Experts' Choice Award Gellert Hill
What the experts agree on
Budapest's defining hilltop landmark towers 235m above the Danube with iconic views, a 19th-century citadel, cave church, and Liberty Statue. Best visited on clear days for panoramic vistas across the city.
“You can find an amazing citadel perched on the southern most hill of Budapest.”
– Afar Magazine
Frommer's "Towering 235m (750 ft) above the Danube, Gellért Hegy offers the city's best panorama on a clear day (bus no. 27 from Móricz Zsigmond körtér to Búsuló Juhász-Citadella)." Full review
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"One of the most characteristic features of the right bank of the Danube." Full review
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According to legend, Gellért Hill was popular with witches and wizards, who met here for their Sabbath nights.
U.S. News & World Report13.0
"Best known for its 19th-century citadel, but the area is also home to an arboretum, a church built into a cave and various statues, such as the Liberty Statue (a traveler favorite) " Full review
Lonely Planet "Looking down on Elizabeth Bridge from Gellért Hill is a large and quite theatrical monument to St Gellért, an Italian missionary invited to Hungary by King Stephen to convert the natives." Full review
"Drop in before tackling the climb up Gellért Hill for the panoramic vista"
National Geographic "Get your bearings by climbing Gellért Hill, where the layout of the city—hilly Buda and flat Pest, divided by the Danube—can be seen in all its glory. Named for St. Gerard, who was thrown..."
Lonely Planet "When I want to keep it cheap and I'm up for the half-hour uphill hike I climb up to Gellért Hill and the Citadella"
Local's guide to Budapest
April 2, 2020
National Geographic "Head out of the hotel, cross the street, and walk up Gellért Hill for a panoramic view of a city that architecturally echoes Vienna, Paris, and Rome"
