2 Best Sights in Hungary

It’s enough to go to the Geological Museum just to visit the building, a 1896 masterpiece by Ödön Lechner, who pioneered Hungary's brand of Art Nouveau. This Maria Teresian yellow building with terra-cotta brick highlights, complete with a globe on the highest spire, is a work of art as well as a functioning institute of geology. While the museum and library feature exhibits and displays, there is little of interest here. You can learn about the Hungarian rocks and minerals and see the cute footprints of some prehistoric animals and buy some memorabilia at the gift shop. Guided tours are available by appointment only.

Located in the park’s enchanting Vajdahunyad Castle, the quirky and slightly faded Museum and Library of Hungarian Agriculture dating to 1907 presents Hungary's agricultural history, an economic mainstay for the country to this day. With 40 collections covering Hungarian agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and viniculture through the ages, it’s not the flashiest of museums in terms of the displays, but it does have a range of fascinating natural science and cultural anthropological relics on display. Be sure to check out the skeleton of Hungary’s most famous, unbeatable racehorse, Kincsem, and the only remaining specimen of the Bakony Pig. The museum also offers tours of the castle’s gatehouse and the Apostles’ Tower, a fine opportunity to climb the gilded stairs of this gorgeous building and get closer to its glass mosaics by famed artist Miksa Róth.