An emergency hospital built in the caves under Castle Hill from 1939, used in the 1944-45 siege and in 1956, then turned into a Cold War nuclear bunker kept secret until 2002. Wax figures and original equipment fill over 2,000 m² of tunnels.
- Address
- Lovas út 4/C, 1012 Budapest
- Hours
- Daily 10:00-19:00; ticket office 10:00-18:00; last tour 18:00; closed 1 Jan, 1 Nov, 24-25 and 31 Dec (sziklakorhaz.eu)
- Best time to go
- Any time · About 1.5 h
- Price
- Tour in English 30 EUR; in Hungarian 9,500 HUF (sziklakorhaz.eu, 2026-09)
- Price level
- Ft Ft Ft
- Free entry
- Also free for: EU citizens over 70, EU teachers, disabled + 1 companion pay a nominal 0.01 EUR (1.27 Ft) service fee
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Entry is by 60-minute guided tour only (budapestinfo.hu); tickets with a tour time are sold online.
- One exhibition covers Friedrich Born, the Red Cross delegate who saved over 15,000 people in 1944 (budapestinfo.hu).