It hardly takes 20 minutes to get to Szentendre, the 'Southern gate’ of the Danube-bend by car.
The little Hungarian town with the most peculiar atmosphere has meandering lanes, small squares with Mediterranean mood, Serbian Orthodox churches, towm houses in Baroque style, which give a dynamic feel to this picturesque little place. There is hardly any other town in the world similar to Szentendre where there is one gallery or museum per 1000 people. The works of the former and present colony of artists who camer here to escape to the silence of the Danube Bend can be seen in the Ámos Imre - Anna Margit Collection, the Czóbel Museum, the Ferenczy Museum, the Barcsay Collection, the Szentendre Gallery and in several other galleriews. The Margit Kovács Museum preserves the precious works of art of Margit Kovács, the world-famous creator of 20^th century Hungarian pottery. The clay figures which catch one’s heart and eyes are well-known all over the world .

The Roman Lapidarium presents the relics of the ancient military settlement called Ulcisia Castra.  

The Serbian population who fled to Szentendre from the Turks at the end of the 17^th century have created the city in their own image of the time, creating a special Mediteranean-Baroque style.  The Baroque-Rococo Belgrade Cathedral, the Blagovestenska Church and the other monuments eg. the Greek Orthodox nmemorial crucifix standing on the Fő tér (Main Square) and the houses of the former Serbian commerchants all complement the Meacenas mood of the one time rich citizens.

The Catholic Church of the 14^th century standing on top of Castle-hill is the Medieval monument of Szentendre. If the visitor climbs up here on the stairs and the meandering little lanes, he will be greeted by the by the picturesque panorama of the old city, the looming range of mountains, the Danube and the line of trees living on Szentendre Island that has a long stretch in the river.

Szentendre has peculiar radiating optimism, a cheer fulness which is partly due to the hospitality of the people living here. The visitor is enticed by small shops, galleries, cafés,  restaurants and confectioneries of unique atmosphere.  

Only about 3 km from the city centre, on the Western slope of Pismány hill we can find Hungary’s biggest open air museum which has been growing even in present days. On this natural conservation area of 46 hectares there can be seen four regions. There are four more, being built in the neighbourhood of these, giving a cross-section of Hungarian folk architecture and of the rural and provincial society.