Budapest is a wonderful city. It is at the top of my list of places I’d like to revisit. Here is a series of drone photos of the Parliament Building and the Buda Castle that sit along the Danube River.
Ferris Wheel of Budapest
This huge Ferris Wheel is in a public park about 5 city blocks from the Danube River (Pest side of the river). We didn’t ride it during our visit, we had another destination we had to get to that day. But I enjoyed snapping a few photos of it.
Crossing The Danube
I loved Budapest and really want to go back. But as we all know, that’s not likely to happen in today’s COVID world. I captured this photo during our European river cruise using my drone.
Matthias Church - Budapest
Very interesting side entrance to this amazing church, which looks down upon Budapest. The view from this spot looking down into the city is wonderful.
Budapest City Street
I honestly couldn’t remember which city this was form unit I zoomed in on the bus. Either I’m getting too old or there have been too many trips. It has to be age because you can never have too many trips.
Chain Bridge
Some day…..some day, we’ll travel again. Budapest is high on my list to revisit.
I took this photo in the spring of 2019. The photo includes the Danube River and Chain Bridge in the foreground. Way in the back you can see the dome from St. Stephen’s Basilica. I don’t know the name of the building all lite up at the end of the bridge.
Dohany Street Synagogue
This great facility is also known as the Great Synagogue or Tabakgasse Synagogue. It is also the largest synagogue in Europe seating up to 3,000 people. Great spot to visit just to take in the wonderful architecture.
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Hungarian Parliament Building
Here is a short video I took with my drone above the Danube River near the Hungarian Parliament building last year.
Danube Views
In this post, I have the beautiful Chain Bridge and Hungarian Parliament Building along the Danube River in Budapest Hungary. I loved this city. If we can ever get over, around and/or past COVID-19, I hope to go to Budapest again.
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Budapest Glory
I’m sure I said this in the past, but I’ll say it again. I loved our time in Budapest. The history, architecture, food and people are amazing. I had a great time wandering around taking photos. I got a chance on two nights to just explore along the Danube River by myself and captured this photo on one of those nights. This is the Szechenyi Chain Bride with the Buda Castle in the background. The castle is now used for the Hungarian National Gallery. By the way, I captured this photo with my drone. Our visit to Budapest was part of our Danube River cruise on one of Gate 1 Travel’s boats.
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Hungarian Parliament
Our trip in 2019 to Hungary was wonderful and we got a chance to experience this building inside and out. The Hungarian Parliament Building is a landmark gothic revival style and is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary. It sits on the Pest side of the city on the Danube River. This is one of hundreds of reasons to like Budapest along with the food, skyline, history, etc…. I could go on forever. Great stuff!!!
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Liberty Bridge
The Liberty Bridge’s name in Hungarian is called (Szabadság hid). They call it Liberty Bridge or Freedom Bridge in English. This bridge spans the Danube River connecting Buda and Pest. It was the first bridge rebuilt after World War II in 1945. The original construction started in 1894 and ended in 1896. It is a beautiful truss bridge in a beautiful city.
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Szechenyi Chain Bridge
We had such an amazing time last year on the European river cruise. Our trip ended in Budapest. I can’t think of a better city to end the cruise at for a trip like that. It was so wonderful.
This photo is from that trip. I took this long exposure photo with my drone looking down at the Szechenyi Chain Bridge with Pest side of the city in the back ground…. You can also see a couple river cruise boats along the river side on each side of the bridge.
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Liberty Bridge
This is the Szabadsag Hid bridge in Budapest Hungary. Translated that means Liberty or Freedom Bridge. It took 2 years to completed with the opening in 1896 with Emperor Franz Joseph putting the last silver rivet in the iron structure on the Pest abutment. The bridge connects Buda and Pest across the Danube River. It features art nouveau design, mythological sculptures and the country’s coat of arms on the sides. Interestingly, this was the first bridge in Budapest to be rebuilt after being badly damaged in World War II.
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Central Market Hall
During our recent trip, we had a great few days in Budapest Hungary. This is a wonderful city. One of our stops around the city was this amazing market. You could buy just about anything you want and the place was packed with people. The building was completed in 1897.
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Szechenyi Chain Bridge
We had a great river cruise down the Danube River to Budapest. There are so many wonderful spots. I captured this photo with my drone of the 19th-century suspension bridge connecting Buda to Pest with the Buda Castle and Palace complex in the background. The castle housed the Hungarian Kings of Budapest. It was completed in 1265 and was expanded/renovated in 1749 and 1769. In the past it was referred to by Royal Palace or Royal Castle. Today Hungary uses it for their National Gallery and History Museum.
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