Andrassy ut
NileGuide Expert Says:
The so-called Champs Elysses of Budapest, perhaps the most glamorous address on the Pest side. Home to the Opera, Zenga, and Louis Vuitton.
Address:
Andrassy utca
Oktogon to City Park
1061 Budapest, Hungary
Phone:
+36 (0)1 322 4098 (Budapest Tourist Information)
NileGuide Expert tip:
At Andrássy út 60, you will find the House of Terror, now a museum. As its name implies this was the original headquarters of the fascist regimes, but when the communists took over, they continued to use the headquarters to detain, interrogate, torture, and kill just as their predecessors did.
Description:
No trip to Budapest is complete without a stroll down the historic Andrássy út or Andrássy Avenue. Often referred to as the Champ d'Illysees of Budapest, the avenue dates back to 1872, when it was created to span from Erzsébet tér (Elizabeth Square) to Városliget (City Park). When walking from the lower end, you will pass numerous buildings with eclectic Neo-renaissance facades. Many upscale designer boutiques have opened a shop on this tree-lined avenue, so you can window shop at Louis Vuitton, Burberry, Gucci, and Roberto Cavalli as well as others. For the 1896 Millennium celebration, the Yellow metro line was built. City officials at the time were concerned that too many horse and carriages would destroy the avenue. The Yellow metro is the first subway in continental Europe and only the second in the world after London. Once past Oktogon, the avenue expands into a boulevard where it is most obvious why it earned a World Heritage Site designation.
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