Visitors who have at least three days at their disposal, after having seen the sights in the Castle District and along the Danube embankments and Andrássy út as described above, might like to take their pick from the following. The neo-Gothic Parliament has a beautiful interior, containing amongst other things the Hungarian Crown Jewels.
It’s not far from there to Saint Stephen’s Basilica, where the Holy Right Hand of the founder of Hungary, King Saint Stephen is on display. It’s also well worth taking the lift up to the top of the tower, from where there is a superb view over the rooftops. One of the jewels of Andrássy út is the Opera House, and one of the many attractions in City Park is the Transport Museum, complete with model railway system.
To see real locomotives at close quarters head for the (separate) Hungarian Railway Museum. There are Roman remains at the Aquincum Museum, and historic furniture at the Nagytétény Castle Museum. The Statue Park contains an amazing display of gargantuan Communist era statues. The imposing Dohány utca Synagogue is as outstanding a building as its small garden, including metallic weeping willow tree dedicated to the memory of the victims of the Holocaust, is moving.
In between the sightseeing, but in truth an integral part of the Budapest scene, you cannot leave out the various bastions to Hungarian cuisine and café culture: for example, Gerbeaud Café, and the Százéves, Biarritz, Fortuna, Alabárdos, Arany Szarvas, Kárpátia and the world famous Mátyás Pince Restaurants.
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