Best Budapest Attractions: Tours & Tickets

Comprising many of the important medieval monuments and museums, the Buda Castle is built to protect and safeguard Tartar and Mongol attacks. Although most of the castle had been restored now, it witnessed severe damage during the historical World War II.The 18th-century castle is a massive 200 room palace that has now been renovated to house Hungarian National Gallery in the main wing and the Budapest History Museum in the south wing, occupying four floors.It is primarily illuminated at night, and the courtyards remain open all day long. Emerging as the best tourist places in Budapest, the castle is ideal for individuals interested in art, architecture, and history.Location: Budapest, Szent Gyorgy ter 2, 1014 HungaryBest time: March to May and September to OctoberHighlights: Exceptional sculptures, architecture, prints, and paintings

Emerging as one of the most architecturally pleasing buildings of Budapest, the Parliament Building is the world's third-largest. The Neo-Gothic building was inaugurated in the year 1886 in honor of the 1000th anniversary of the country.The massive structure houses as many as 691 rooms. Visitors can explore the building with guided tours offered for 45 minutes. However, the tour is only available when the government is not sitting.Offering a bewitching interior, the building can be accounted to being one of the finest examples of the old Gothic Revival architecture.Location: 1055 Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 1-3Best Time: Whenever the government is not visiting during the months of  March to May and September to OctoberHighlights: 691 rooms, Hungarian crown Jewels, entrance hall, lobbies, 19 km long corridor

The rock is a huge maze of caves offering passageways that were initially used for multiple purposes. World War II witnessed some getting fortified as an emergency hospital and an air red shelter. Also known as the Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker Museum, the site is worth exploring.Offering a varied exhibition displaying the kind of lifesaving efforts seen during the war, the site is one of the best places to visit in Budapest. What was an emergency hospital and a bomb shelter before, it later got reinforced to becoming a secret nuclear bunker.Location: Lovas 4/c, BudapestBest time: March to May and September to OctoberHighlights: Waxwork figures, hospital beds, soviet spying equipment