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Hospital in the Rock
A secret wartime hospital and Cold War nuclear bunker in the caves under Buda Castle, toured with a guide.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Lovas út 4/c, 1012 BudapestDirections
- Getting There
- Bus 16 to Szentháromság tér, then a short walk.
Why Go
Built into the natural caves of Castle Hill before the Second World War, the hospital treated the wounded during the siege of 1944–45 and in the 1956 revolution. It was later made into a nuclear bunker.
Tours run on the hour.
Nearby in Budapest
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