Gellért Hill

Gellért Hill above the Danube — panoramic views across all of Budapest, a Habsburg citadel, and legends of witches.

Gellért Hill rises 235 metres above the Danube and offers one of the most spectacular panoramas in Budapest — across both halves of the city, the Chain Bridge, Parliament, and Buda Castle. It is named after the Venetian bishop Gellért who, according to legend, was thrown into the Danube in a barrel from this very hill in the 11th century. In folk tradition the hill long served as a Blocksberg — a gathering place for witches on Walpurgis Night. Today the summit is crowned by the Habsburg-era Citadel and the Liberty Statue. The park on its slopes invites leisurely walks with sweeping city views.