Erzsébet Lookout Tower

Erzsébet-kilátó út. (Open Map)
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Description

Best view in Budapest from the city's highest hilltop

Atop the highest point in Budapest, the 527-metre high János-hegy hill, the 23m-tall Erzsébet Lookout Tower has the appearance of a four-storey wedding cake. Built in the late 1880s and popular with Habsburg Empress Elizabeth the tower has 101 winding steps, which get crowded at weekends.

Around the base is a photo exhibition of the tower's development and a plaque listing its original benefactors, leading figures of fin-de-siècle Budapest.