In Budapest the main attraction for visitors is the Castle District on Castle Hill, with its many monuments and museums and wonderful views of Pest. The walled area is clearly divided into two separate parts, the Royal Palace, and the old Town, where the plebs lived in the Middle Ages, Take a brief tour of the medieval streets of Budapest’s Old Town in a horse-drawn hackney cab or wander on foot, enjoying the ornamental churches and charming painted houses. Or enjoy Budapest’s Royal Palace which has had a hectic history of being burned, bombed, razed to the ground, re-designed and re-built and then knocked down again at least six times over the past seven centuries. The Budapest History Museum, The National Gallery and the National Library and situated here as well as a multitude of other interesting and impressive establishments.

The Castle District of Budapest is protected as an ancient monument and makes for a fabulous day spent in Budapest city. There is a fine selection of top class Budapest hotels to choose from.