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Afternoon
Walk off the effects of lunch
in the Museum of Fine Arts
(see pp150–53), which houses
Hungary’s finest collection of
foreign art in a monumental
building facing Heroes’
Square (see pp146–7).
On leaving the museum,
walk past the Millennium
Monument (see p149) and
down Andrássy út – a superb
avenue of embassies and
consulates, giving way to
restaurants and shops – and
stop at one of the many cafés Children relax at Budakeszi Wildlife Park in the Buda Hills
on Liszt Ferenc tér (see pp202–
203). The highlight of Andrássy Afternoon the Jewish Museum. The
út is No. 22, the Hungarian A well-marked path runs from Holocaust Memorial is found
State Opera (see pp122–3), which the café to Budakeszi Wildlife behind the synagogue’s
offers guided tours in the late Park (open 9am–5pm Mon–Fri, courtyard. The rest of the
afternoon. From here, walk 9am–6pm Sat & Sun; Tel (06 1) 23 quarter is known for its gift
along lower Andrássy út, over 451 783). The park is set over shops and book stores, and the
Erzsébet tér, to the Gresham 3 sq km (1 sq mile) and contains less ostentatious syna gogues
Palace hotel (see p118), facing a wide variety of animals, from on Rumbach S. utca and
Chain Bridge. Finally, spend the wild boar (which also roam the Kazinczy utca. On the same
evening dining at the informal surrounding country side), to street, stop for a kosher lunch
Gresham Restaurant (see p199), wolves. There is a separate reserve at Carmel Étterem (see p203).
famous for its “Three Foie Gras”, for plants and flora. A walking
a Hungarian speciality. safari tours the best of both areas. Afternoon
The on-site restaurant is a great Váci utca (see p131) offers great
Family Fun al Fresco place for supper, and offers folk shopping at its northern end –
music after 6pm. At going-home for souvenirs, fashion and fine
time the Children’s Railway will Hungarian porcelain at Goda
Family of 4 allow at least be closed, but buses 22A and (No. 9). Visit the Inner City
30,000 HUF 222 take you back to the Széll Parish Church (see pp128–9),
• A tour of the Buda Hills Kálmán tér metro station. then cross Kossuth Lajos út,
on the Children’s Railway and head south past the Klotild
• A walking safari round History and Shopping Palaces (see p131) and more
Budakeszi Wildlife Park shops, to Fövám tér. Rest here
in a café. Across the road is
• Supper and folk music Two adults allow at least the final retail challenge of the
20,000 HUF (plus shopping) day – the huge food market at
• The surviving monuments Central Market Hall (see p211).
Morning of the Jewish Quarter
Head for the Buda Hills • A traditional Jewish lunch
(see p165) by means of the • Shopping on Váci utca and
Széchenyi Hill cog railway
(5am–11pm; Tel (06 1) 355 41 67), in Central Market
which begins at Szilágyi
Erzsébet fasor, just north of
Széll Kálmán tér metro station. Morning
At the top, a short walk leads Start at the Hungarian National
to the TV tower (closed) and Museum (see pp134–7), where
the terminus of the Children’s Sándor Petőfi read his National
Railway (open May–Aug: Song in 1848 (see p33). Spend
10am–5pm). The steam engine an hour amongst the treasures
departs on the hour and of Hungary’s turbulent past,
meanders through the Buda then go to another historic
hills to Hűvösvölgy, passing location – the Jewish Quarter
the Erzsébet Look-Out Tower. (see p138). The Great Synagogue
Disembark at Szép Juhászné (see p138) on Dohány utca is
station for lunch at the a splendid Byzantine-style One of the many busy terrace cafés that
outdoor café. building, attached to which is line Váci utca

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