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                                                                             FURTHER AFIELD

                                                                             Many of Budapest’s greatest treasures are out   out. North of Buda are the extensive ruins of
                                                                             of the city centre. The city’s Art Nouveau zoo   the Roman city of Aquincum, founded around
                                                                             is found in the beautiful Városliget City Park.   AD 100. To the west of the city, the beautiful
                                                                             The vast Heroes’ Square opposite has two   Eagle Hill nature reserve and, further out, the
                                                                             outstanding art collections: the Museum of   wooded Buda Hills attract nature-lovers. Out
                                                                             Fine Arts and the Műcsarnok Palace of Art.   to the east of Pest, the Jewish Cemetery is a
                                                                             East of here a new museum honours the   reminder of the vibrant Jewish community in
                                                                             victims of Hungary’s Holo caust, while to the   prewar Hungary, and the Memento Park to
                                                                             west Margaret Island makes for a tranquil day   the south is a surreal relic from Soviet days.



                                                                              Sights at a Glance
                                                                               Museums            Churches                  Key
                                                                              2 Museum of Fine Arts   1 St Anne’s Church       Motorway
                                                                              3 Műcsarnok Palace of Art   Parks and Recreation Areas     Main road
                                                                              8 Aquincum          4 Városliget
                                                                              0 Budapest Holocaust Memorial                    Other road
                                                                                Centre            7 Margaret Island (pp112–3)     Railway
                                                                              q Palace of Arts    w Eagle Hill Nature Reserve
                                                                                                  e Buda Hills
                                                                              Historic Buildings
                                                                              and Monuments       Cemeteries
                                                                              5 Vajdahunyad Castle   9 Jewish Cemetery
                                                                              6 Széchenyi Baths
                                                                              r Memento Park (pp116–7)
                                                                                                                       0 kilometres  5
                                                                                                                       0 miles    3


                                                                                                        Vác          Hatvan
                                                                                           Esztergom     Újpest   M3
                                                                                                   Danube (Duna)  M3                 Gödöllõ
                                                                                                11
                                                                                            Óbuda     2                    M0
                                                                                                                Újpalota
                                                                                                     Angyalföld
                                                                                                                         Árpádföld
                                                                                                       10
                                                                                 Zugliget                     Zugló
                                                                                              Nyugati pu.             Sashalom
                                                                                     Fogaskerekû                        3  Mátyásföld
                                                                                                         Keleti pu.
                                                                                            Déli-pu.       Józsefvárosi
                                                                                                           pu.             Rákos-patak
                                                                                                                               31
                                                                                        Sasad
                                                                                                        4         Óhegy
                                                                                Budaörs                                             Jászberény
                                                                                   1
                                                                                            Kelenföld
                                                                              Gyõr
                                                                                    M7                                    4
                                                                                          Albertfalva            Kispest
                                                                                                                                   Budapest
                                                                                        7                 Pesterzsébet            Ferenc Liszt
                                                                                                                                   Airport
                                                                                         Budafok
                                                                                                   Csepel  Ráckevei
                                                                                                 Danube (Duna)  510
                                                                                   Budatétény                        M5
                                                                                              6                         Pestszentimre  Cegléd
                                                                                 M0
                                                                                           Pécs                 Kecskemét
                                                                               Turtles basking in the Japanese Garden on peaceful Margaret Island  For keys to map symbols see back flap
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