The Gellért Hill and its neighbourhood
Rising steeply above the capital, Gellért Hill (Gellért-
hegy) seems from the Danube to be a huge cliff, al-
though it is only 140 metres (430 ft.) above the level of
the river. Owing to its exceptional situation, it offers
a peerless panorama of the entire city. Up to the end
of the nineteenth century this was the limit of the town
of Buda, and the hill served as an outpost and fortress
of Buda Castle. The plateau is still not fully built over:
only on the southern and western slopes can we find
villas. The top can be reached on foot in a good quarter
of an hour from the Buda end of either Elizabeth or
Liberty Bridge. The motor road starts from Elizabeth
bridge, but bus 27 starting at Móricz Zsigmond körtér
will also take you to the summit.