My wife and I were completing our Viking Danube Eastern European cruise, and upon departing the ship, were taken on a bus tour of several highlights of Budapest. Evidently it is standard operating procedure for them to include a visit here. I fully endorse many of the prior reviews posted here. Specifically, the church provides for a nice exterior photo op, but otherwise, it is primarily noteworthy for its history...which is SO WELL described in a prior review, that it would be superfluous for me to repeat it. The interior of the facility is nowhere nearly as ornate as many Roman Catholic churches tend to be, but its painted ceiling is definitely unique, and they have done a nice job having scattered see-though glass floor panels allowing for visualization of prior church ruins. They have done the best they could vis a vis trying to restore the frescoes which were aggressively painted over during the mosque years. We did not realize there was an admission charge, evidently Viking deals with this directly with the church. Our guide admitted that since so many of had seen many religious facilities over our prior years of travel, not to mention this tour in specific, she asked us to NOT consider it an "ABC"...evidently a sarcastic reference to a cynical visitor who might classify this as "Another Beautiful Church". We are glad we visited.

Located on Marcius 15 is this great looking church. Belvarosi Nagyboldogasszony Foplebaniatemplom is a gorgeous looking twin spired church ,the facade is very photogenic, its certainly a church that adds to the joy of walking around this part of the riverfront Pest side of the River Danube. Well worth checking out if you're planning a holiday to Budapest.

Photogenic church located on March 15 Square. Named Budapest Inner City Parish Church or officially The Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The church has a 1000-year history plus it stands on ground that was once a Roman fortification. However, the church has been restored several times in different architectural styles. Originally Romanesque, Gothic aspects were added, and it was restored in a baroque style after a fire in the early 1700s. At one point it was even used as a mosque during the Ottoman rule.