Budapest Sightseeing Running Routes #2 - The Heroes Run
Level:
Distance: 6,3 km
Duration: 35-40 min
Video about the route: click here
Sights on the route:
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Opera House
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Terror Museum
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Kodály Körönd (Kodály Circus)
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Heroes’ Square / Museum of Fine arts / Art gallery
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Városligeti tó (City Park and the lake)
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Vajdahunyad Castle
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Széchenyi Thermal bath


Tour description: This easy jogging sightseeing course starts at the beautiful Opera House, than we run down in Andrassy Avenue till the Heroes’ square. The avenue itself is named after Prime Minister Gyula Andrassy who in 1870 came out with the idea of a monumental avenue which was opened in 1876. The end of the road is sided by beautiful villas where embassies are hosted. In Heroes’ square you can admire the statues of Hungarian kings and heroes. The two neoclassical buildings on two sides of the square are Museum of Fine arts (left) and the Art gallery (right). After a photo stop we continue our way through the bridge behind the statues. The lake in winter works as the biggest and oldest artificial ice rink in Europe, opened in 1870. Passing the lake, after the bridge, we turn right and admire the Vajdahunyad Castle which was designed to feature copies of several landmark buildings from different parts of the ancient Kingdom of Hungary. Afterwards we make our U turn at the beautiful building of Széchenyi Thermal Bath and running past the Zoo park we return to Run Inn Budapest via Andrassy avenue.
Images on this route's sights
![]() department store in Andrassy avenue, Budapest | ![]() Frantz Liszt Square, Budapest | ![]() Andrassy avenue, Budapest |
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![]() House of Terror, Andrassy avenue, Budapest | ![]() Andrassy avenue, Budapest | ![]() Heroes Square underground stop |
![]() Heroes Square Budapest | ![]() Budapest Heroes Square | ![]() Running in Heroes Square, Budapest |
![]() Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest Heroes Square | ![]() Art Gallery, Budapest Heroes Square | ![]() Budapest Vajdahunyad Castle |
![]() Budapest, City Park, Ice Rink in summer | ![]() Budapest Vajdahunyad Castle | ![]() Budapest Vajdahunyad Castle |
![]() Budapest Vajdahunyad Castle | ![]() Jaki Church Budapest Vajdahunyad Castle | ![]() Anonymus statue Budapest |
![]() Budapest Agricultural Museum | ![]() IMG_20150601_184622.jpg | ![]() Szechenyi Thermal Bath, Budapest |
![]() Szechenyi Thermal Bath, Budapest | ![]() Szechenyi Thermal Bath, Budapest | ![]() Szechenyi Thermal Bath, Budapest |
![]() Budapest Zoo Park | ![]() Budapest Circus | ![]() Budapest City park lake |
![]() Budapest City park lake | ![]() Heroes Square Budapest | ![]() Villas in Andrassy Avenue Budapest |
![]() Villas in Andrassy Avenue Budapest |
Budapest Running Sightseeing video
Watch a video on your running route before you go, or after you return from your Budapest sightseeing run