Start out from the beautiful square in from of the Basilica, then do the tour inside (no need for a guide, just walk arond and watch the details! :), and do_not miss the visit to the cupola!!! If you are facing the entrance, you will find the stairs on the right hand side of the main door. There is also an elevator going up. The cupola offers a great view of the Pest side (including the Parlament, and the old stock exchange building on Szabadság tér, which is now the main building of the Hungarian National TV). You can also see the Buda side landmarks from a very diferent point of view. It’s worth, that’s it! 🙂 Prices: Whole tour including chuch, treasury, “Saint Right” – the hand of our 1st King St Stephan and the cupola – 1500 Ft, starting tours: 9:30, 11:00, 14:00, 15:30 on weekdays, Saturday: 9:30, Sunday: 15:30, but you can simply enter the chuch or the cupola any time until 18:00 PM (price of the cupola alone is around 400 Ft).
Phone: +36 1 317-2859
Directions: Near Deak Ferenc ter (central metro station (M1 M2 M3). You can just have a nice walk across the Erzsébet tér or, arriving from the end of Andrássy út on Bajcsy-Zsilinszky út.
Website: www.basilica.hu