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Hungary at a glance
Hungary is a country in Eastern Europe; its capital is Budapest. People mainly speak Hungarian. The currency is the Hungarian Forint (HUF). VoyaKin maps 20 places to see here, including 10 UNESCO World Heritage sites.
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Before you go: official information
Entry rules, visas and health requirements change. Confirm them with Hungary’s official immigration authority or its embassy before you book and again before you travel.
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Places to see in Hungary
12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

Buda CastleUNESCO
Budavári Palota
Fort
Buda Castle, formerly also called the Royal Palace and the Royal Castle, is the historical castle and palace complex of the Hungarian kings in Budapest.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Jakub Hałun (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map


Hortobágy National ParkUNESCO
Hortobágyi Nemzeti Park
Park & nature · Hajdú-Bihar County
Hortobágy is an 800 km2 national park in eastern Hungary. The park, a part of the Alföld, was designated as a national park in 1973, and elected among the World Heritage Sites in 1999. The Hortobágy is Hungary's largest protected area, and the largest semi-natural grassland in Europe.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Andreas Poeschek, fotografikus.hu (CC BY 2.0 at). Map

Pannonhalma ArchabbeyUNESCO
Pannonhalmi Bencés Főapátság
Religious · Győr-Moson-Sopron County
The Benedictine Pannonhalma Archabbey or Territorial Abbey of Saint Martin on Mount Pannonhalma is a medieval building in Pannonhalma and one of the oldest historical monuments in Hungary. Founded in 996, it is located near the town, on top of a hill.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Pannonhalma - Bencés apátság.jpg (CC BY-SA 2.5). Map

Aggtelek National ParkUNESCO
Aggteleki Nemzeti Park
Park & nature · Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County
Aggtelek National Park is a national park in Northern Hungary, in the Aggtelek Karst region. The most significant values of the national park are the special surface formations and caves in this limestone landscape.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wojsyl (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map
Early Christian Necropolis of PécsUNESCO
Pécs (Sopianae) ókeresztény temetője
Ruins · Pécs
The Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs is a Roman cemetery and archeological site in Pécs, Hungary. Dating from the 4th century AD, the necropolis contains many decorated tombs, mausoleums, and burial chapels from the Early Christian period.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Lestat (Jan Mehlich) (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

BudapestUNESCO
City
Budapest is the capital and largest city of Hungary. It is Hungary's primate city with 1.7 million inhabitants and its greater metro area has a population of about 3.3 million, representing one-third of the country's population and producing more than 40% of the country's economic output.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Thomas Depenbusch (Depi) from Cologne, Germany (CC BY 2.0). Map

Heroes' SquareUNESCO
Hősök tere
Landmark
Heroes' Square is one of the major squares in Budapest, Hungary, noted for its iconic Millennium Monument with statues featuring the Seven chieftains of the Magyars and other important Hungarian monarchs and national leaders, as well as the Memorial Stone of Heroes, often erroneously referred as…
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Heroes Square Budapest 2010 01.jpg (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

Hungarian State Opera HouseUNESCO
Magyar Állami Operaház
Culture
The Hungarian State Opera House is a historic opera house located in central Budapest, on Andrássy avenue. Originally known as the Hungarian Royal Opera House, it was designed by Miklós Ybl, a major figure of 19th-century Hungarian architecture.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Jeremy Oakley (CC BY 2.0). Map
Szeged
City · Szeged
Szeged is the third largest city of Hungary, the largest city and regional centre of the Southern Great Plain and the county seat of Csongrád-Csanád county. The University of Szeged is one of the most distinguished universities in Hungary.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: V.Mariann (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

Pécs
City · Pécs
Pécs is the fifth largest city in Hungary, on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the country's southwest, close to the border with Croatia. It is the administrative and economic centre of Baranya County, and the seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pécs.
Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Elekes Andor (CC BY 4.0). Map
Keep exploring
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Last updated November 12, 2026. Sources: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons, OpenStreetMap (ODbL). Partner offers below are separate from this guide and never change what’s written here.
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