PDF is the same map on four A4 pages. Page 1 holds the map with the numbered legend, how to get around and the licence. Pages 2 and 3 describe the 11 sights with a photo, the full address and access, plus the transport for the 3 outside the centre. The 34 hidden gems follow with their addresses, and page 4 closes with seven neighbourhoods. In English, 1.6 MB. Edition: October 2026.
Start of a 6.8 km (4.2 miles) route, about 1 h 25 on foot without the visits, beside Fővám tér station on M4. The hall at Vámház körút 1-3 is free to enter and closes on public holidays. The longest leg, 2.0 km and 25 min, heads north through the inner city to the basilica.
On Szent István tér in Lipótváros. The church visit covers the nave, where the Holy Right Hand is displayed; the panoramic terrace around the dome and the treasury form a separate zone. Continue north-west, 1.4 km, to Kossuth Lajos tér.
At Kossuth Lajos tér 1-3, on the Pest bank. Imre Steindl's building guards the Hungarian crown jewels, and visits run as timed guided tours. The route follows the Danube south past the Shoes on the Danube Bank, 1.2 km, to the Chain Bridge.
Opened in 1849, with four stone lions on its abutments. It is free to cross on foot or by bike, and the walk across gives the best view back to the castle and the bastion. It ends at Clark Ádám tér on the Buda side.
The lower station of the funicular, running since 1870, stands at Clark Ádám tér by the Buda end of the bridge, with its own tickets. The route climbs Castle Hill on foot instead, 0.4 km to the palace terrace; the funicular is the alternative to the walk up.
The former royal palace above Szent György tér holds the Hungarian National Gallery and the Budapest History Museum. The courtyards and the terrace over the Danube are free to walk; reconstruction keeps parts behind hoardings. Walk north along the plateau, 0.9 km, to Szentháromság tér.
On Szentháromság tér. Frigyes Schulek rebuilt the medieval church in the nineteenth century under its roof of Zsolnay tiles, and King Matthias married here twice. Ticketed, and still in use, so visiting times shift around services. Fisherman's Bastion is 0.2 km away.
The route ends on Schulek's lookout terrace, seven towers for the seven Magyar tribes. The lower terraces are free at any hour; the upper turrets charge admission in the daytime. Bus 16 runs from Szentháromság tér back down to Deák Ferenc tér.
The centre is walkable: the 8 stops on the route cover 6.8 km, about 1 h 25 without the visits, and the longest leg is the 2.0 km from the Central Market Hall to St. Stephen's Basilica. The route climbs Castle Hill on foot from Clark Ádám tér; the funicular makes the same climb and sells its own tickets.
BKK runs the metro, trams and buses. M4 stops at Fővám tér by the market hall, M1 at Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út and M3 at Arany János utca near the basilica, and M2 at Kossuth Lajos tér beside the Parliament. Tram 2 runs along the Pest embankment between them, and bus 16 climbs from Deák Ferenc tér to Dísz tér and Szentháromság tér on Castle Hill.
Sights outside the walking route:
Three of the numbered sights can be booked ahead. The St. Stephen's Basilica entry ticket covers the church and the Holy Right Hand but not the panoramic terrace; the Parliament visit comes at the end of a 4.5-hour guided city tour with transport between the sights; and the Széchenyi Thermal Bath ticket is a full weekday with a locker.
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One photo in the PDF and the video carries its own credit: Memento Park, "Main entrance of the Memento Park with Lenin, Marx and Engels" by Ferran Cornellà, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
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