Ready-made walk · Budapest

Gellért Hill: Baths, Caves and Views

6 stops · ~1 hr · 2.2 km

Baths & Views

Start at the Rudas Bath, with its Ottoman-era character, and climb Gellért Hill for sweeping views over the Danube to the Liberty Statue holding her palm branch high. Descend to the church carved into the hillside cave, the Secession-style Gellért Baths and the slender Liberty Bridge back to Pest.

The stops, in walking order

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Stop 1: Gellért-hegy
~3 min here
Gellért Hill rises as a rocky landmark above the Danube, and the ground beneath you belongs to a hill reaching 235 m in height.
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Stop 2: Szabadság-szobor
~3 min here
The Liberty Statue is the monumental woman holding a palm branch above the Citadella on Gellért Hill.
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Stop 3: Szent Gellért Gyógyfürdő és Uszoda
~3 min here
The Gellért Baths are a historic bath complex joined to Hotel Gellért, and their richly decorated halls belong to Hungarian Secession architecture.
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Stop 4: Magyarok Nagyasszonya Sziklatemplom
~15 min here
The Magyarok Nagyasszonya Sziklatemplom is a church carved into the Gellért Hill cave, with the rock itself shaping its interior.
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Stop 5: Szabadság híd
~3 min here
Szabadság híd is a Danube road bridge, linking Buda and Pest with a notably slender iron structure.
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Stop 6: Rudas Gyógyfürdő és Uszoda
~3 min here
Rudas Bath is a thermal bath in Budapest, and its surviving character comes from Ottoman architecture.