Danube Promenade

Walk a short distance downstream to the palace view; stay off the riverside tram tracks.

Getting there

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Follow Vigadó utca to Vigadó tér and the signed access to Dunakorzó. Walk a short distance downstream to the palace view; stay off the riverside tram tracks.

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History

From the Pest bank, Buda’s Castle Hill rises across the water. The promenade lets you compare a level urban frontage with a steep opposite slope. Bridges helped turn the river from a boundary between settlements into the city’s central axis.

Sources

• History and architecture

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