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Street-by-Street: Around Váci Street AROUND
PARLIAMENT
The northern section of Váci Street has been Budapest’s fashionable
area for walking, meeting in cafés and shopping in elegant boutiques
since the early 19th century. Its attractive promenade is an enjoyable CENTRAL
PEST
place for a stroll in the evening, when it is stylishly illuminated.
GELLÉRT
HILL AND
TABÁN Danube
Gerbeaud Cukrászda
is one of the best Locator Map
patisseries in town. See Street Finder map 4

Holy Figures adorn the
Holy Figures adorn the 5 . Váci Street
Vigadó 19th-century façade of the Budapest’s most elegant promenade and shopping area is lined with
19th-century façade of the
concert D O R O T T Y A U Baroque Servite Church. fashion boutiques, cafés, fountains and statues. Off the street there
Baroque Servite Church.
hall are old courtyards and shopping arcades.
3 Turkish
V I G A D Ó U corner of Kígyó utca and Petőfi
Bank
Párizsi Udvar is found on the
D E Á K F E R E N C U currently closed for renovation,
Sándor utca. The arcade,
is set to become a hotel with
shops downstairs.

V Á C I U T C A
U U

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2 Mihály Vörösmarty Square P A P A
A Carrara marble monument
to the poet Mihály Vörösmarty R É G I P O S T A U T C
stands in this square. The statue
was created by Ede Telcs and
symbolizes the Hungarian V Á C I U T C A
nation united in the poet’s K I G Y Ó U 7 . Klotild Palaces
V Á C I U T C A
words: “Your homeland, These beautifully decorated twin buildings,
Hungary, serve unwave ringly”. designed as elegant apartment blocks in
the Historicist style, flank each side of the
approach to the Elizabeth Bridge.
Thonet House was built in 1888–
90 by Ödön Lechner (see p87) and
Gyula Pártos. The building stands
today in its original form, featuring P E S T I U 0 metres 50
Zsolnay ceramics from Pécs.
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Suggested route
Péterffy Palace, now the Százéves
Étterem, is one of Pest’s few
remaining Baroque mansions. Built Remains of Contra
by András Mayerhoffer in 1755 for Aquincum 6 . Inner City Parish Church
the magistrate János Péterffy, above This limestone and marble
the gateway there is a beautiful tabernacle, in the church, dates
balcony supported by atlantes. from the early 16th century
For hotels and restaurants see pp264–269 and pp276–285

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