Casa de La Musica Hostel

Casa de La Musica Hostel is a hostel in Budapest, Central Hungary, which is located on Vas utca. Casa de La Musica Hostel is situated near the suburb Budapest’s Palace District, as well as near Pázmány Péter Catholic University.

Type: Hostel
Also known as: “Casa de la Musica”
Address: Vas utca 16, Budapest, 1088

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Pázmány Péter Catholic University and Budapest University of Jewish Studies.

Pázmány Péter Catholic University

University

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Pázmány Péter Catholic University is a private university in and near Budapest, Hungary, belonging to the Catholic Church and recognized by the state. While PPKE takes its name after an institution founded in 1635, it forms a modern, split-off limb from one of Hungary's oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher education, that has expanded further in the second half of the 20th century. Pázmány Péter Catholic University is situated 190 metres south of Casa de La Musica Hostel.

Budapest University of Jewish Studies

University

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The Budapest University of Jewish Studies is a university in Budapest, Hungary. It was opened in 1877, a few decades after the first European rabbinical seminaries had been built in Padua, Metz, Paris and Breslau. Budapest University of Jewish Studies is situated 240 metres east of Casa de La Musica Hostel.

Urania National Film Theatre

Movie theater

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The Urania National Film Theatre, formerly the Urania Hungarian Scientific Theatre, is in Budapest, Hungary. Designed by Henrik Schmahl, a German-born architect who lived in Budapest, it was built in 1896. Urania National Film Theatre is situated 260 metres northwest of Casa de La Musica Hostel.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Budapest’s Palace District and Csarnoknegyed.

Budapest’s Palace District

Suburb

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Budapest's Palotanegyed forms an inner part of Pest, the eastern half of Budapest. Known until the communist period as the ‘Magnates’ Quarter’, it consists of the most westerly part of the city's Eighth District, or Józsefváros, which was named on 7 November 1777 after Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria, who reigned 1765-1790.