Things to see and do Hungary

Pistachio green in color, this Art Nouveau building was built in 1903 by Emil Vidor for Béla Bedő and his family. Recognizable by its loggias and balconies, its facade is decorated with ceramics by Zsolnay. This house had finally found a new lease on life: a private museum and a cozy little café had moved in. Unfortunately, the Covid-19 pandemic has exhausted the finances of its owners. The house is therefore closed until further notice. This does not prevent one from enjoying the rich details that characterize this house from the outside.

The first cinema was opened in Erzsébetváros (Queen Elizabeth's neighborhood, hence the name Erzsébet körút), which has remained the traditional cinema district ever since. Most have since closed including the Örökmozgó at number 39, which moved to Üllői út 2-4, integrated into the Premier Kultcafé. At number 49, the famous Grand Royal Hotel - now Hotel Corinthia - reopened a few years ago. This is one of the busiest sections of the entire city.

It is in the municipality of Őriszentpéter that there is an important area of the national park of Őrseg. Information at the park entrance (Tourinform) on museums and activities proposed.

To afford a cruise with Legenda is to live an unforgettable experience on the Danube in a boat made entirely of glass which enables to enjoy Budapest in its entire splendor. All ships of the fleet are air conditioned and comfortable, with audio guides available in French (and 29 other languages!). You can opt for a day or a night formula. That of day allows you to stop on the Marguerite Island. At night, you will indulge wonder of a thousand lights of the capital and enjoy a romantic candlelight dinner, accompanied by a guitarist and a singer. The menu is in French and surprises by its quality. Think of tasting soup with lemon cream with bays and a cream with mint and raspberry, a true delight!

The exterior of this beautiful church is reminiscent of the golden age of Budapest in the ^19th century, but its history goes back much further. Built in the Middle Ages, originally in Romanesque style, remodeled in Gothic style, the church becomes in the ^14th century a basilica with three naves. It was in the church of Our Lady of the Assumption in Budavár that Matthias ^I Corvin and Beatrice of Aragon were married in 1476. It was this same king who ordered the construction of the present Matthias Tower. In 1526, the Ottomans took Buda, the church is in flames, its treasure is evacuated by boat to Pozsony (Bratislava, Slovakia). Then the Ottomans transformed the church into a mosque and walled up a statue of the Virgin. When the troops of Eugene of Savoy retake Buda, the cannon blows end up blowing up the wall that hid the statue of the Virgin: an event that Hungarians call "the miracle of Buda". Legend has it that the Ottomans were so demoralized that they gave in. Ruined, the church was then entrusted to the Jesuits, who undertook its partial reconstruction. In 1867, the coronation of Franz Josef and Sissi took place in the Mátyás Church. For the occasion, Sissi herself mended the royal cloak of the first Christian king István. The building was almost completely rebuilt between 1873 and 1896 in the neo-Gothic style by Frigyes Schulek. The interior frescoes are by Bertalan Székely and Károly Lotz.