Fishermans Bastion Roof

The year 1000 when the first hungarian king started his rule.

Fishermans bastion roof. Today fisherman s bastion is mostly visited by tourists reveling in the glorious city vistas over the danube river and during the summer it can be difficult to navigate around all them all. This majestic seven tower castle on the hills of buda does however work as both. Fisherman s bastion budapest fisherman s bastion is located on top of the hill. Of course you can also simply enjoy the view from the fishermen s bastion.

Consequently the bastion was inspired by the architectural style of the early medieval times neo romanesque approx. Simply show your ticket to the member of staff and they ll allow you access. Take a tour inside if you want. Schulek also added his own controversial touches such as the diamond pattern roof tiles and the spire covered in gargoyles.

The fisherman s bastion was built between 1895 and 1902 as part of the series of developments that were to celebrate the 1000th birthday of the hungarian state. If you arrive between 9am and 11pm and want to visit the upper terraces a ticket for the bastion alone will cost you 1000 forint roughly 3 4 usd for an adult ticket you ll see a roped off staircase at the end of the bastion near the ticket office. Fisherman s bastion was designed by architect frigyes schulek to serve as a viewing platform looking out across the danube and onto pest. It s not much of a difference and at least as enchanting.

You can enter the tower from 1 800 forint 5 50 the roof of the bastion from 1 000 forint 3. Shulek built the structure to compliment the nearby matthias church which he also restored and redesigned and when the lookout was severely damaged during wwii it was shulek s son who fully restored it. If you want to enjoy the view from the very top you are welcome to do so. It is almost protected by the fisherman s bastion you can get a beautiful view of this church when you climb up the bastion especially the laminated colored tiled roof.

Needless to say there used to be real castle walls where now you can take fantastic photos from but the present day structure has never served as an actual fortification in buda. The fisherman s bastion was severely damaged during the sieges of world war ii but since it was one of the important landmarks of budapest it occupied a prominent place in the restoration priorities after the war. The fisherman s bastion is probably more known as an historic budapest tourist attraction than as a rooftop bar. Once outside take pictures of the fountain.

Fisherman s bastion in budapest is one of the top budapest attractions without a doubt. It is also a great photo spot to take photos of the pest side since it s located at a high point at the buda side.