Andrassy Avenue - Budapest's Champs-Elysees

Andrassy Avenue

Between the Downtown and City Park, there lies a long, wide road with plenty of trees, giving a kind of feeling of Paris and the Champs Elysées. This area is full of well-renovated palaces and villas, but not this is the only thing to see here. There is the National Opera House, what had the same architechturer of the St Stephen's Basilica. Towards the City Park you can find the octagonal square of Oktogon, a lively area with full of pubs, restaurants and cafés. After it you can get to the House of Terror museum, a shocking exhibition shows something about the nazi and communist secret police known ÁVO & ÁVH with some photos and relics of former prisoners of labour camps. The ticket includes the audioguide as well.
Passing this museum you can get to the amazing palaces at Kodály Kőrönd, then to the Heroes' square, which is the entering monument to the City Park.