Budapest Maps

Get Familiar With the City Layout

As you can see on our Budapest Maps it’s a well-layed-out city, you can’t get lost.

Actually you can explore two cities in one, because Budapest is made up of Buda and Pest, with the Danube flowing between them along a stretch of 28 kilometers.

The two previously independent cities were united with Óbuda in 1873, establishing Budapest.

Hilly Buda lies on the western bank of the Danube and it’s mostly a residential area. Pest stands on a plain and it’s more businesslike with its shops and boulevards.

Pest makes up roughly two-thirds of whole Budapest. You can walk between the two connected, but still very different parts of the city on magnificent bridges. The most famous is the Chain Bridge.

The Danube, and the bridges spanning it, are the best reference points to find your way around in Budapest.

Budapest Bridges

• Árpád Bridge (Árpád-híd)
• Margaret Bridge (Margit-híd)
• Chain Bridge (Lánchíd
• Erzsébet Bridge (Erzsébet-híd)
• Liberty Bridge (Szabadság-híd)
• Petőfi Bridge (Petőfi-híd)
• Rákóczi Bridge (formerly Lágymányos Bridge)

Three Main Islands Surrounded by the Danube

• Margitsziget (Margaret Island): It’s ideal for leisurely walks. You can get there either via the Margaret Bridge or Árpád Bridge.
• Óbudai-sziget: home to the Sziget Festival every August.
• Csepel-sziget: district XXI. is here. One of the major factories of heavy industry operated in this district in the communist era.

In Pest there are three semicircular roads (called körút = ringroad), the following two are interesting for tourists. You’ll find the major places of interests, attractions along them.

Budapest Map Showing the 23 Districts

Budapest has 23 municipal districts, they are marked by Roman numerals (I.-XXIII.).

About two-thirds of the city is Pest, the rest is Buda (I., II., III., XI., XIII., XXII. districts). Central districts have lower numbers (e.g. I., II.), see below the blue circle on our Budapest map.
The outer districts have higher numbers (e.g. XXI., XXII.).

I.	Castle District, Tabán, southern Víziváros, Krisztinaváros	XIII.	Angyalföld
II.	Rózsadomb, Hűvösvölgy, northern Víziváros	XIV.	Zugló, City Park (Városliget)
III.	Óbuda-Aquincum	XV.	Rákospalota
IV.	Újpest	XVI.	Mátyásföld
V.	Downtown Budapest (Belváros , Lipótváros)	XVII.	Rákoskeresztúr
VI.	Terézváros	XVIII.	Pestszentlőrinc-Pestszentimre
VII.	Erzsébetváros	XIX.	Kispest
VIII.	Józsefváros	XX.	Pesterzsébet
IX.	Ferencváros	XXI.	Csepel
X.	Kőbánya	XXII.	Budafok
XI.	Gellért Hill	XXIII.	Soroksár
XII.	Svábhegy

Find out more about Budapest Districts!

Budapest City Map

This is an overview map of downtown Budapest that helps you to get familiar with the inner city’s layout.

Top Budapest Attractions

TIP: Explore Budapest on a Hop On Hop Off Bus!

Convenient, air-conditioned bus takes you around the city showing you many sights and attractions. Multi-language audio guide is provided.

Inexpensive and fun!

You can read more about and book a Budapest Hop On Hop off Tour here.

1.Castle Disitrict	2.Gellért Hill
Many attractions at one place and beautiful vista of the town	The Citadella and the Statue of Liberty and stunning panorama
3.Chain Bridge and the Other Bridges in Budapestú	4. Budapest Parliament
Magnificent Bridges above the graceful Danube	The third largest Parliament in Europe
5. Heroes’ Square	6. St. Stephen’s Basilica
Granidose Monuments on one of Budapest’s most spacious squares.	The largest Roman Catholic church in Budapest
7. The Opera House	8. Jewish Budapest-the Dohány utca Synagogue
One of the architectural gems in Budapest	The second largest synagogue in the world, great architecture.
9. City Park	10. Famous Streets and Avenues
Budapest Zoo, Amusement Park, Lake for boating and ice-skating	Andrássy Avenue, Váci Street, Danube Promenade
11. Western Railway Station	Gerbeaud Cafe
Western Railway Station (Nyugati Pályaudvar) is Budapest’s oldest station	A legendary coffee house in dontown Budapest.

TIP: Here you find a more detailed description of our favoutite attractions in Budapest.

Budapest Thermal Baths

Budapest is rich in healing thermal springs that fed several historic thermal complexes:

• Turkish Baths (Király, Rudas, the recently renovated Veli Bej and, the Rác Bath) date back to the Ottoman era in the 16th century
• The Gellért, Széchenyi, and Lukács Baths are more recent establishments, they date from the turn of the 19th-20th. centuries.

Budapest Metro Map

Budapest is easy to explore on foot. Most of the major places of interest fall within a relatively small central area.

Nevertheless you might get tired after walking several hours ,or a sudden summer shower can discourage you from further walking. Budapest has an extensive and efficient public transport system.

Read more about Budapest Public Transport and other ways to Travel in Budapest.

Here is more information on Budapest Metro System.

TIP: See also our walk itineraries with map.

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