Matthias Church
Guide
Photo: Stefan Schäfer, Lich · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$13ChurchAllow 30–60 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A Gothic church with a roof of bright patterned tiles and a lacy white tower. Inside, every wall and pillar is painted in deep reds, greens and golds.
A brief history
Franz Joseph and Elisabeth (Sisi) were crowned king and queen of Hungary here in 1867; under Ottoman rule the church served as the town's main mosque.
Tips
- Best time
- Weekday mornings
- Cost
- ≈ 3,000 HUF (check)
- Allow
- 30–60 min
- Hours
- Usually 9:00–17:00, shorter on Saturdays and from about 13:00 on Sundays (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- Castle Hill and Gellért Hill (Buda): The hilly west bank: the palace, Matthias Church and Fisherman's Bastion on Castle Hill, and Gellért Hill to the south. Quiet and pretty, with few cheap beds.
- Dress code
- Shoulders and knees covered
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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