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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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