The 2nd-3rd-century house of a member of Aquincum's elite, kept under protective halls in a housing estate. Its floor mosaics are the best in Budapest: a drunken Hercules in a Dionysian wine procession, Amor offering grapes to a tigress, and Hercules fighting the centaur Nessus, thought to be an import from an Alexandrian workshop.
- Address
- Meggyfa utca 21, 1033 Budapest
- Hours
- 5 May-31 Oct Tue-Sun 10:00-18:00 (last entry 17:30), closes 16:00 from the start of winter time; closed Mon and Nov-early May (aquincum.hu)
- Best time to go
- Morning, Afternoon · About 40 min
- Price
- Price not verified (Aquincum Museum site; check aquincum.hu)
- Price level
- Ft
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- The neighbouring school was redesigned so the villa could stay; one apse room lies under the school building.
- In the bath building, look for the boxers: the winner stands flexing while his bleeding opponent lies on the floor.
- Check the date: it opens only from May to the end of October.