Program planning

Did you know that You may buy tickets for sightseeing tours or boat trips at discounted price in our Hotel? In addition to this our staff may help you planning your stay in Budapest, buying concert or theater tickets, ordering taxi or arranging any matters alike to the above. Please, contact our reception!

Gellért Hill (Gellérthegy)

Bus Nr. 27 from Villányi út will take you to the top. Part of an imposing complex that dominates the Buda skyline, the Citadel was built by Austrians in 1851 as a very public symbol of their power over the Hungarians following the suppression of the 1848-49 Revolution and War of Independence.

It offers beautiful panorama to the city and the Danube. It also houses a nightclub with similar views. The Liberation Monument stands 14 meters in front of the Citadel and depicts a woman holdig a palm leaf of victory above her head as a symbol of "liberation" from the Germans by Soviet troops in 1945. The statue by Zsigmondy Kisfaludy-Strobl (1884-1975) was commissioned by the Soviets and erected in 1947.

Twice the monument has come close to being toppled. In 1956 and 1992 there were discussions about removing it and wether it represented not so much a liberation as an occupation. However, it is a much loved feature of the Budapest skyline and has stayed in place along with two allegorical figures below; a torch bearer and a man wrestling a dragon, representing victory and the struggle with evil respectively.

The Gellért Monument on the eastern foot of the hill, by the Buda side of the Erzsébet-híd (Elizabeth Bridge), depicts the Benedictine Abbot Gellért, employed by Hungary's first Chatolic King - and founder of the State - Szent István (St. Stephen) as tutor to his son Imre. According to the legend, Gellért was throw down to his death from this hill in a barrel of nails during the Pagan revolt in 1046.

The Chain Bridge (Széchenyi Lánchíd)

The first permanent structure to cross the Danube and link the twin cities of Buda and Pest. Named after one of Hungary's greatest reformers, the Chain Bridge has become as much a symbol of Budapest as Tower Bridge of London.

The original bridge (bulit between 1839-1849 and opened on November 14 of that year) was the brain child of Count István Széchenyi and the work of English designer William Tierney Clark and Scottish engineer Adam Clark.

It was rebuilt during the First World War (when it officially became known as Széchenyi Lánchíd) and again after the Second World War.

The lion statues at either end of the bridge symbolized the joining of the two halves of the city, the lions' paws clamped into the banks and holding the linking bridge in place.

Children's Railway

A throwback to Communist times. The Children's Railway is run by children (or Pioneers as they were once called), aged 10-14 years, who dress in smart uniforms with red trims and salute to the passangers as they board.

The narrow-gauge railway winds through the Buda forest from Hűvösvölgy to Széchenyi-hegy covering a distance of just over 11km and taking about 45 minutes to complete the journey.

Some stations of this attraction can be reached by car within 10 minutes or with a 45-minute-hike form our Hotel! Ask for map at the reception!

HOTEL*** BOBBIO - 2008.