Level:  

Distance:  4 km

Duration:  24-30 min

Video about the route: click here

Sights on the route:  

 

• Szabadság tér / Liberty square with The TV Headquarters, American Embassy

• Parliament

• Lánchíd / Szechenyi Chain Bridge

• Széchenyi István square with the Gresham Palace and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

• Saint Stephen’s Cathedral

• Opera House

 

Tour description:  This course is suitable for an easy morning jogging. We run through the park of Szabadság  ( Liberty) square where stands the Headquarters of The Hungarian Television on the left. This building was originally built for the Budapest Stock Exchange so it is also called Stock Exchange Palace. On the right we will see the American Embassy. Crossing the square, we arrive to Kossuth square where the beautiful House of Parliament and the Museum of Ethnography facing each other. Behind the Parliament, we run down the river promenade and head south towards Lánchíd (Chain Bridge) which is the oldest bridge of Budapest, it is 160 years old. Running past the Four Seasons Gresham Palace we reach St. Stephen’s Cathedral and then before the jogging tour ends, we admire the beautiful Opera House in Andrassy road. Behind the Opera House we return to Run Inn Budapest.