Budapest Photos -- National Geographic's Ultimate City Guides

Yellow Tram
Photograph by Stefano Amantini/Atlantide
Budapest's iconic yellow tram stops along the main ring road, the Nagykörút, lined with shops, apartment buildings, and cafés.
Castle District
Photograph by Angelo Cavalli/TIPS Images
Buda's Castle District is paved with cobblestones and lined with brightly colored Habsburg-era buildings like this current post office.
Nagy Vasarcsarnok
Photograph by Stefano amantini/Atlantide
Locals have been shopping for produce, meats, bread, and handicrafts at Budapest's main market hall, the Nagy Vasarcsarnok, since 1897.
Fashion Show
Photograph by Daniel Vegel/Spectrum Pictures
A fashion show at Budapest's New York Palace hotel shows off both Italian jeweler Marco Bicego's designs and the beauty of Hungarian models.
BED
Photograph by Catherine Karnow
From the lap of the Enlightened One, DJs get club goers dancing at BED, a late-night hot spot in a north Buda district called Óbuda.
Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music
Photograph by Catherine Karnow
Pianist Tamás Kereskedö practices at the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, which presents almost nightly concerts in its gleaming art nouveau main hall.
Marxim
Photograph by Catherine Karnow
Marxim, a cellar pizzeria in Buda, has been serving up Communist memorabilia and cheap pies with names like "the Gulag" for over 15 years.
Central Café
Photograph by Catherine Karnow
In Pest's inner city, the restored Central Café draws a multigenerational mix for its Hungarian pastries and traditional fare.
Castle Hill
Photograph by Catherine Karnow
On Buda's Castle Hill, a couple steals a moment at the city's most popular spot to view the Danube River and the Pest section of the city, which includes the spiky dome of Parliament.