Nemes János: Healing Budapest - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1993)

Walks in Buda

Walks in Büda

Due to the outdated cars on the roads, and the huge amount of traffic, the air of the densely inhabited inner city is fairly polluted. It is no surprise then, that Buda- pesters go for walks on Margaret Island or relax in the pleasant forests and parks of the Buda Hills. These are not far from the city centre and the air is excellent. We can thus recommend them to anyone visiting Budapest.

We would like to offer a few, easy, short excursions.

Szabadság-hegy (Liberty Hill) and Széchenyi-hegy are most easily accessible by the third oldest mountain railway in the world: the cog-wheel railway. (The terminal is on Szilágyi Erzsébet fasor.) The track laid in 1874 is

The Musical Fountain on Margaret Island

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