Budapest Photos -- National Geographic's Ultimate City Guides

Gellért Baths
Photograph by Catherine Karnow
The art nouveau Gellért baths are Budapest's most famous and touristed. This skylit "champagne" pool features bubbling jets.
Museum of Applied Arts
Photograph by Hans Madej/Bilderberg/Aurora Photos
The exotically ornate Museum of Applied Arts was designed by Ödön Lechner and now displays Hungarian art objects and furnishings.
Nyugati Train Station
Photograph by Stefano Amantini/Atlantide
One of the most ornate McDonald's in the world serves Big Macs in a hall of the Eiffel-built Nyugati train station.
Chain Bridge
Photograph by Catherine Karnow
The Chain Bridge, opened in 1849, blown up by the Germans in 1945, then proudly rebuilt, fills the window of a river-facing room at the Four Seasons Gresham Palace.
National Museum
Photograph by Matias Costa/Panos
The neoclassical Hungarian National Museum displays historical artifacts including furniture, vintage posters, old films, and masterful gold work.
Danube Panorama
Photograph by Hans Madej/Bilderberg/Aurora Photos
Across from the Bishop Gellért monument in hilly Buda, the Danube panorama includes the white-towered Erzsébet bridge.
Danube River
Photograph by Hans Madej/Bilderberg/Aurora Photos
The Danube River curves gently through Budapest, separating hilly Buda on one side from flat Pest and the ribbed dome of Parliament on the other.
Andrássy Út Heroes' Square
Photograph by Scott Warren/Aurora Photos
At one end of Budapest's grand Andrássy út, Heroes' Square and the Millennial Monument commemorate Hungary's kings and leaders.
Thermal Baths
Photograph by Catherine Karnow
Championed first by the Ottomans, Budapest's famed thermal baths include the sprawling, baroque Széchenyi Baths in City Park.
Parliament
Photograph by Catherine Karnow
A tram rumbles past Hungary's Parliament building, the world's largest when it opened in 1902. Today only a fraction of its 691 rooms are used to conduct business.